I Killed Zoe Spanos by Kit Frick

E-Audio, 10:42:19
Narrated by: Jenni Barber, Jayme Mattler, Dan Bittner, Inés del Castillo, Jonathan Davis, Gibson Frazier, Madeleine Maby, Soneela Nankani, Jackie Sanders, Candace Thaxton, & Jesse Vilinsky
Release Date: June 30, 2020
Published by: Simon & Schuster Audio
Read from: July 28-31, 2020
Stand-alone
Source: Library (Overdrive)
TW: Death 
For fans of: Thrillers, Mystery, Suspense, YA, Contemporary, Realistic Fiction, Standalone

      This gripping thriller follows two teens whose lives become inextricably linked when one confesses to murder and the other becomes determined to uncover the real truth no matter the cost.
     What happened to Zoe won’t stay buried…
     When Anna Cicconi arrives to the small Hamptons village of Herron Mills for a summer nanny gig, she has high hopes for a fresh start. What she finds instead is a community on edge after the disappearance of Zoe Spanos, a local girl who has been missing since New Year’s Eve. Anna bears an eerie resemblance to Zoe, and her mere presence in town stirs up still-raw feelings about the unsolved case. As Anna delves deeper into the mystery, stepping further and further into Zoe’s life, she becomes increasingly convinced that she and Zoe are connected–and that she knows what happened to her.
     Two months later, Zoe’s body is found in a nearby lake, and Anna is charged with manslaughter. But Anna’s confession is riddled with holes, and Martina Green, teen host of the Missing Zoe podcast, isn’t satisfied. Did Anna really kill Zoe? And if not, can Martina’s podcast uncover the truth?

*MY THOUGHTS*

Going in to this one I was a little worried. This was my first book by Kat Frick that I read all the way through. All her other books are filled with drug usage, and for personal family reasons, that’s not my cup of tea. And because of that, I don’t ever finish them. But this one was a pleasant surprise.

Anna got a great new gig in the Hamptons with a sweet little family. She’s here for a fresh start, but she runs right into a community who’s lost a girl whom everyone liked. And to add on to that, she looks like the girl that has gone missing. As the summer goes on, Anna learns more about the unsolved case and Zoe’s body is finally found….. And now Anna is charged with manslaughter……

My favorite thing about mysteries is always the plot. This one was a bit confusing, but I think that was done on purpose. There’s so much going on and things are so jumbled, that you don’t know what to think. Ironically, that was also one of the things I didn’t like about this one. I am not a fan of mysteries that don’t give you a fair chance to guess who did it. You don’t get all the facts or characters until the end when the big reveal is. I just feel like they should be able to write all the things in and still make us guess wrong. But even still, I did not guess who did it for this one, so I’m guessing that’s actually a good thing.

As for the characters, I really liked Paisley. She was so cute. I can’t help but think she KNEW. No one else did, but somehow she did. I wish she had played a bigger role in the story though. And Anna was your basic unreliable narrator, but I felt bad for her? Very different than most other books where feel bad for the villain.

And this may seem weird, but I really liked the setting and the world building. It’s not usual to have a mystery or thriller set on a beautiful beach around pretty water. But this one had everything, sun, sea, ice cream, murder. It was definitely a summer thriller!

As for the audio, I really liked the audio. Y’all know I’m a huge fan of audios that have full casts. And this one was pretty cool. And to make it better, when it did the podcast sections, it sounded like an actual podcast. Definitely cool to see how they do all of these things to better the listening experience.

This was everything that I needed right then. I was in the mood for a mystery and Kat Frick delivered. I’m not sure when podcasts became a thing with mysteries, but I am here for it. This is one trend that I hope Kat Frick and others stick with! Well done!

Overall, I give this

What about you? Have you read this? What did you think of the ending? Were you able to guess it? Let me know in the comments!