Published by Hampton Creek Press Genres: Fiction, Mystery, thriller
Format: ARC, eBook
What a tangled web we weave! Gripping, shocking, twist filled, dark, and deadly! J.D. Barker, along with Adam Roach, has delivered once again with The Quiet Neighbor! As the saying goes “It’s always the quiet ones” but which quiet ones??? I enjoyed the premise of a mother trying to save her child but had no idea what I was getting into when I picked up this book. Secrets, lies, trauma, and family secrets are the name of the game in The Quiet Neighbor! How well do we know those in our lives? hmmmm……
Cynthia Burrows has a picture-perfect life. She has a job she loves, a wonderful husband and daughter, but everything is shattered in her life when her eighteen-year-old daughter, Tori, vanishes. Her school shows her as being excused but by who? Who was the older man she was seen leaving with? When Cynthia hears the name, Alexander Beaufort, the chills go up and down her spine. She knows that name. It is the name of a serial killer who killed her best friend years ago!!!!!
This book proved to be a fast and intriguing read. I enjoyed the tension, the mounting sense of dread, danger, and suspense. I loved how J.D. Barker slowly unraveled the events of the past while unfolding the chilling events of the present. It becomes a race against time as Cynthia tries to locate her daughter before it’s too late!
This book kept me on my toes with many twists and reveals. Cynthia learns some hard truths about her daughter while searching for her. Her husband also learned some hard truths about Cynthia as well. Again, there are a lot of secrets and lies jumping from the pages! There were sometimes I shook my head at some of the things that Cynthia did while searching for her daughter.
Thrilling, chilling, gripping, dark, and full of twists!
Thank you to J.D. Barker and Hampton Creek 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.
