1. I used to be able to ___________________, but I no longer can.
2. I just can’t seem to _____________________.
3. I’m notorious for _________.
4. There’s no use crying over _________.

1. I used to be able to stay awake until the wee hours of the morning, but I no longer can.

2. I just can’t seem to to do everything I used to do, but I think that’s just age.

3. I’m notorious for adding books to my TBR list/pile even though I need many lifetimes to read all the ones I already have. YES!! I am a book hoarder!.

4. There’s no use crying over trivial things, life is too short.

Catching a killer is dangerous—especially if he lives next door

Hen and her husband Lloyd have settled into a quiet life in a new house outside of Boston, Massachusetts. Hen (short for Henrietta) is an illustrator and works out of a studio nearby, and has found the right meds to control her bipolar disorder. Finally, she’s found some stability and peace.

But when they meet the neighbors next door, that calm begins to erode as she spots a familiar object displayed on the husband’s office shelf. The sports trophy looks exactly like one that went missing from the home of a young man who was killed two years ago. Hen knows because she’s long had a fascination with this unsolved murder—an obsession she doesn’t talk about anymore, but can’t fully shake either.

Could her neighbor, Matthew, be a killer? Or is this the beginning of another psychotic episode like the one she suffered back in college, when she became so consumed with proving a fellow student guilty that she ended up hurting a classmate?

The more Hen observes Matthew, the more she suspects he’s planning something truly terrifying. Yet no one will believe her. Then one night, when she comes face to face with Matthew in a dark parking lot, she realizes that he knows she’s been watching him, that she’s really on to him. And that this is the beginning of a horrifying nightmare she may not live to escape. . .

Do you believe everything happens for a reason? Do you believe that people enter our lives at the exact time for a purpose? Then you can say that’s what happened when Hen and her husband had dinner with their new neighbors.

Hen is Bipolar and in the past had some psychotic breaks but today her medication has stabilized her. So when they are given a tour of the neighbor’s house, she knows that what she sees, a fencing trophy is the property of a student that was killed 2 years ago. But why would her neighbor, Matthew be in possession of it unless he had something to do with the murder. A murder that she has followed closely. But because of her past, nobody believes her that the murderer is living right next door, especially the police. And then she witnesses another murder.

Matthew knowing her history and that nobody is taking her seriously, he embarks on a truth session and tells her that he is indeed the killer and why. He also divulges about the abusive childhood that he and his brother Richard endured.

This is the first book that I read by this author but will be looking for more of his work. I enjoyed his writing style and that the suspense continued throughout the book, which made me want to keep turning the pages. The story was believable as well as the characters. And an ending that made me gasp!

If you enjoy Psychological Thrillers, pick this one up!

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Mailbox Monday

I was away for 2 weeks spending time with my granddaughters and these books were delivered:
Saturday, March 16th:
PARK AVENUE SUMMER by Renee Rosen ~ TPB from Penguin Random House via GR win
THE MOTHER-IN-Law by Sally Hepworth ~ HC from St. Martin’s Press

Monday:
BY A SPIDER’S THREAD by Laura Lippman ~ TPB from Harper Collins
Wednesday:
CAT CHASE THE MOON by Shirley Rousseau Murphy ~ HC from Harper Collins
Friday:
COLD WATERS by Debbie Herbert ~ eBook from Prime

1. The highlight of my week is ______________________.
2. Only _____ more days until __________________.
3. I believe I was born to _________.
4. Age is _________.

1. The highlight of my week is celebrating our 38th wedding anniversary.

2. Only 1 more day until the weekend, which means more time to read.

3. I believe I was born to be a Mom and a Nana, which are my greatest joys.

4. Age is just a number.

Mailbox Monday

Wednesday:
A STRANGER ON THE BEACH by Michelle Campbell ~ eBook from St. Martin’s Press via NetGalley
Thursday:
MY SISTER IS MISSING by Julia Barrett ~ eBook from RedDoor Publishing via NetGalley
WHAT SHE NEVER SAID by Catherine Riggs ~ eBook from Thomas & Mercer via NetGalley

1. I am allergic to ____________________.
2. My taxes __________________.
3. I don’t tell many people _________.
4. When it rains, _________.

1. I am allergic to multiple medications.
2. My taxes are done!.
3. I don’t tell many people about personal finances..
4. When it rains, my arthritis can predict it 2 days in advance.

Synopsis:

A haunting, nerve-jangling psychological thriller from Sunday Times bestselling author Richard Montanari, set in a small town hiding a very dark secret

New York psychologist Will Hardy had it all—a loving family, a flourishing career, a bestselling book. Until the night it all ended in a tempest of fire and ash, leaving only Will and his fifteen-year-old daughter Bernadette to stand in the ruins.

Haunted and grief-stricken, Will accepts an enigmatic invitation from his family’s past to begin their lives anew in the small town of Abbeville, Ohio.

Meanwhile, Abbeville Chief of Police Ivy Holgrave is investigating the death of a local girl, convinced this may only be the latest in a long line of murders dating back decades—including her own long-missing sister.

But what place does Will’s new home have in the story of the missing girls? And what links the killings to the diary of a young woman written over a century earlier? The disappearances in Abbeville have happened before, and now Will’s own daughter might be next…

Book Details:

Genre: Mystery
Published by: Witness Impulse
Publication Date: February 26th, 2019
Number of Pages: 400
ISBN: 0062467468 (ISBN13: 9780062467461)
Purchase Links: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Goodreads

Read an excerpt:

Author Bio:

RICHARD MONTANARI is the Sunday Times top ten bestselling author of The Echo Man, The Devil’s Garden, Play Dead, The Rosary Girls, The Skin Gods and Broken Angels, as well as the internationally acclaimed thrillers Kiss of Evil, Don’t Look Now (previously published as Deviant Way) and The Violet Hour. He lives in Cleveland, Ohio.

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Mailbox Monday

Monday:
THE PERFECT GIRLFRIEND by Karen Hamilton ~ eBook from Harlequin via NetGalley
Wednesday:
THE TWO LILA BENNETTS by Liz Fenton and Lisa Steinke ~ eBook from Lake Union Publishing via NetGalley
THE LAST THING SHE REMEMBERS by J.S. Monroe ~ eBook from Harper Collins/Harlequin via NetGalley
A FAMILY OF STRANGERS by Emilie Richards ~ eBook from Mira/Harlequin via NetGalley
Friday:
THE BETTER SISTER by Alafair urke ~ eBook from Harper Collins via NetGalley
MINE by Courtney Cole ~ eBook from Gallery Books via NetGalley