Release date: March 19, 2024
Publisher: Graydon House
Genre: Mystery/Thriller
Synopsis:
Iris Walsh saw her twin sister, Piper, get kidnapped—so why does no one believe her?
Iris narrowly escaped her pretty, popular twin sister’s fate as a teen: kidnapped, trafficked and long gone before the cops agreed to investigate. With no evidence to go on but a few scattered memories, the case quickly goes cold.
Now an adult, Iris wants one thing—proof. And if the police still won’t help, she’ll just have to find it her own way; by interning at the isolated Shoal Island Hospital for the criminally insane, where secrets lurk in the shadows and are kept under lock and key. But Iris soon realizes that something even more sinister is simmering beneath the surface of the Shoal, and that the patients aren’t the only ones being observed…
Review:
I have been a longtime fan of the author, she has written some of my favorite bat shit crazy thrillers so I knew I was going to be in for a wild ride here. I just wasn’t prepared for how bananas and off the rails things would get in the end and I can’t say I was a fan. There was a lot to like here though, you have a strong opening that hooked me and at first the timeline switches made sense for me. You also have a great setting with a remote island housing an institute for the criminally insane, that was actually probably the strongest aspect for me, so creepy and atmospheric. Where things went too far for me was in the very last bit, way too over dramatic and unbelievable in the vein of a bad soap opera. I just couldn’t get past the big twist, it just read as silly. Like I said before though I’m a huge fan of the author so I absolutely will read her again this was just a bit of a miss for me.
Overall rating: 3/5
Thanks to the publisher for my review copy.
Novelgossip 
I’m a big, longtime fan as well. I had some issues with this one as well. Great review!
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Thank you! Hope her next one works better for both of us
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Same! Did you hear that she is writing something to do with the Love Me with Lies series?
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No I didn’t hear that!!
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The first 3 books in the series are being traditionally published with new editing and covers. I want to say she said something about this one being an alternate universe or something like that….
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Ohh that’s interesting!
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Oh no! Not a bad soap opera. 😬 I haven’t read this author before but heard so many good things about her that I picked this one up to review . . . great rview Eva, but now I am quite apprehensive about reading it. 💕📚
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Oh man, well maybe it will work better for you?
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🤞
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