This was an excellent debut novel by Shannon Hollinger and I thoroughly enjoyed it.Thank you Bookouture for having me on the blog tour.
Synopsis
I emerge from the trees, drenched in sweat, my voice lost as I take in the scene in front of me. The blood. The body. Emma’s eyes meet mine for a second. “It was an accident,” she whispers.
Emma and I were childhood best friends. We did everything together. Until that terrible night in the woods.
I couldn’t tell anyone what I’d seen. We never discussed it, but our bond was too strong; I could never betray my best friend. Even if she had killed someone.
But I also couldn’t stay in town and watch her live a normal life, knowing what she’d done. So I left.
Now, ten years later, I’m back. The guilt and the fear have stayed with me. And I have realized I need to reveal the truth if I’m ever going to move on.
But I never get the chance. Because the day I turn up, Emma is found dead, and the way she died means I start to doubt everything I thought I knew about that night all those years ago.
As my grief turns to anger at all those lost years of friendship, I realise with horror that Emma might not have been the only killer. Someone else is out there. Someone who was close to us both, someone who knew the smallest details of what had happened back then. Who from our small town could have murdered not once, but twice? And who’s next…?
An utterly gripping and compelling psychological thriller with twists and turns to die for. If you love Karin Slaughter, Paula Hawkins and Freida McFadden, you’ll love Best Friends Forever.
My Review
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Who can you trust?
After witnessing the murder of a homeless man as a 12 year old Kate's sister Lily is mute, refusing to speak at all. Kate flees Florida hoping to escape the memories only returning 10 years later to assist her mother after she broke her hip. And all hell starts to break loose.
A day after arriving her childhood best friend is found dead under suspicious circumstances. Was it suicide, an accident or murder?
Then when another homeless man is found dead Kate checks back and finds a trail of murders all on the same date every year!
With some family secrets, and crime running rampant in the Florida town Kate doesn't know who she can trust, who to believe and she doesn't feel safe!
I never would have guessed who the guilty party's were, there were a few huge twists I never saw coming. This was the most unpredictable book I have read in a while.
Told in two time lines this jaw dropping novel kept me guessing and on the edge of my seat with it's unexpected twists and turns.
This was an excellent debut novel and I'm excited to see what else Shannon Hollinger writes!
Author Bio
With degrees in Crime Scene Technology & Physical Anthropology, Florida author Shannon Hollinger hasn't just seen the dark side of humanity - she's been elbow deep inside of it! She finds writing to be a much cleaner way to spend her time than the autopsy suite. Most days it smells better, too.
Her debut novel, the psychological thriller Best Friends Forever, is the first of a five-book deal with publisher Bookouture.
Her short fiction has appeared in Suspense Magazine, Mystery Weekly, and The Saturday Evening Post, among a number of other magazines and anthologies, and her story Lady Killer was a finalist for the 2021 Al Blanchard Award sponsored by the New England Crime Bake.
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I emerge from the trees, drenched in sweat, my voice lost as I take in the scene in front of me. The blood. The body. Emma’s eyes meet mine for a second. “It was an accident,” she whispers.
Emma and I were childhood best friends. We did everything together. Until that terrible night in the woods.
I couldn’t tell anyone what I’d seen. We never discussed it, but our bond was too strong; I could never betray my best friend. Even if she had killed someone.
But I also couldn’t stay in town and watch her live a normal life, knowing what she’d done. So I left.
Now, ten years later, I’m back. The guilt and the fear have stayed with me. And I have realized I need to reveal the truth if I’m ever going to move on.
But I never get the chance. Because the day I turn up, Emma is found dead, and the way she died means I start to doubt everything I thought I knew about that night all those years ago.
As my grief turns to anger at all those lost years of friendship, I realise with horror that Emma might not have been the only killer. Someone else is out there. Someone who was close to us both, someone who knew the smallest details of what had happened back then. Who from our small town could have murdered not once, but twice? And who’s next…?
An utterly gripping and compelling psychological thriller with twists and turns to die for. If you love Karin Slaughter, Paula Hawkins and Freida McFadden, you’ll love Best Friends Forever.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Who can you trust?
After witnessing the murder of a homeless man as a 12 year old Kate's sister Lily is mute, refusing to speak at all. Kate flees Florida hoping to escape the memories only returning 10 years later to assist her mother after she broke her hip. And all hell starts to break loose.
A day after arriving her childhood best friend is found dead under suspicious circumstances. Was it suicide, an accident or murder?
Then when another homeless man is found dead Kate checks back and finds a trail of murders all on the same date every year!
With some family secrets, and crime running rampant in the Florida town Kate doesn't know who she can trust, who to believe and she doesn't feel safe!
I never would have guessed who the guilty party's were, there were a few huge twists I never saw coming. This was the most unpredictable book I have read in a while.
Told in two time lines this jaw dropping novel kept me guessing and on the edge of my seat with it's unexpected twists and turns.
This was an excellent debut novel and I'm excited to see what else Shannon Hollinger writes!
Author Bio
Her debut novel, the psychological thriller Best Friends Forever, is the first of a five-book deal with publisher Bookouture.
Her short fiction has appeared in Suspense Magazine, Mystery Weekly, and The Saturday Evening Post, among a number of other magazines and anthologies, and her story Lady Killer was a finalist for the 2021 Al Blanchard Award sponsored by the New England Crime Bake.
Social Media
Website
Bookouture Email Sign Up
Buy Link(s):
Amazon
Audible
UK
US
Listen here
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