First, thank you to Net Galley, author Wendy Walker and St Martin's Press publishers for giving me an early readers copy of Don't Look For Me in exchange for my honest review.

My first experience reading a book by Wendy Walker was last year when e I reviewed her novel The Night Before. I was impressed with her skill as a mystery/suspense writer. I am happy to say her writing is still the quality work I expect from her. I was thrilled to be able to t review Don't Look For Me (on sale today September 15) and I liked it a lot! Her skill at presenting a realistic psychological thriller is amazing. Don'y t Look For Me might be her best book yet.

I like how the story unfolded in layers that provided a gradual building up in e story and added to the suspense. Her keen observation of human behavior is excellent and everyone seem more real than the usual cookie cutter characters who are perfect that you find ion some novels. People have flaws and they may not always behave the way you would want them. Walker's story is real and that males it so fascinating.

I could really believe the story of Molly Clarke who is under a lot of stress with her family who seem to have shut her out of their lives after the death of her youngest child. She suffers from the guilt and fear that she is not able to be a good wife and mother. That happens a lot in our society and some women actually decide to "runaway from home" and start a new life. When her car breaks down on her way to a football game at her son's school Molly thinks about her life and wonders what it would be like to simply walk away. Unfortunately, the choice she makes turns into a real life nightmare of which there seems no escape. We are with her through every moment and feel her fear and desperation through her ordeal.

Molly is a very strong character and I really liked her. She isn't perfect but she is real. Her daughter Nicole wasn't as strong to me but she had her moments. This is a very female driven plot in that the women were the more realistic people and not stereotype. The males were either weak or clueless or stereotypical driven by madness. I really appreciated that! I also appreciated how everything ended without being tied up in a pretty package with a pink ribbon. That is not real life. The characters still had their flaws and probable always would. Molly's family still have a lot to work on and only time will tell if they can become a true family again. Alice will be scarred for life. (A book about her as an adult would be fascinating, hint hint)

Don't Look for Me was a very satisfying read with satisfying characters and a satisfying ending. Everybody go out and buy it. It is a great book for autumn and a better psychological thriller than most.

Whoa! This book!! This is an edge-of-your-seat, read-all-night, unputdownable psychological thriller. Molly Clarke disappears one rainy night while driving home. Did she leave on her own because of an unhappy home life or is there something else keeping her away? Her daughter Nicole will not stop searching for her mother and will do anything to find her.

The story is written in the POV of Molly and Nicole and is very well done. I don't want to say to much about it without giving things away. What I can say is that it I thought this book was excellent and highly recommend it.

Thank you to St. Martin's Press and NetGalley for the review copy.

Tense throughout although very little action. Molly & Nic are likable and we'll developed. I felt Alice was a bit confusing because of Molly's interpretation of her facial expressions. The ending is plausible and very unexpected
Thank you netgalley and the publisher for this arc

That first line 'The sky goes dark as I drive.' should have clued me in to the ominous and dark tone this book was going to take. Let me tell you, the dark sky ended up being the least of Molly's worries and was only the beginning of her terror.

Don't Look for Me took me on a ride I couldn't have imagined when I started reading. I was not expecting the story that I unfold before me and I loved every minute of it! Twists, turns. lies, not knowing who to trust, nor who to believe. So much hurt and so many emotions. Molly had already been through so much and I wasn't sure she was going to survive what happened to her on the dark, rainy night.

Don't Look for Me is the perfect read for those who love psychological thrillers. This one will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very end. Loved, loved, loved it!

This is the first book I have read by this author and it certainly will not be the last. The story was filled with both mystery and suspense.

Molly Clarke has been having trouble with the members of her family. One fateful night, she walked away from the life that was giving her grief. Well, that is what the note she left behind says.

Her husband is willing to believe she meant it but her daughter wants to investigate her mother’s disappearance. It might be because of the guilt that she feels but it might also be because she simply does not believe it. Her younger brother is on her side as well, but he has much to feel guilty about, too.

