NYU student Matt Pine returns from a party to the most unimaginable news: his entire family was found dead in Mexico, victims of a gas leak at their resort. It's not long before the press gets wind of it--because the Pine family is no stranger to the news cycle. Oldest son Danny is in prison for the murder of his high school girlfriend, a crime that was the subject of a documentary.
When Matt returns to his small Nebraska hometown, he's met with open hostility. The people there weren't treated very kindly by the documentary and they've been taking it out on the pine family ever since. But then Matt gets wind that the Mexican deaths are suspicious, and he must put his own life in danger to find out the truth about his brother and what went down the night he confessed to murder.
Though parts of this book will stretch your ability to cast disbelief aside, Every Last Fear is a GREAT debut. It's told in multiple points of view (Matt and his family as well as an FBI agent) in both the past and present. In some books this is distracting, but author Alex Finlay handles each deftly, allowing to the story and all its pieces to unfold quickly and satisfyingly. I had an easy time connecting to the characters and there was good exploration of a family fighting its way through grief. A quick read, I'd definitely recommend this to thriller/suspense lovers out there. It was even better than I expected.
Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press/Minotaur Books for giving me the opportunity to review this book.
When Matt returns to his small Nebraska hometown, he's met with open hostility. The people there weren't treated very kindly by the documentary and they've been taking it out on the pine family ever since. But then Matt gets wind that the Mexican deaths are suspicious, and he must put his own life in danger to find out the truth about his brother and what went down the night he confessed to murder.
Though parts of this book will stretch your ability to cast disbelief aside, Every Last Fear is a GREAT debut. It's told in multiple points of view (Matt and his family as well as an FBI agent) in both the past and present. In some books this is distracting, but author Alex Finlay handles each deftly, allowing to the story and all its pieces to unfold quickly and satisfyingly. I had an easy time connecting to the characters and there was good exploration of a family fighting its way through grief. A quick read, I'd definitely recommend this to thriller/suspense lovers out there. It was even better than I expected.
Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press/Minotaur Books for giving me the opportunity to review this book.