Many thanks to NetGalley, St Martin's Press and Megan Goldin for the opportunity to read and review her latest thriller - 5 stars for a fabulous read! I loved The Escape Room by this author and this is even better.
Rachel Krall has a very successful podcast that has featured one unsolved cold case per season. She was able to solve both and feels the pressure of her next case. She decides to cover a current trial and present an unbiased view of both sides. She heads to Neapolis, a small town on the NC shoreline, for the rape trial of golden boy, Scott Blair, an accomplished swimmer with Olympic dreams. But that's not the only case Rachel is involved in; an unknown person starts leaving her notes in places where Rachel feels she should be anonymous. The writer tells Rachel about the murder of her sister 25 years ago and begs her to look into the case. Rachel soon discovers connections between the two cases decades apart.
The way this book is written grabs you from the beginning. We are privy to Rachel's thoughts as well as the script of her podcast as she attends the trial. We also get to read the notes from Hannah, the woman trying to get justice for her sister's murder long ago. The podcast scripts delve deeper into the issue of trying to prosecute rape trials - the he said/she said aspect, putting the victim on trial for her actions, how rape and murder are treated so differently in the public eye. Reputation plays a big role in this book as well - how gossip and rumor spreading can be so completely devastating, especially in the social media landscape.
Highly recommended for a twisty psychological thriller that will keep you guessing and glued to the pages.
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