Well, that was fun! What a twisty, dark, satisfying read. The beginning of the novel makes you ask yourself, what would you do for money? How desperate would you need to be to continue doing what makes you uncomfortable for the chance at more money? Jess needs the extra income, and after all, what harm could come of it? It's an experiment, anonymous, no one will ever know.

The deeper Jess gets, the harder it is to get away. I loved the philosophical questions, the depths people will go to and how they justify what they do. This book will suck you in and make you stay up way too late reading. Trust me, I know! A definite must read, and I am desperately sad that I finished it so quickly. Now it's time to re-read, so I can catch all the hints and clues that I missed the first time around!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher, for this free eARC, in exchange for my honest review.

After hearing that this book was coming out, I was so excited. I loved their previous book, The Wife Between Us. At first, this book went really slow for me. But once I got halfway through it, I could not put it down! There were so many things I did not see coming, and it kept you guessing until the very end. I stayed up way too late to finish this book, but it was well worth it!

Only real complaint I have is that sometimes it was difficult to differentiate when thing switched from Jess to Dr shields. Other than that it was a great story, good plot line, story moved along at a good pace and sucked you in, this is my second book by these authors (read the wife between us) and I've loved both stories. Will read the next book as well

Until the very last page, I never saw the twists coming. I lost a night of sleep because I didn't want to put this book down. Every chapter, ever scene, ever twist - I thought I knew what was going to happen, but I was wrong every single time.

From the pacing to the tension to the suspense, these two amazing authors nailed it!

Thank you NetGalley, Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen and Katie from St. Martin’s Press for the free e-book in exchange for an honest review!

Jessica Farris signs up for a study and goes in assuming that she’ll just have to answer some questions and collect her money, but the sessions keep getting more intense and invasive. Soon she meets the famous Dr. Shields and has to take part in outings where she is told what to wear and how to act. Jess begins to feel like Dr. Shields is running her life and knows what she is thinking. Jess starts to get paranoid and is unsure whom to trust and whether what happens to her is real or part of the experiment. Jess quickly learns that some obsessions can turn deadly.

I really enjoyed the way this novel started out learning about Jess and her life and how she is struggling to pay the bills and help her family take care of her sister with her brain injury. I love the chapters going back and forth between Jess and Dr. Shields and what they were both thinking and how different each one of them viewed what was happening. It’s amazing how people come to trust and rely on people who are in this sort of position. I loved that you have no idea what is going on first and who you can trust. With each page, this book becomes darker and scarier for our main character!

Two different people are trying to use Jess for their own means, but she has no idea which one she can trust, and I enjoyed reading her escapades in trying to figure it out! I really enjoyed Jess and could really relate to her and how she just wants someone to understand what she has gone through in her life. I loved both the ending and the last few chapters before hand, they were full of suspense and you couldn’t even guess what was going to happen next! This novel was very gripping and a page-turner! I was riveted right from the first chapter on and didn’t want to put it down until I knew what was going on!

Pick it up on January 8th and cancel all your plans!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

After reading this writing teams previous novel "The Wife Between Us" I was very excited to read this new book. I was not disappointed. It's a very nicely paced thriller, with some twists and turns. You can guess as to what will happen but you won't actually have the resolution until the very end of the book.

The book is told from the point of view of the two main characters. First: Jessica Farris is a make-up artist in NYC. She hears about an ethics and morality study being done at the university and since she is always stressing about money - paying her rent, helping her family - she thinks this is the answer to all her problems. Second: Dr. Shields, a professor who is doing the ethics and morality study or is she?

Jess sneaks into the study and becomes Subject 52. She starts to think that something is not quite right with the study when Dr Shields offers her lots of money for private therapy sessions. Once in the study she finds herself in way over her head, in something that might have nothing to do with a study on ethics and morality. While the book is not a major thriller there are hints of betrayal, obsessive behaviour, deception, jealousy and manipulation of events.

It's a quiet book that leaves you thinking about it after you have finished it and put it down.

I did not want to put this book down! What a ride I went on with this book!!! Jessica sneaks into a psychological study in order to earn extra money to supplement her income as a make-up artist. Things get really weird with a lot of strange things subsequently taking place. This is the second book that I have read by these two authors and I can't for their next book. I highly recommend this fantastic book.

A solid 4 stars plus for An Anonymous Girl by Greer Hendricks!

Immediately capturing my attention and holding it throughout, this is a taut and suspenseful psychological thriller. The characters are interesting and the storyline compelling.

Recommended!

An Anonymous Girl is another success by Greer Hendricks Sarah Pekkanen. This psychological mind-trip will take you on ride as Jessica lies her way into a psychology study on ethics and morality.

