I purchased this book for my own personal collection.
Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press
Published: January 28, 2025
Summary:
She gets people to confess their crimes for a living. He knows she’s hiding a terrible secret. It’s time for the truth to come out…
Poe Webb, host of a popular true crime podcast, invites people to anonymously confess crimes they’ve committed to her audience. She can’t guarantee the police won’t come after her “guests,” but her show grants simultaneous anonymity and instant fame—a potent combination that’s proven difficult to resist. After an episode recording, Poe usually erases both criminal and crime from her mind.
But when a strange and oddly familiar man appears on her show, Poe is forced to take a second look. Not only because he claims to be her mother’s murderer from years ago, but because Poe knows something no one else does. Her mother’s murderer is dead.
Poe killed him.
From the USA Today bestselling author of The Dead Girl in 2A and The New Neighbor comes a chilling new thriller that forces the question: are murderers always the bad guys?
My thoughts:
I have been a fan of Carter Wilson’s books ever since reading Mr. Tender’s Girl and when I heard about this one, I knew I had to read it. I was especially thrilled to find out that there’s a connection between this new book and Mister Tender’s Girl BUT it’s not necessary to have read that one in order to read this new one.
I loved the podcast element in this story and how it led to a wickedly wild cat and mouse game. The use of mixed media to tell the story was so clever – transcripts, flashbacks and even QR codes to allow us to see parts of the interview. It’s hard not to become totally consumed by this book. Between all that and the short chapters, this is such a binge-worthy read that kept me on edge the entire time, with an ending I never saw coming!
This book made me remember why I fell in love with Wilson’s writing all those years again and it also has me wanting to reread Mister Tender’s Girl with those little peeps into that one character again. Perhaps we will see more of that character or a new book with both these characters in the future???
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