The Girl From Widow Hills is another page-turner by Megan Miranda. I could not put it down. As an avid mystery and suspense reader, I typically figure out the ending, but this one was different. I was never quite sure and boy, was I wrong on all my suspicions!

Thank you to Net Galley and the publisher for the ARC. This is one I will definitely be recommending.

The Girl from Widow Hills is another winner from Megan Miranda! This was a super quick, enjoyable suspense story about a girl that went missing during a rainstorm when she was a child. Now, as an adult, someone ends up dead outside her house, and the murder all leads back to her disappearance twenty years prior. I thoroughly enjoyed this read and would recommend it. Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC.

Another clever novel, and I never saw the ending at all. What a thrill ride, and a great weekend read as always. Happy to chat it up as always, and look forward to the next one!

This was not a complex story and was a quick read. There were several red herrings and the ending was not easy to guess. I was surprised by who ended up being the murderer. I did not love the protagonist; I have no idea why. There was just something about her that put me off. That being said, there were no really redeeming characters in the book. I was susuoicious of many of them. However, it was a different mystery in that there were surprises that one did not expect.

I received a copy of this book from Netgalley in exchange for my honest opinion. I was so excited to receive this book as I am a huge Meghan Miranda fan. I couldn’t wait to read her newest release. This book will keep you on the edge of your seat all the way to the very last page. You will not believe the twists and turns that come throughout this book. I highly recommend it.

Really great book by Megan Miranda... I have really grown to fully embrace and love the novels she so frequently puts out.

This one was just a whirlwind from the beginning. It almost felt like we were trying to figure out two different mysteries: The first was what really happened to Arden Maynor on the night she was swept away in flash floods while sleepwalking? She was found 3 days later by a stranger, but she can't remember anything from the 3 days she was stuck in a sewer drainage.

The second is who killed the man from Arden's (now Olivia Meyer) past, a dead body she wakes up next to while sleepwalking on her lawn?

Everything points back to the sleepwalking and Olivia is keeping quiet about her problem because she's certain she would never have harmed someone while sleepwalking, let alone brutally slit his throat.

I did not see the ending coming, was completely shocked (in a good way) for who was behind it all.

megan mirandas books tend to be hit or miss for me but I found myself really liking her latest release. more than the last house guest.

Arden Mayer was six years old when she started sleepwalking, one night she disappeared and after three days of intense searching she was found in a drainage pipe. She had no memory of that night or what led to her being in the pipe but the media was infatuated with her story. The media’s attention followed her and her mother for years and even when the 5 and 10 year anniversaries came. Arden refusing to be known as the The Girl From Widow Hill since this happened In Widow Hill Kentucky, she changes her name to Olivia and moves hoping for a fresh start. Working at a hospital she makes some friends but she always feels different since she keeps her past a secret. After a phone call that informs her that her mother has passed away, she keep gets the feeling she’s being watched. After a night of sleepwalking she’s wakes up to find , she’s standing over the body of man whose been murdered. Scared she runs to her neighbors and soon the police are involved. Fearing her past will be uncovered she tries to uncover who this man was and what’s his connection is to her. The constant feeling of being watched, she’s scared and decides to uncover what her past is hiding and what led to her being six years old in a drainage pipe.. see you can never run from the past! Five stars! This book was a twisted thriller for sure!

I was really excited to pick up The Girl from Widow Hills. The plot sounded great and I'd seen several reviews that had high praise.
Unfortunately, it was way too slow for me tom really become invest in it. Nothing really happened until 19% into the book and the real action didn't happen until the book was almost over. There was several plot twists and one was pretty decent but the other seemed to come way out of left field and it didn't make a lot of sense to me.
I did really like the overall plot and the writing was really good. I liked the main character and even the side characters added value to the book.
Overall, for most of the book, it wasn't really holding my attention and I wasn't extremely driven to finish the book. If you don't mind slower reads, you might really enjoy The Girl from Widow Hills.

An event that transpired when she was 6 years old continues to haunt and hunt Arden Maynor. Arden was a sleepwalker and as a child she wandered out during a rainstorm and was swept into the storm drain system of her small community Widow Hills. Found three days later clinging to a storm grate her mother exploited the story for years to come.