Jessica is a beautician who does peoples make up at their homes. One evening she is doing the make-up for two college students who will be going out that night. One of them mentions that she has agreed to participate in a psychology study at NYU at 8am that pays $500. She didn’t know why she agreed to participate because she is sure she’ll be hungover. When this young woman leaves the room, Jessica looks at the woman’s phone to get the details. She needs the $500 for her the care of her disabled sister. The next morning, she appears for the study stating that the other young woman wasn’t able to make it, so she is taking her place. Little does she know, the other young woman, already called to say she couldn’t make. Jessica also does not know that this psychology study is one on ethics and morality. As subject 52, Jessica has no idea how her life is about to change…

Thank you to St. Martin’s Press and NetGalley for the advanced readers copy in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you very much St. Martin’s Press and Net Galley for the early release of An Anonymous Girl. AMAZING, I DID NOT WANT THIS BOOK TO END!!! I I was looking so forward to reading this book after reading The Wife Between Us, the authors did not Disappoint. What a dynamic team. Please publish another book ASAP.

Thank you very much St. Martin’s Press and Net Galley for the early release of An Anonymous Girl. Honestly, it took me about a quarter of the way of the book to get into, I almost stopped reading it, I am so happy that I didn’t stop. AMAZING!! You think you have it figured it out, but the manipulation is unreal! The characters were sooooo real, you felt like you were in the story with them. I did Not want it to end. Thank you to this dynamic duo for their writing.

An Anonymous Girl was good butI found myself skimming through some parts that were a little boring. The story idea was interesting and fairly unique which kept me reading. The characters were good, which also kept me reading. I'm glad I stuck with it although the ending felt a bit abrupt. #NetGalley #AnAnonymousGirl

This was a good thriller about a young woman, Jessica who shows up to a psychology survey. What happens next leaves her on an emotional roller coaster. Dr. Shields begins to request more of Jessica's time in manipulative experiments. Although this book was fun to read, I felt it went on and on. I found myself wishing that the book wasn't so long. It started to get too repetitive for me. The ending was pretty farfetched too. But fun to read. I received a complimentary ebook from Netgalley.com

Very good book! It's been awhile since I had a book to read that I felt it hard to put down. This is one of those books you pick up and you are absorbed into the story immediately. Everything about it I liked, the characters, the setting, the pace, the storyline were all excellent. I had read these author's book The Wife Between Us and enjoyed it, but this one is far better and I will definitely be seeking out more titles from them.

Authors Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekannen already had a blockbuster to their names with the bestselling The Wife Between Us. They're sure to have another one with the upcoming An Anonymous Girl.

Let's face it -- psychological thrillers (especially those that build on lies) are a dime a dozen nowadays, and you can pretty much be guaranteed a hit by just putting the words "girl" or "woman" in the title. But Hendricks and Pekannen manage to create a world that's entirely different in An Anonymous Girl, and the results are deeply unsettling (in a good way).

Jessica Farris signs up for a psychological study with the mysterious Dr. Shields. The questions start off innocently enough, and Jessica can't believe she's being paid so much just for her answers. But when the questions become more intrusive and she is asked to do things she is uncomfortable with, Jessica wants out. But will Dr. Shields let her go?

I have to be honest -- as I was writing that last paragraph, An Anonymous Girl didn't sound all that scary. But it is. I think what's most effective is that Jessica and Dr. Shields alternate narration. Dr. Shields narrates in second person and passive voice, which creates a sense of even more invasion into Jessica's life. Hendricks and Pekannen have finally created something different in the psychological suspense category; I highly recommend it!

MY RATING - 4

Thank you to Netgalley for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

This is a very fast past thriller told by two points of view. I found it a little confusing to decipher the two voices sometimes. The story coveras a very interesting topic of morality and how people think one way, but act another. I think the book was a little long winded, but overall it kept my attention.

Thank you St. Martin's Press for this review copy!

I came late onto the Henricks and Pekkanen train, only just finding The Wife Between Us on audiobooks via the library in August. I'm picky about thrillers on audio and get tired of heavy breathing rather quickly but The Wife Between Us was so engaging, beautifully told, and just an overall great listen. Imagined my surprise when I saw that a new book by the authors was coming in 2019! Even though I was a bit nervous considering my love for the first book, I just had to read it, Here's my thoughts:

I am giving it a four stars. Having done "anonymous" computer studies in undergrad for money, the premise was provocative. "How is this going to end?" I wondered after reading the synopsis, while cringing at the thought of a therapist breaking ethics codes. So what does happen when the anonymous girl, Jess, gets too close to the researcher, Dr. Shields? Well unfortunately a lot of headache, to say the least, and a ton of malpractice. Jess gets in DEEP, so deep that I felt claustrophopic reading the passages.

