This book was a miss for me. Very slow start and the only thing that grabbed my attention were the statistics at the beginning of some of the chapters.
"the average person will walk past sixteen killers in the person’s lifetime"
I enjoyed The Wife Between so I would give these authors another shot.

You Are Not Alone
A Novel
by Greer Hendricks; Sarah Pekkanen
St. Martin's Press
General Fiction (Adult) , Mystery & Thrillers

Superbly written. I don't want to give out spoilers but you will want to read this one. Worth more than 5 stars.
Highly recommend for mystery and thriller readers.
Thanks to Net Galley and St. Martin's Press for a great ARC

🔎BOOK REVIEW ⭐️⭐️⭐️⁣
🔎First and foremost a big thank you to the Mystery Book Club and @bostonbookfanatic and @jordys.book.club for welcoming me with open arms. I also fully accept that I might get my butt tossed out of the MBC promptly after posting my review for You Are Not Alone 😬. While most thrillers aren’t bursting with realism, the great ones have at least some realistic basis in regards to the storyline or character dynamics. This book had NONE of that. The storyline and characters were so shenanigan-filled. So much so, that I would have been fine if a giant Godzilla appeared and gobbled all the characters up in one munch. I just didn’t care what was happening or who it was happening to. ⁣
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🔎Shay Miller is unlucky in love, has no career and basically no friends. Her life is a hot mess. To add salt to the wound, Shay witnesses a gut-wrenching suicide at a subway station. Shay becomes so obsessed with the suicide victim that she traces every step in this woman’s life. Her stalker-like tendencies lead her to the Moore sisters. Cassandra and Jane live a life of glamorous perfection, and always get what they desire. When they invite Shay into their circle, everything seems to get better. Until Shay becomes a lead suspect in an old murder case. ⁣
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🔎Blah blah blah. No one likes a hot mess main character. Been there, done that times 1000. Shay is so unlikable and pathetic. The Moore sister simply remind you of fake, superficial, mean girls. Mind you, these characters are all supposed to be in their 30s. The other enraging thing was that for 80% of the story, you are completely in the dark about what’s happening in the plot. You are reading a story that makes ZERO sense. Only until the final pages does the story provide answers and by then- I just didn’t care. I’m thinking that these authors may just not be for me...I thought An Anonymous Girl was poop too. So mayhaps use this information to help you decide whether you want to dabble in this piece of literature.

Fantastic read that I finished in 2 days because I could not put it down. Shay is a very insecure young woman with what appears to be low self-esteem. While waiting for the subway, she sees a young woman jump in front of it killing herself. The young woman, Amanda, was an emergency room nurse and nobody could understand why she took her own life. Shay's curiosity got the best of her and she went to Amanda's memorial service where she met some of the young nurse's friends, namely sisters Cassandra and Jane, who seemed to take an instant liking to Shay. What could go wrong with this scenario??? From here on, strange things begin to happen and there are plenty of twist and turns which made this a unputdownable book. This is one of the best thrillers I have read in a while and I highly recommend it. Thank you NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for the ARC of this highly addictive book in exchange for an honest review.

I didn’t want to put this book down!!!

Shay Miller is lonely and has lost her job. The one thing seemingly holding her together is her obsession with recording data. Each short chapter is introduced with an excerpt from her journal where she cites relevant (to the plot) statistics. When she witnesses a woman her age throwing herself in front of a subway car, she identifies a bit with this lost sole and becomes obsessed with finding out more about her.

As the story progresses, important background is slowly revealed as the narrative switches among characters and moves back and forth in time. I don’t want to reveal too much more about this book, but if you like mind games, treachery, deception, twists, then you will love You are Not Alone.

By the way, I also loved Hendricks and Pekkanen’s prior psychological novel, The Wife Between Us.

I enjoyed this book. I would say it’s my favorite of this duo!