There were several subplots I found a little difficult to wrap my head around-mainly that the general public would be as concerned with the story as author Miranda portrays. Secondly, that a child of 6 years old could be swept in a storm drain and survive for three days clinging to a grate. Third Arden/Olivia is always surprised that everyone knows her backstory. The story takes place in 2020 and it is no surprise that her colleagues, friends and neighbors can find the story with a few well chosen keywords and an internet connection.

Typically I never see the ending coming, but about midway through this novel the pieces all fell into place for me. The author is generous with her clues and if you watch for them you will be able to solve the puzzle. However there is a nice twist in the very ending of the book that I did not see coming-no spoilers here but wait for it!

Megan Miranda does it again. Every one of her books stumps me. With major plot twists and beautifully written, but crazy plots the killer is never who I think it is. I could not put down The Girl from Widow Hills and I loved how much of a mystery and self development story this was. The ending did feel quite abrupt, but it all came together perfectly as I quickly read through it.

As a fellow sleep-walker, I was immediately interested after reading the summary of The Girl from Widow Hills. Sleep-walking is no joke! Megan Miranda is one of my favorite authors and I’ve read everything she’s written with great delight and The Girl from Widow Hills was no exception.

Six-year-old Arden narrowly escaped death when she left the house one night in a sleep-walkers daze and was swept away into a drainage system during heavy rains. Her survival is hailed as a miracle but along with the well-wishers comes the weirdo’s and the stalkers. Because of this, Arden changes her name, cut’s ties with her drug addicted mother and becomes a successful hospital administrator in a rural area. Just when Arden, now Olivia, becomes comfortable in her new life, she begins sleep-walking again. One night, with blood on her hands and a dead man at her feet, she wonders if her sleeping self is capable of murder. And so begins this delicious and complex thriller that kept a nail-biting pace throughout, page after page!

Ms. Miranda has set the stage beautifully, the creepy ‘I feel like someone’s watching me’ vibe that permeated Olivia’s life with just the right amount of ‘who can I trust’ characters basically kept me second guessing all the characters in the book, even those I really liked from the start. There is an overwhelming dark and eerie atmosphere that I was really digging and the twists were perfect and well-timed. This is a must read for any fan of Ms. Miranda’s or any fan of thrillers, suspense, or mystery.

My most sincere thanks to Simon and Schuster and NetGalley for providing me with a copy of The Girl from Widow Hills in exchange for my review.

I have been a big Megan Miranda fan since All the Missing Girls and have since read almost all of her books. They are all REALLY good to excellent! This one no different. The story centers on Olivia, now an adult, who had a very traumatic childhood incident she does not remember. The story is told in present day and through news articles and interviews from the past. I have noticed this sort of storytelling in several recent books here lately and I like it. This book is also a great commentary on how the media takes control of things and everyone wants to be included in the drama. Very fast paced and definitely kept me guessing with a WHOA! kind of ending!

Thank you to NetGalley, Megan Miranda and Simon & Schuster for this ARC!

Thank you NetGalley for an advanced copy to The Girl from Widow Hills. I spent the evening devouring this book (seriously, I read it in a few hours.) I literally didn’t want to put it down.

We meet Olivia, a hospital administrator, who seems to enjoy her job and her time with a few close friends. Intertwined with newspaper articles and reports from 20 years ago, we learn about a super traumatic incident in her childhood, how it’s affected her adult life, and her slow realization that it’s coming back to haunt her. Part murder mystery, part unreliable memories, with a definite reminder that you can’t run away from your past, I absolutely loved this book. I highly recommend it and will be reading her other books in the near future.

I can’t say anything more without possibly ruining the book, so just read it when it comes out in June, mkay?

Shockingly entertaining. No, really, I'm dead serious. Here we are long time listeners: Me without complaints. I know, I know, I'll give you a moment to recover from your intense shock.

"Everyone wants to be a part of a story. Sell your words, your friends, your soul. Watch what happens. Be careful. There's no going back"

This was a fast-paced psychological thriller/mystery that kept me interested and guessing.

Very bingeable! Arden/Olivia was a great protagonist, if a bit flippish in her behavior. I was intrigued to read about how she had survived and moved on from her past trauma. The relationships she makes all felt a bit artificial, but I still enjoyed the story.

The last chapter was the best because it kept me wanting more!