She heads to the area where her mother disappeared and starts to look into the people who live nearby. She is drawn further into the investigation without having any idea of which people she can trust and which people may have been involved.

The story goes back and forth between narrators but it is easy to follow the storyline. It made for a suspenseful plot and one that I continue to think about.

I was provided a digital advance reader copy of this book by the publisher via Netgalley.

Wow What a great mystery. I have just tried this author and was not disappointed at all!!! Loved the story and characters. The background on the characters just made the whole story believable

This is a really fast paced book even though it has many layers to it. It falls under many genres thriller suspense Psych my type of book. A real page turner.

This was my first Wendy Walker novel. And it won't be my last! This was a very quick read not only because it's 352 pgs but also because it keeps you on your toes. There's not a whole lot I can say without spoiling but suffice it to say that Molly's family is very broken, ever since the accidental death of 9-year-old Annie 5 years earlier. Everyone seems to hate and blame Molly, including Molly herself. Alternating between Molly's current reality and the future reality her family (POV of her eldest child, daughter Nichole) is living in, you wonder if these paths will ever line up. You are lead in different directions, which I always enjoy in a mystery/thriller, when each direction is as entirely plausible as the previous one! But you'll have to read it yourself to find out where they lead.

Wow! Absolutely captivating edge of your seat read.  Wendy Walker hit it out of the park with this one.  I was hooked right  from chapter one and devoured this phenomenal read.  Her writing style is so engrossing, the plot,  the characters, the twists and turns keep me vigorously turning the pages to find out what is going to happen next. If you love a book filled with lies,  secrets,  grief,  guilt,  scandal and suspense you'll definitely love this one.

Molly, mother to 3 children is living with the pain of accidently killing one of her children.  One night Molly vanishes during a storm, her car found at the side of the road with her phone charging. Her clothes and credit card discovered at a hotel with a note explaining her dissappearance. Her daughter is not so sure her mother would just vanish,  and is determined to find her mother. What really happened to Molly? Will her daughter be able to find out before it's too late?

Oh my goodness! Don’t Look for Me by Wendy Walker is a twisty, tension-wrought, surprising story that keeps you on the edge of your seat and flipping pages to discover what happens next.

This psychological suspense novel is about Molly, a mother who has suffered her share of trauma and heartache and is desperately trying to survive the aftermath. While heading home from her son’s football game, feeling rejected by his less than enthusiastic response to her visit, she runs out of gas and finds herself caught in a storm. On the brink of giving into her despair she is saved by someone in a truck who takes mercy on her and offers to drive her to safety. She is not heard from again. Her family has given up on the search for her, but her daughter Nicole has not. Driven by her own guilt in her treatment of her mother and as she grapples with her past, she determines to find her mother no matter the cost. This story alternates between Molly and Nicole’s perspectives, giving us two views of the mystery.

I loved the short chapters with alternating perspectives that continuously ramp up the intensity. I appreciated the many possible suspects with varying motivations, as well as the red herrings and misdirections along the way. This story is fast-paced and carefully and craftily plotted.

I also appreciated the cleverness of how it began with a literal storm and started to wrap-up with a figurative storm. There are numerous shocks and startling revelations along the way and it finishes with a satisfying conclusion, only leaving one final piece of the story unresolved. Never Look For Me is definitely a captivating and heart-pounding thriller you won’t want to miss.

Thank you to NetGalley for the advanced copy of this story in exchange for an honest review.

5+ stars for all the goosebumps and chills I felt while reading this book!! Don’t Look for Me is an intense, heart palpitating novel that kept me on the edge of my seat with anticipation. A disturbing family drama/thriller full of suspicious characters, clever deceit, forgiveness and a mother’s love, Wendy Walker never fails to surprise me!

Thanks to St. Martin’s Press via NetGalley for the advanced ARC in exchange for an honest opinion.

