Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this ARC for my honest review. I really struggled with this novel and to be honest I just thought it was too slow and just did not hold my attention well. I love mysteries and multiple POVs but this one just took too long to get into.

What She Never Said by Catharine Riggs started off pretty well, but was a little lukewarm when it came to being a thriller. Absolutely none of the characters were likeable, I lost interest about one third of the way through, finished the book but was underwhelmed with the premise and ending.

This book deals with a serious issue that is ripped from current head lines.
It deals with a nurse in an elderly home who helps the residents cross over.
This is a thought provoking read about assisting suicide and its implications morally, legally and psychologically.

This isn't an easy read but it held my attention through out and I think it will stay with me for sometime.
Thanks Netgalley, the publisher and the author for an ARC in exchange for a honest opinion.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this ARC for my honest review.

I had a really hard time with this one. It was very slow and just did not hold my attention. I do not like to DNF a book but I was not able to finish it.

This story is about an "angel" that is helping elderly people in a nursing home cross over. I really enjoyed this book and is something that is different then other on the market right now. The plot really brings up great discussion points about assisted suicide. I also enjoy a mystery and never knowing who the angel was until the end. Even though there was a twist at the end, I was looking for a bigger twist and felt it was a little predictable. Still very interesting read which is why I gave it four stars!

Ruth Mosby is the VP of Operations at a luxury retirement community. Ruth is very strict and doesn’t like it when rules aren’t followed. So when the retirement home is sold to a new company, things don’t sit well with Ruth. The new company wants destitute residents out. There have been residents dying under unusual conditions and someone called the “Angel” is responsible. Some of these deaths seem to be assisted suicide when there is evidence of a “club” of elderly residents who want to decide when they die. However, others start to die including destitute residents and others with secrets no one knew about. Ruth enlists her neighbor Zach, a retired police officer, to work as a security guard and to help her investigate the deaths.
This book had me interested from the beginning. There were enough twists and turns to keep me reading even if I did figure it all out before the end. Thank you Netgalley for an advanced reader’s copy for my honest opinion.

I absolutely loved this book. I was sucked right in from the start. The characters, for me, were believable, but boy did Ruth get on my nerves. She’s one of those who has secrets of her own, but thinks she’s better than everyone else. Thankfully she finally realizes this!

This book is a great mystery that kept me guessing. It’s a quick and easy read, full of secrets and murder. I definitely recommend!

Thank you Netgalley and Thomas and Mercer for the advanced reader copy in exchange for an honest review.

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This book seems to be taken straight from the headlines. People are dying at a facility, and many believe there are a pattern of mercy killings. This book kept me on the edge of my seat. You don't want to miss it.

More of a mystery then thriller. Not an author I’m familiar with but would certainly read another of her novels. Fast read,, easy read.

An excellent thriller! Kudos to the writer for bringing the characters to life, and for making the plot so fascinating. I enjoyed the book very much and woul love to read more by this talented author.

I wanted to love this book and I almost did. It's very well written and the mystery at the core of this book (seniors being murdered at a retirement home) is tightly crafted but the two main characters, Ruth and Zach, just didn't quite ring true for me and I had a hard time getting to like them or to believe their narrative. Aside from that though this book held my interest until the end. If you can get to appreciate the pair I think you will enjoy this story. Thank you NetGalley for the advanced reader copy for review.

People are dying at a luxury retirement community . . . and not from natural causes.

Ruth Mosby is the VP of operations at Serenity Acres, where the privileged elite go to die. For a hefty fee, wealthy retirees can live the good life in this posh Santa Barbara community—even after they outlive their money. Ruth thinks this is a fine arrangement, but the savvy new boss has a new rule: if you can’t pay, you can’t stay.

Ruth is deeply disturbed when destitute residents start dying at an alarming rate, as if on cue. Even more troubling, a macabre note accompanies each departed guest. Surviving guests whisper about an “Angel” who assists with suicides. Ruth has another word for it: murder.

Ruth enlists her neighbor, an ex-detective named Zach, to discover the Angel’s secret identity. However, the two have a painful history, and Ruth has dark secrets all her own. To solve the mystery, Ruth must descend from her golden tower—but can she bear the consequences of revealing her own sinister truths?

I enjoyed "What She Never Said". When I thought I had it figured out,I was wrong again. It held my attention from start to finish.
Thanks to NetGalley for the advance copy.

"You see, we all have our regrets. Our wounds. What matters is how we live today. How we treat others. And how we find the strength to go on".
What She Never Said is told from two perspectives:- Ruth Mosby a seemingly bitter middle-aged woman with a penchant for counting steps, and Zach Richards, Ruth's next door neighbour. Both have lost their way professionally and personally and share a secret that could destroy them both. Around them, residents at the assisted living community where they work, are dying. Are they being helped to make a choice to end their lives or is there something more sinister happening?
Once you comfortable with Ruth's prickly demeanour and Zach's disconcerting conversations with his deceased wife this book gathers momentum and there are some twists and turns that will maintain readers' interest until the last pages.

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Everything costs money in America, if you’re sick, you better have deep pockets and if you’re elderly and need round the clock care you better have megabucks. Is you are one of the 1 percenters you can spend your last years on earth at Serenity Acres, a place where you can have the best if everything – as long as you can afford it of course.Ruth Mosby,VP of operations has made her peace with the scheme until her new boss decides that people who can’t pay the exorbitant rates are out. There’s no way it’s a coincidence when some of the less wealthy clients start to kick the bucket. With help from her neighbor, ex-detective and ex, Zach to help uncover the deadly doings at the care home, Ruth works to uncover who’s behind the untimely deaths. Nursing homes are some of the scariest places on earth, having seen my grandfather, then my parents (briefly) “incarcerated” in one, I can easily say I hope I die at home!

I received an advanced readers copy in exchange for an honest review

This book was good enough for what it was, but it didn’t really suck me in. I found the characters fairly flat with the exception of the angel – he could’ve had the whole book. The story itself was unusual and well-crafted. 3.5 rounded down

Ruth works as a director at Serenity Acres - a "life care community" in Santa Barbara, California. Ruth is cold and can be uncaring to her employees...and they know it.

A patient with terminal bone cancer is assisted in dying by an "Angel" who keeps a Crossing Journal of all those (7 so far) who have passed on with his/her help. A common thread seems to be a pink post-it with the patient's name and a date & time. And what is the Goodnight Club?

Sarah and her children, Adam & Alice have strained relationships - to say the best. Judgmental and commanding Ruth has not been caring in any of her relationships. Her neighbor of 30 years, Zach, needs a job ( he was a detective but alcohol got in the way). Ruth helps Zach get a positon with Security at Serenity. Serenity is sold, Ruth's boss retires and her nemesis, Kai, is promoted. And, not surprisingly, it all is about money. It looks as if the "destitute" patients who can't keep paying to stay there are being phased out and placed in less tasteful accommodations. Zach has a son that died and his wife died shortly, thereafter. Somehow Zach and Ruth share a secret that involves this...

Zach finds out that Kai has some lethal weapons and is taking martial arts classes.

.Adam starts back on his drug habit and gets a kitchen job at Serenity. There, he meets Ember, a night carer.

At some point, Zach's old buddy from the force becomes the detective on happenings at Serenity.

A good story with characters that are believable (yet mostly unlikeable!) Some surprises along the way and overall an enjoyable read.

Many Thanks to Thomas & Mercer and NetGalley for a good read.