e-ALC, 09:52:48
Narrated by: Stephanie Nemeth-Parker
Release Date: November 18, 2025
Published by: Books on Tape
Read from: November 22-23, 2025
Stand-alone
Source: PRH Audio (I received this ALC free from the publisher and Netgalley. I also received a hardcover copy of this from the publisher that I used to immersive read. This did nothing to influence my review!)
Content Warning: Murder, Violence, Blood, Child Death, Vomit, Death of Parent, Drug Use, Deadnaming, Domestic Abuse
For Readers Interested In: Action, Audio, Holy Crap, Mystery Realistic Fiction, ThrillersNo one is supposed to know harmless office worker Gwen Tanner is the vanished daughter of serial killer Abel Haggerty. But a low profile and a new name aren’t going to cut it when an obsessive new killer starts targeting her, in this lively and propulsive thriller with a standout voice.
Marin Haggerty, the daughter of a notorious serial killer, was only a child when they arrested her father. Ripped from her home and given a new identity, Marin disappeared.
Twenty years later, Gwen Tanner keeps everyone at a distance, preferring to satirize the world around her than participate in it. It’s for her safety—and theirs. But when someone starts sending body parts to her front door, the message is I Know Who You Are.
To preserve her secrets, Gwen must hunt down the killer, a journey which immerses her in the twisted world of true crime fandom and makes her confront her past once and for all. Maybe she is capable of deep, human connections, but she’s not the only one keeping secrets. Will opening herself up to others help her find the killer, or remind her why it was necessary she hide her true self in the first place?
The apple never falls too far, after all.
*MY THOUGHTS*
This was such a weird book lol It started out so good, but then the ending had me saying, “WTF?” every 5 minutes lol SO I guess that means I liked it? Idk it was a lot lol Hopefully y’all like that ending more than me lol
OK so the main thing I liked about this was the true crime feel about it. As someone who would watch something like this IRL, I thought this was cool. I’m not sure I would have gone on the tour that she did, but I think I would have watched what happened with her parents. And then for the plot twist was like WHAT? Yeah I knew there was going to be a twist, but I didn’t know it was going to be THAT lol
The characters were weird. Idk what to really say about them without spoiling anything. I will just say, don’t trust anyone. All of them were crazy lol As a character driver reader, this was my favorite part of the book. Literally all of them had something happening at any given time in the book. It made for a perfect plot twist that I didn’t see coming.
I don’t want to say much because I don’t want to spoil anything, but this really came out of nowhere and surprised me. It’s so crazy how things happen. I wasn’t expecting to like this as much as I did. I know it’s cliche, but I’m serious. Especially since I had no idea this book existed before this lol I hope y’all pick this up and love it too!
Overall, I give this