If you like domestic thrillers, wondering about past exploited children and you can't sleep and need a good binge read this is the book for you!

I have to say I was hesitant to read this one, I feel like there have been so many thrillers out lately that they are not thrilling anymore! But I enjoyed an earlier book of Megan Miranda’s so I though I’d give this one a chance. I’m glad I did. It kept me interested and guessing throughout. And when I thought it was done, surprise!

Arden Maynor's childhood was marred by one horrific event. When she was quite young, Arden was swept away into a storm drain and not found for three days. Arden doesn't remember much - she was sleepwalking when it happened. Now an adult (who goes by Olivia to keep the creepers away) Arden find that she has been sleepwalking again - and this time she trips over a dead body. Well, if that plot line isn't enough to make you want to keep reading, then maybe this is not your genre! But if you need even more tempting, I would say that the tag line for this book could be "don't trust your own memory." Just as is true of her prior works, Miranda has given us an excellent novel of suspense. I really enjoyed this one!

I was beyond excited to get this advanced reading copy of Widow Hills after reading, and loving, Megan Miranda’s book, The Last House Guest. She is quickly becoming one of my favorite authors. Mary Higgins Clark sparked a love of reading in me as a teenager, and Megan Miranda’s books give me that same joy and excitement I felt as a teenager falling in love with books. Megan is an expert at character development, and her books are very unpredictable. I highly recommend this book and I will be a loyal reader of hers from now on.

4.5 stars

Okay, first things first. One of the stranger things about reading this novel was that I started out having an oddly similar experience to the main character, which is not to say I sleepwalk or that I got swept into a drainage system during a freak storm. But every time Olivia walks into a room she gets a rush of deja vu – as if people she knows she's just met are somehow familiar from another time and place. And during the early chapters of The Girl from Widow Hills I kept getting that same rush.

I knew this story. Only I didn't. A 6-year-old sleepwalking child surviving underground in a small town for three days, subsequently to be rescued by one guy as the entire country looked on?

No way. Except...

It finally reached the point where I stopped reading, hopped onto Google and started typing in random phrases. For some reason, my subconscious mind forced me to type the word “well” into the search bar. And there it was – the story of Jessica McClure, the 18-month-old girl who fell into a well and almost died. For three days CNN broadcast the rescue efforts live, including reports of her singing snippets of “Winnie the Pooh” from the bottom of the well. Even President Reagan chimed in and the photo of the guy that rescued her won a Pulitzer Prize. I'm sure you can fill in the rest – a visit to the White House, a made-for-tv movie, the talk show circuit, tons of articles, a book. (If you haven't read the book, I recommend not googling until after you finish – there are a couple of bizarre similarities – spoilers).

Once I had that out of the way, I could get back to the novel. Because though there are flashbacks and transcripts from two decades earlier interspersed between chapters, the story primarily takes place in 2020. Olivia – formerly the famous Arden Maynor – has done everything she can to put her past behind her. She's changed her name, cut off relations with her mother and hidden her life story from even her closest friends. Over the years, Liv's dealt with reporters, stalkers, and – when she was still in school - jealous peers. With the 20-year-anniversary of her rescue coming up, she fears her story will resurface and destroy the new life she's made for herself. What she doesn't anticipate is that she'll start sleepwalking again. Or that she'll wake up outside with a dead body at her feet and her hands covered in blood. A dead body that happens to belong to the man who rescued her.

Has she just murdered the guy who saved her life? If not, who has? And why did he travel hundreds of miles to visit her home in the middle of the night? Thus begins what turns out to be a thrilling, well-plotted page turner. There are plenty of people Olivia suspects, including herself, and we don't find out the truth until the final twist. I'm a big fan of unreliable narrators so I loved Liv's uncertainty about her actions in both the past and present. I also really enjoyed piecing together events via bits and pieces of transcripts, old articles, book excerpts and interviews. Finally, I liked Miranda's writing style more than I expected I would. I always highlight favorite sentences as I read but I found myself doing that more than usual while reading this novel. My only critique is that I felt some of the secondary characters could have been a bit more developed (and there was one key twist I did guess early on).

If you're a Megan Miranda fan, you'll probably like this one and if you're not, The Girl from Widow Hills is a good place to start. Much thanks to Simon & Schuster and Netgalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.