Published by St. Martin's Press Genres: Crime, Fiction, Mystery, suspense, thriller
Format: ARC, eBook
Rachel Krall, a famous true crime podcaster (we last saw her in The Night Swim) is back and helping the FBI in the search for Maddison Logan, a popular social media influencer who went missing after visiting Terence Bailey, a suspected serial killer in prison. Terence Baily is about to be released from prison for breaking and entering but has long been suspected as being a serial killer. Why would Maddison visit Bailey? Why would he tell Maddison to bring Rachel Krall to him?
The FBI called upon Rachel who seems to find clues where others do not, to help find Maddison. Maddison is a mystery as there is no background on her. Using an old Instagram account, Rachel attends BuzzCon, a popular influencer conference, that Maddison was supposed to attend. There Rachel meets a group of people who are more interested in posting the perfect content and pictures than in having deep personal relationships with others.
When a body is found, the police and FBI begin to wonder if Bailey had an accomplice on the outside. Rachel and FBI agent Joe Martinez have an interesting relationship. He insists that she leave town for her own safety, while she has every intention of staying and conducting her own investigation. When not individually scratching their heads trying to get to the bottom of things, they are busy making eyes at each other.
This is a book which grew on me. In the beginning, I was not that I liked it and kept finding other books to pick up and read. When I got around the 35-40% mark, I was fully invested, and it became a riveting page turner for me! This book won me over and left me impressed.
I enjoyed how everything came together and fell into place. This was an interesting one. The social media influencer angle was interesting but man most of them were vapid, arrogant, and so unlikeable.
If there is another book in the series, I will happily read it. Once I got over the hump in the beginning, I couldn’t put this book down.
Thank you to St. Martin’s Press and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own.