This is my second book by Wendy Walker and definitely won't be my last. Don't Look for Me is a psychological suspense revolving around the Clarke family.

Molly feels like her family hates her. Her husband is distant. Her oldest daughter is going down the wrong path and flaunts it in her mom's face. Her son dismisses her when she drives four hours to see him play football. And her youngest daughter? Tragically died when she was nine.

When driving home from her son's football game, Molly gets caught in a storm and runs out of gas. She briefly thinks that her family would be better off without her and wants to just walk away from it all.

When her abandoned car is found in a small town and a few days later a note is found at a casino hotel saying not to look for her, her family truly thinks she abandoned them. Except for her oldest daughter. Is it really want it seems or is there more to her mother's disappearance?

I've been in a bit of a slower reading rut lately but this book pulled me right out of it. I needed to know how the story was going to unfold and I was not let down. Fans of psychological suspense books make sure this one is on your list!!!

Thank you to Netgalley and St. Martin's Press for the advanced electronic copy of this book!

I really enjoyed "Don't Look For Me" by Wendy Walker. It was an engaging thriller that kept me anxious and guessing and second guessing throughout. I was never sure who to trust which made me trust no one! I enjoyed the dual perspectives of the mother and daughter and their journey of grief and love and their simultaneous quests.

Trigger Warnings: Loss of a child, alcoholism

A woman has gone missing and her daughter is desperate to find her. The police have called the disappearance a "walk away," citing that her mother left a note telling her family not to look for her. Her daughter, however, will not "walk away" from what she knows and believes to be true - someone took her mother.

Wendy Walker’s newest book, Don’t Look for Me, is a story that crime fiction lovers definitely will not want to miss! The writing for this suspenseful tale is taught, full of twists and perhaps some gaslighting as well. Told from two different perspectives – the mother and daughter – we see the grit and determination that both of these women bring forward in order to save the mother’s life. It is impossible to write about the plot without giving too much away, but suffice it to say that Don’t Look for Me will captivate you from the first page to the last. It is a gripping, well written, character driven story had me enthralled throughout. I highly recommend it.

DON’T LOOK FOR ME is a psychological thriller by Wendy Walker. Having loved The Night Before by Wendy Walker I was very interested in reading her new book Don't Look for Me.

Molly Clarke had had it all before the tragedy that happened five years ago… a family destroyed by a terrible accident that changed them all forever. It’s been five years since she struck her youngest nine- year- old child, Annie, with her car…and killed her.

Molly feels she is a bad mother. She let their child die, and now feels she is a burden to all of her family. She believes her husband, John, who has been distant since the accident, is having an affair. Her oldest daughter, Nicole, is twenty-one and can’t stand to look at her. She has nothing but harsh words for her, anymore. Evan, her sixteen- year- old son, is at boarding school four hours away. When she makes the long drive to watch him play football, he dismisses her. Walks past her, as if he doesn’t know her. Her family no longer loves her. She is a burden to them now and she doesn’t blame them.

One night returning from her son’s football game, driving into the eye of the storm, she runs out of gas and her abandoned car was found miles from home at Hastings Pass.

Then two days later, her credit card had been used at a nearby casino resort. Her wet clothes had been left in the hotel room with a note. She had walked away!

The police call it “a walk away”. But her older daughter, Nic, doesn’t believe it and continues to look for her. Because Nic also feels to blame for Annie’s death.

It happens all the time. Women disappear, desperate to leave their lives behind and start over. But is that what really happened to Molly Clarke?

With alternating POV’s between Molly and Nic, the reader gains a clearer picture of what is to come.

This creepy psychological twisty thriller had me glued to my chair, to find out what happened.

This was an emotional read, with well-developed characters… a family coming to terms with their grief. An enjoyable and intriguing read and one that I won’t forget for a while. Don’t miss out on this one!