We meet Shay Miller who is desperate to belong and fit it, and the “group.” I missed a couple of important clues so I didn’t guess the main plot twist, which I absolutely loved. I love being surprised in the end. However, I did find the main character, Shay, a bit flat and miserable. I struggle with gullible and naive characters.

Overall, still a recommendation for sure!

read this thriller and was blown away by trying to keep track of what was really happening between these girls thrown together. was not disappointed at all with another book by these authors and would highly recommend it to others

Shay is lonely and she is in a difficult space in her life so when she sees a woman commit suicide in the subway it details her completely. But are Cassandra and Jane really gets friends or is something more sinister afoot? Set in NYC so much of this story, from locations to lack of awareness of our surroundings, struck home to me. A great thriller ride especially for anyone who rides public transit!!

Very well done! Loved the main character and the subtle twists were very enjoyable. Fun quick read

Thanks NetGalley for the ARC

At times I enjoyed this book and at other times I found it cliche and struggled to follow the different flashback points of view. Overall, it is a fast read that keeps you engaged even if the plot line becomes predictable near the end. Thank you #netgalley for an ARC of #youarenotalone

I have read these authors before and this one does not disappoint. It got its hooks in me and kept me guessing until the end. I throughly enjoyed it! Thank you to netgalley for the arc.

The dynamic duo writing team of Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen have left me speechless once again. Their talent to deliver compelling, convoluted thrillers time and again is truly amazing. You Are Not Alone is a chaotic story of deception, revenge, manipulation, and obsession. Told from multiple points of view and shifting past/present timelines, the story is divided into three parts and hinges on the reader solving the mystery on their own as the story unfolds.

In Part One, characters are introduced and as their paths crossed and they began interacting, my curiosity peaked. Marketing Researcher Shay Miller is obviously lonely, obsessed with statistics, and in need of a new job, residence, and life. Once again, she's on the outside looking in just as she's been most of her life. Completely by chance, she witnesses the horrifying suicide of a woman in a subway station and becomes haunted and obsessed with what she saw. Shay is left in emotional turmoil feeling an unreasonable need to discover more about the woman and what drove her to take her own life. While Part One moved a bit slow for me, I was intrigued and appreciated the author's meticulous attention to detail knowing it would be important to the story later on. In Part Two, I was quickly put on high alert by a shift in story ambiance with an increasing sense of malice and suspense. Shay's obsession has intensified, and as a result she pings on the radar of sisters Cassandra & Jane who befriend her. At this point, I began questioning everything and everybody and strongly suspected that things were on the verge of spiraling out of control for someone. In Part Three, the fantastic writing duo's many beautifully intertwined plot threads began to unravel, and my trepidation quickly elevated. For me, the tone and sense of urgency was reminiscent of Poe's Tell Tale Heart - rapidly rising along with Shay's paranoia. Like the assumed sound of the beating heart in Poe's short story, my own heartbeat grew louder and louder and louder in my head as I maneuvered all the twists and turns. And true to form, the authors withheld the final twist until the end. While I figured out some things along the way, I in no way saw this final one coming.

After finishing You Are Not Alone in the wee hours of the morning, I looked over to see my husband peacefully sleeping and was indeed glad I was not alone. Hendricks & Pekkenen excel at writing suspense thrillers with a frantic tone and pace that never fails to sweep readers up and hurl them like an angry wave toward the distant shore. Short chapters reinforce the dark, edgy, sinister tone as does the writing style. Characterizations are spot-on, in-depth and complete with background information and glimpses into the questionable mental psyche of these women. The result is another fantastic, riveting, sinister tale that fans of mystery, suspense, and psychological thrillers will devour! Highly Recommended!

It gripped me right from the beginning and didn’t let go. I almost read it in one day! I was unable to guess the twists and turns which is always exciting. Excellent!

Gripping thriller. Very exciting concept, friends protecting friends, almost like a spy network. Secrets and lies, with elaborate set ups, kept me guessing the whole time. Best friends, start of a new life, worst enemies, look out your life is at stake. Can’t wait to recommend it to customers.

