Murder Between Friends by Liz Lawson

e-Audio, 09:51:44
Narrated by: Briggon Snow, Elena Rey, & Sophie Amoss
Release Date: March 4, 2025
Published by: Books on Tape
Read from: April 11-12, 2025
Stand-alone
Source:  PRH Audio (I received a free e-ALC from PRH Audio App and the publisher. This did nothing to influence my review.)
Content Warning: Addiction, Death, Drug Abuse
For Readers Interested In: Thriller, Sparkly Covers, Realistic Fiction, YA, Audio, Multiple POV, Multiple Narrators

      Two years ago, the murder of a neighbor tore three best friends apart–now the killer is going to walk free and the ex-friends are going to have to face the past–and each other–in another twisty thriller from the New York Times bestselling co-author of The Agathas
     Grace, Henry, and Ally grew up together on the same block. They used to be best friends–until Grace’s testimony put Henry’s brother, Jake, away for killing their English teacher. Now, two years later, Ally and Henry hate Grace, and Grace is doubting what she thinks she saw that night. 
     It feels like everyone’s getting a second chance, then, when due to a mistrial, Jake is suddenly released. And Henry knows his brother is innocent, but when Grace reaches out to say she’s rethinking what she saw the night of the murder, Jake’s reaction is confusing. He doesn’t want Henry—or Grace–getting involved.
     For Ally not getting involved isn’t an option, and there’s nothing Grace can say to convince Ally she’s not the enemy. But can Ally afford to push Grace out when she’s one of the only other people willing to believe in Jake’s innocence?  
     The clock is ticking. Jake’s new trial date is about to be set, and he’s sure to be foud guilty again unless there’s new evidence to prove he’s innocent. Grace, Henry, and Ally are going to have to decide whether you can trust an old friend now that they’re your enemy.

*MY THOUGHTS*

This was a nice surprise. I’ve read the other series that she co-authored, but because it was paying homage to Agatha Christie I didn’t enjoy it as much as I wanted to. And although this one has drug abuse, it isn’t shown in the text, so I was able to mostly ignore it. I’m not sure if I’ll continue reading her all the time. but for now, this one was pretty ok.

Ok so I really liked the mystery/thriller aspect of this. I couldn’t imagine being in this situation for real. With that being said, if I was just to leave it at that, you wouldn’t know who or what I was talking about. There was way too much going on in this book. Everybody had something happenging to them, so it was impossible to say what or who was doing what. Even if you think you have one thing figured out, you might, but that’s not the end of it. Also, the overall thing is so real you’ll never get it. It isn’t far-fetched at all lol So if you’re like me and have all these grand ideas on motive? Don’t. LOL

The characters were so annoying tho lol And if you read this you’ll know exactly who I’m talking about. Like what tf are you still mad at her for when he isn’t? It seemed like jealousy to me. I don’t want to say anything more to avoid any spoilers, but her going on and on and on made me dislike her from the beginning. There was no way she should have been still mad when it wasn’t actually towards her. The other characters were ok tho. I thought they were well written, like emotions wise everything seemed real, but they were repeatedly mad or arguing about the same thing. It was weird lol

This was good, but I’m still not sure if I’ll keep reading her. I can say I was surprised at this one. It kept my attention and did a good job in scratching the itch I had for a thriller. Hopefully more of this will come.

Overall, I give this