What Remains by Wendy Walker #bookreview #audiobook

Thank you Libro.fm / Blackstone Publishing, for the ALC and Blackstone Publishing, #partner for the advanced copy of What Remains in exchange for my honest review. 

Publisher: Blackstone Publishing / Blackstone Publishing

Published: June 13, 2023

 

Summary:

She saved his life. Now he‘ll never let her go.

Detective Elise Sutton is drawn to cold cases. Each crime is a puzzle to solve, pulled from the past. Elise looks for cracks in the surface and has become an expert on how murderers slip up and give themselves away. She has dedicated her life to creating a sense of order, at work with her ex-marine partner; at home with her husband and two young daughters; and within, battling her own demons. Elise has everything under control, until one afternoon, when she walks into a department store and is forced to make a terrible choice: to save one life, she will have to take another.

Elise is hailed as a hero, but she doesn’t feel like one. Steeped in guilt, and on a leave of absence from work, she’s numb, even to her husband and daughters, until she connects with Wade Austin, the tall man whose life she saved. But Elise soon realizes that he isn’t who he says he is. In fact, Wade Austin isn’t even his real name. The tall man is a ghost, one who will set off a terrifying game of cat and mouse, threatening Elise and the people she loves most.

 

My thoughts:

I have long been a fan of Wendy Walker’s books, ever since reading All Is Not Forgotten. She has such a way of telling a story that just pulls you in.

I read this book in a day – once I started it, I just could not put it down! It was so addicting and I was completely invested in what was going on in the story. I love a good cat and mouse game and this one really kept me on edge from the moment it started. It’s suspenseful, it’s gripping, and it kept me guessing as to how it was all going to play out. The way the two story lines came together was just brilliant.

I always love when I start getting all worked up about decisions a character makes. While I loved Detective Elise Sutton, and felt for her because of the guilt she was feeling based on actions she took, I also felt there were some choices she makes that were questionable and a bit unwise. My anxiety level went through the roof a few times as she takes matters into her own hands.

This book is perfectly paced and quite intense at times, and the twists keep you guessing all the way up to a shocking conclusion. It’s a great thriller to add to your summer reading list…it’s so addicting, you won’t be able to read it fast enough!

 

Audio thoughts:

This book translated so well onto audio and I was so invested in the story that I ended up listening to it in one day! The narrators, Gabra Zackman and Peter Ganim, did a fantastic job bringing this story to life.