Jennifer McMahon, you are just so awesome!
I love this new novel that has a bit of supernatural twist among a fast paced story of old murders, and current survival. The characters are just amazing, I see them so clearly, and how their stories connect is seamless.
Impossible to put down!Jennifer McMahon, you are just so awesome!
I love this new novel that has a bit of supernatural twist among a fast paced story of old murders, and current survival. The characters are just amazing, I see them so clearly, and how their stories connect is seamless.
Impossible to put down!
Thank you so much NetGalley and DoubleDay Books!

One of the best and most unique novels I have read in a long time! Jennifer McMahon writes some of the most chilling and thrilling stories and this one is on par with the rest. Highly recommended!

** Full review to be posted on all channels including my blog closer to release date **

Eva's dad Miles makes all sorts of wonderful inventions. He has plans passed down from his dad that makes a machine that allows you to talk to the dead. Miles's mom was murdered and Miles worries that who murdered her will come after his family for the plans. Then one night a flood occurs. Eva and her Mom get away, Miles and Errol(Eva's brother) are killed. From the flood night on, Eva and her mom Lily are living as street people and trying to stay alive. Then Lily kills herself and Eva is all alone. Eva is living in an old car with her boyfriend Hermes when Hermes is murdered and Eva is a suspect. Yet again Eva is on the run from the murderer. So many secrets and mysteries surround Eva. It is an exciting book that keeps you guessing until the very end when Eva pieces everything together. Thank you to NetGalley and Doubleday Books for an ARC for an honest review.

Great book. Loved Ms. McMahon's use of the supernatural once again in a believable way.

I was thrilled to have gotten a chance to read this! I've become a huge fan of McMahon's brand of suspense and twists, and let fans of Gillian Flynn and Chevy Stevens know Jennifer McMahon's books will keep you up past your bedtime and the lights left on. Burntown was a quick read, and the diverse characters and how they all come together was probably my favorite part. The ending was a bit predictable, which is RARE for her novels, but as a whole it was still utterly engaging, with several hold-your-breath moments.

Calling all mystery/thriller fans!!! If you are a fan of suspense novels like I am, than Burntown is most definitely the book for you!! Told from several points of view and spanning over 4 decades, Jennifer McMahon creates a chilling storyline that will keep you glued to your kindle until the very last page!! From reading the synopsis alone, I felt that Burntown sounded unique and original and after reading it, my initial thoughts were spot on!! I love when an author gives us a full background before diving into the heart of novel, and Ms. McMahon does a fantastic job with this! By the time we get to Eva's situation we already had a clear vision of her family's history--loved that! I found it fascinating the domino effect that Miles original situation caused. Burntown is a 5 star read that will keep you on your toes (even after the mystery is revealed)! I thoroughly enjoy this chilling book and look forward to reading more from Jennifer McMahon in the future!!

Eva Sandeski has grown up learning all kinds of things from her professor/inventor father Miles, including that he had secret plans attributed to Thomas Edison for a machine that could talk to the other side. But after Miles builds it, all Eva can remember is that a great flood came and now she and her mother hide from the evil man called Snake Eyes in a homeless encampment called Burntown. When Eva's friend Hermes is murdered after researching her past, Eva, now known as Necco, uses the strength of spirit her mother taught her to find the truth behind the events that so drastically changed her life.

McMahon's unique combination of suspense and what I can only call magical realism fills this story with hope and gives it life. It definitely needs to be on your 2017 list of must reads.

Thanks to NetGalley and Penguin Random House for an ARC of Burntown in exchange for an honest review.

Loved this book, read in one day. Keep up the good works by this author. Will strongly recommend.

Ashford Vermont looks like a small New England College town, but it’s better known as burn town because of the remains of all the mills and factories long out of business. Eva Sanduski,better known as Necco, has been part of Burntown’s underworld since her father’s death years before. Miles was a respected professor and the inventor of some pretty spectacular machines, including one said to have been made using plans stolen from Thomas Edison’s workshop. According to Necco’s mother Lily, that’s the reason Miles was murdered and the reason she and Necco have gone into hiding by the river with a strange group of women who call themselves fire eaters.Necco has never believed her mother, but when Lily dies and then Necco’s boyfriend are murdered she is forced to reconsider. Necco goes on the run and ends up teaming up with a group of misfits including a kid who owes money to the wrong people. McMahon writes some of the most unusual and a gripping thrillers being published today and readers won’t be disappointed by her latest book