I wished I loved this book but in order to do so, I'd have to take off my therapist's hat and engage fully in a story about a therapist's harmful doing, a woman's scorn and a husband who is unlikeable but made to appear the victim. I just can't stop shaking my head.

So why the four stars you ask? Because man, Henricks and Pekkanen can write! All the while shaking my head, I was quickly turning the pages and wanting to read more. It's a solid story and from now on, I will read anything these two authors write.

AN ANONYMOUS GIRL is the next novel of psychological suspense and obsession from the authors of the blockbuster bestseller The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks in collaboration with Sarah Pekkanen, with an expected publication date of January 8th 2019 by St. Martin's Press.

As I really enjoyed their previous novel, The Wife Between Us, I was overjoyed when I received a digital copy of their new novel, An Anonymous Girl through NetGalley. I couldn’t wait to read it, as I was so impressed with their debut. I read this book twice because there was so much to absorb and think about. I can honestly say, this is one of the best books I have read in 2018!

The story is told in the first person from two different perspectives.

The story unfolds with twenty-eight-year-old makeup artist; Jessica Farris living in New York, who after travelling to her client’s destination, hears about a chance for females to participate in an ethics and morality study, questionnaire, in exchange for a $500- dollar payment. So, when Jessica hears that her client won’t be attending, she decides to go in her place, as she could really use the money.

Seeking women ages 18–32 to participate in a study on ethics and morality. Generous compensation. Anonymity guaranteed.

When Jessica Farris signs up for a psychology study conducted by the mysterious Dr. Shields, she thinks all she’ll have to do is answer a few questions, collect her money, and leave. But as the questions grow more and more intense and invasive, things are not what they seem.

“Could you tell a lie without feeling guilt?”
“Describe a time in your life when you cheated?”
“Would you cancel plans with a friend for a better offer?”
“Would you ever deeply hurt someone you care about?”

These questions blew me away…I had to stop and think about them. The questions blew my mind.
Jessica begins to feel as though Dr. Shields may know what she’s thinking…and what she’s hiding.
It soon becomes apparent that Jess can no longer trust anyone.

"A secret is only a secret if one person holds it."

This is a riveting story about doubt, passion and trust and one that will keep you guessing right to the end! It is one book that I can read and read again! It deserves more than 5 stars!

I would like to thank St. Martin's Press via NetGalley for providing me with a digital copy.

Jessica Farris is a makeup artist with a troubled past. Her younger sister was permanently injured in an accident and Jess blames herself. She was abused by a higher up at her last place of employment but never spoke up about it, instead finding a different job and avoiding her former friends. Both those things play part in her emotional disconnect from other people, while also dealing with stress through one night stands.

When Jess becomes aware of a study on ethics and morality, that pays $500 for a few hours of time, she fibs her way into the program. Within a few questions, answered on a computer, with no one else in the room, she become the focus of the unseen researcher and soon becomes the only person in the research group. Next she actually meets the researcher, Dr. Shields, face to face and is offered much more money to participate in more involved research.

What started with a spur of the moment attempt to earn some quick money turns into a very scary and dangerous relationship with a researcher who won't let go. Dr. Shields learns all of Jess's secrets and then, as she asks more of Jess, holds those things against her, to get what she wants. At times Jess tries to turn things around so that she is less the prey and more the predator but Dr Shields is always one step ahead. Thomas, Dr Shields husband, is introduced into the mix and things get more complicated and and deceitful.

The story is told from alternating views of Jess and Dr. Shields, as Jess realizes she's become trapped in something she may not be able to escape. I enjoyed the book very much although it was hard for me to relate to Jess, who took risks that I would never take myself. Still, I loved reading this book and wondering where it was all going with Jess, Dr Shields, and Thomas and seeing if Jess could make it out of the mess her life had become.

Thank you to St. Martin's Press and NetGalley for this ARC.

Having missed the boat on The Wife Between Us (I still haven’t read it), I immediately jumped at the opportunity to read and review An Anonymous Girl. One, I have adored Pekkanen’s writing since day one and two, it sounded like an awesome concept. It doesn’t pub until January 2019, but I couldn’t wait to read it so….

I was not disappointed to say the least. This duo is an amazing writing team. Hendricks and Pekkanen created a psychological thriller like none I’ve read thus far. Every page brought new intrigue, making it impossible to put down. I read it in a day because nothing else existed once I started reading.

Jess is a makeup artist with a bit of a secret past; Dr. Shields is noted professor and psychiatrist running a study on morality. As the two come together things get dark, twisted, and obsessive right to the end!

I highly recommend this one - look for it in January!