Many thanks to author Wendy Walker, St. Martin’s Press, and NetGalley for my digital copy.
RELEASE DATE: SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

One dark, stormy night while driving home, wife and mother Molly Clarke decides to walk away from her life. She is living with the guilt and grief of killing her own child five years prior in a horrible accident and feels like this might finally be her chance to leave everything behind. Her car is later found abandoned on the side of the road, and a note she wrote telling her family to not look for her is left at a nearby hotel. The search for Molly is called off after a couple of weeks, but her daughter, Nicole, is determined to find her mother. After all, appearances aren’t everything, so did Molly truly decide to leave her past behind?

If you’re looking for a thriller to suck you in, look no further! This book had me creeped out and sucked in from the get go. It is dark and atmospheric, an exploration of the effect of grief on individuals and relationships. I can’t say much in terms of the plot without giving anything away, but I will say that you won’t trust anyone.

I wasn’t a huge fan of the ending or at least of one twist, but I still loved this complex, twisted story!

Thank you to NetGalley, the author, and the publisher for a digital ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Don't Look for Me is the new thriller from Wendy Walker.

"Molly Clarke doesn't think her family cares anymore. Ever since the accident that killed her youngest daughter, her family acts like they despise her. Her husband pretends to be asleep at night, her son ignores her at his football games and her oldest daughter spews hatred toward her. So one stormy night on the way home from her son's game, she walks away from her car and her life. Or that's what it looks like. People look, but she is nowhere to be found. Did she walk away? Her daughter, Nicole doesn't think so. And she regrets the things she said to her Mom on the day she left. With a new lead she starts asking questions. But who can she trust? What really happened to Molly Clarke?"

What a wild ride from Walker. This is one of those books you might give characters some suggestions - DON'T DO THAT! It's full of misdirection. When she reveals the bad guy (or who you think is the bad guy) you think - WHAT? You want to help Nicole ask the right questions. And you want to be sure to spit out any apple seeds.

Walker does a good job keeping the reader involved switching between Molly"s and Nicole's POV.

The last twist is totally unexpected. The way the scene is written makes you feel like you're there.

A great story from Walker. Going to be some buzz with this one.

Happy #bookbirthday to this gem of a book! #bookreview ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I really enjoyed this book! I loved the writing style. Believe it or not, this is actually the first book I read by this author! I have some of her earlier work that I have now pushed up on my TBR list after reading this one. I loved the storyline and the pace of the book, it kept me guessing throughout the book. I thought there were too many characters at times but the author made it work. I loved the main characters and the alternating perspectives. I recommend checking this one out!

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for providing a free advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
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Ok, so this is definitely my favorite of Walker's novels..whew, I could not put this down! I absolutely loved how this story went back and forth between the search for Molly and where Molly actually was. There were so many times that I was so freaked out, I had to take a break from the book. This sounds negative, but it is actually so thrilling! 
One of my favorite thrillers of the year so far! This is a must read.

Molly’s life has not turned out the way she expected. After losing her young daughter, her family has fallen apart. Her husband is having an affair. Her older daughter has dropped out of high school. And her young son shunned her the last time she appeared at a game. Would they even care if she walked away? This has crossed her mind several times in the past couple of weeks. But, did this really happen the night Molly disappeared? The police think so…

Oh wow! So much to say about this novel. Molly is a character which pulls at your heartstrings. She is struggling to survive and keep her family together. Then…something else happens. Can you tell I am trying not to give anything away!

Nic, Molly’s older daughter, is the one who refuses to give up. She knows her mother is out there. Her mother did not WALK AWAY! Nic faces adversity at every turn. The police are no help. They believe Molly walked away. It has happened before in their little town. No way is Nic giving up.

This story is full of intensity and intrigue! I was mesmerized from the very beginning. And then…when you find out exactly who is behind the disappearance…OMG!

Grab your copy today!

I received this novel from the publisher for a honest review.