Published by Macmillan audio, Minotaur Books, St. Martin's Press Genres: Fiction, Mystery
Format: ARC, Audiobook, eBook
Five families gather for dinner and cocktails during parent’s weekend at their children’s private college. They are making small talk while noticing that not even one of their children has shown up as planned to join them. The parent’s get it; they were once students. Things come up, things get in the way, but for all five of them to be no shows????? hmm It will take a few hours but eventually the parents will begin to worry, then panic, and finally call the police. Agent Keller is called in to investigate….
First off, there are a lot of characters in this book! A lot. The characters range from the parents to the missing students, to the other characters who are interviewed or doing the interviewing. There are also multiple POV’s Whew! I soon found my footing and was pulled into the mystery.
While I did find this book to be well written, well thought out, fast paced and entertaining, it missed the mark a bit for me. I have loved the previous books that I have read by this author. I had high hopes for this book and while Parents Weekend was enjoyable it was lacking a little bit of OOMPH that would have earned a higher rating. For me this book was good not great.
I had both the book and the audiobook. The narrator of the audiobook did a great job brining the characters to life. Others are enjoying this book more than I did, so please read their reviews as well.
Thank you to Macmillan Audio, St. Martin’s Press | Minotaur Books 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.
