Where do I even start with this book. It is a ghost story. It is a police procedural. It is a thriller. I loved every minute of reading it. I did not see the ending until we were right up on it, and that is not the usual for me. Even the process of elimination didn't give me the answer.
First we start with someone reading a journal to his therapist, or so it seems. Then we jump to a private high school, where a small group of students form a secret society and play a game called "The Man in the Mirror". We do a fair bit of jumping between the past of a year ago and today. Since each jump is labeled, it's easy enough to keep track.
In the current day we have two reporters. One is a print reporter who has written lots about the crime.
Did I fail to mention there is a crime? It's a big mess of a murder and it doesn't seem to be over yet. The other reporter runs a podcast about the crime, detailing the events in order and the characters as they seem to appear.
We also have various and sundry detectives. Some of them are retired. Some are working the case and trying to keep each death as a separate event, only linked by location and relationship to the original crime. Some are independent, working as consultants and only on crimes that interest them. Fortunately, they communicate with each other and share information.
I thought the book took a little bit to get going, but once it started to pick up steam, it ran like a freight train through everything. See how I brought the train into it? Oh, you're going to love the trains. I highly recommend a daylight reading of this story.
I received the copy of this book I read for my review from BookishFirst.
First we start with someone reading a journal to his therapist, or so it seems. Then we jump to a private high school, where a small group of students form a secret society and play a game called "The Man in the Mirror". We do a fair bit of jumping between the past of a year ago and today. Since each jump is labeled, it's easy enough to keep track.
In the current day we have two reporters. One is a print reporter who has written lots about the crime.
Did I fail to mention there is a crime? It's a big mess of a murder and it doesn't seem to be over yet. The other reporter runs a podcast about the crime, detailing the events in order and the characters as they seem to appear.
We also have various and sundry detectives. Some of them are retired. Some are working the case and trying to keep each death as a separate event, only linked by location and relationship to the original crime. Some are independent, working as consultants and only on crimes that interest them. Fortunately, they communicate with each other and share information.
I thought the book took a little bit to get going, but once it started to pick up steam, it ran like a freight train through everything. See how I brought the train into it? Oh, you're going to love the trains. I highly recommend a daylight reading of this story.
I received the copy of this book I read for my review from BookishFirst.