Another great novel by the duo of Hendricks & Pekkanen. Their book had me hooked from the first page, it kept me up reading all night.

Shay witnesses a suicide at a train station. Little did she know how this would change her everyday life. Somehow she has now found two friends and she gets dragged deeper and deeper into their circle.

But how far will she go to stay friends? Are these friends truly friends? Or do they want something from Shay?

Seriously, this book had so many twists and turns and had me reading well into the wee hours of the morning as I was always questioning what would happen next.

I rarely say this but I couldn’t put this book down. Shay is living a boring life. She is working temporary jobs and sharing an apartment with her best friend, Sean. But Sean has a new girlfriend and their entire relationship is changing. Shay witnesses a woman commit suicide by throwing herself in front of a subway train. This affects her profoundly. Shay goes to the dead girl’s apartment and leaves flowers. Then she decides she must attend Amanda’s memorial service. At the service, she lies to Amanda’s “best friends” and says that she knew Amanda. Shay is trilled when these “perfect” women begin including her in their circle. But her friends aren’t really friends anyone would want to have. They are slowly turning Shay into Amanda. There are so many twists and turns in this plot. I will just end this with how much the ending surprised me. It wasn’t anything I saw coming.

Shay Miller just lost her job due to downsizing. Her roommate/best friend that she has a secret crush on has a serious relationship and he is planning on moving in with her so she will need to find a new place to stay. She has no other friends. Life just kind of sucks right now, and then when she is waiting for the subway she sees the woman next to her jump to her death it obviously rattles her to her core. As she tries to come to grips with what she saw she gets drawn in to a group of women who were friends with the deceased woman. They want to know what she saw, and if she knows more than she is saying. If she isn't careful, she could be next.
I devoured this book. It is my favorite one yet for these authors. It was a non-stop nail-biter. I highly recommend this one!

I'm a huge fan of the thrillers that Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen write. They're impeccably plotted, full of twists that catch me by surprise but that are so obvious in hindsight that it's embarrassing that I didn't catch on quicker. They tell us everything we need to know, after all, but they do it in a way that we're distracted by something else. 

This is an excellent example of that. If Shay had any ounce of self-preservation at all, she would've run from Cassandra and Jane. But they seemed nice and they seemed to really care, and that's enough to sucker a lot of different people. (No judgment, Shay---I definitely see how you were lured in.)

I can't wait to see what they do next. Either way, I'm preordering it.

I received this book from NetGalley for an honest review. This is an outstanding psychological thriller Involving seven friends who manipulate and try to control unsuspecting victims. There are many twists and surprises as the plot develops. Once I understood what was actually happening, I could not put the book down. The main characters are the beautiful Moore sisters and a very lonely and vulnerable Shay. Thank you Saint Martins Press and NetGalley for such a remarkable story.

Shay Miller wants to find love, but it eludes her. She wants to be fulfilled, but her job is a dead end. She wants to belong, but her life is increasingly lonely.

Until Shay meets the Moore sisters. Cassandra and Jane live a life of glamorous perfection, and always get what they desire. When they invite Shay into their circle, everything seems to get better.

Shay would die for them to like her.
She may have to.

My Thoughts: Shay Miller is lonely, sharing an apartment with a man she secretly loves…and his girlfriend. When she witnesses a tragic event on the subway, she is caught up in the victim’s life and swept away by the attractive friends.

But suddenly, just when the new friends have seemingly brought her into the fold, everything changes. How did Shay become another victim? Were her questions about the victim Amanda suddenly putting a target on her back? Who could be turning her life upside down, and why?

Trying to find the links and connections brought her closer to the answers.

I loved how Shay took notes in her “data book,” and the more she writes down the closer she comes to discovering the truth. An intense story, You Are Not Alone kept me rapidly turning pages to the conclusion of this 5 star read.

***My e-ARC came from the publisher via NetGalley.