This book has a great premise, family killed under suspicious circumstances in Mexico. One son, Matt, at NYU, other son in prison, wrongly convicted, of murdering his girlfriend. I didn’t really think the author did justice to this book. It’s too formulaic. It’s as if they went to a class called “How to Write a Mystery” and checked off all the boxes. Grieving family. Check. Troubled son. Check. Spunky, whiz kid daughter. Check. FBI Agent who is on the side of justice. Check. This didn’t, unfortunately, check any boxes for me. Thanks to Netgalley and St Martin’s press for the advance copy. All in all, 2.5 stars

I read this novel during a recent girls trip and I stayed up way too late devouring it. I have already recommended it to the other females and to the members of the library related book club. It is on their radar for 2021. I truly could not put this down and identified with the female FBI operating in a male dominated profession. This will be a blockbuster as it builds on a documentary mini-series on a pay per view premise while fleshing out the family members in a very plausible way.

Loved everything about this book. This book was fast paced and kept me on the edge of my seat. I just wanted to know more. Using multiple points of view to tell this story while weaving in the documentary also added to the great plot and storyline.

Every Last Fear opens on NYU student Matt Pine, who after a night of partying, returns to his dorm to find an FBI agent. His entire family has been found dead on vacation in Mexico in what appears to be an accidental gas leak. The local police rule it an accident, but the FBI suspects foul play. The Pine family is no stranger to the spotlight. Oldest son Danny Pine is currently serving life in prison for the murder of his high school girlfriend, a subject which is the plot of a popular Netflix documentary that attempts to show that Danny was wrongfully committed. But who would want to kill the rest of the Pine family? And why were they in Mexico in the first place? Is Matt also in danger? Frantic for answers Matt must uncover the truth on his own before it’s too late.

Told in the third person from multiple perspectives, Every Last Fear leaves the reader unsure who to trust. In the present, it follows Matt and Agent Keller, the FBI agent assigned to investigate the suspicious deaths of the Pines. In the past, it follows father Evan, mother Liv, and loyal daughter Maggie, as they live out the final weeks of their lives.

This is quite a dark story, not for the faint of heart, about death, loss, and murder. It makes you really think about the consequences of true crime documentaries to the families of both the victims and the suspected murderers. While the majority of the book focused on murder and loss, my favorite scenes involved Matt’s core group of friends from college. They’re such an eclectic group but they always show up for Matt when he needs it, and you could tell how much they truly loved him. Scenes with their group were quite a refreshing break.

Every Last Fear is perfect for fans of slow-build, built-narrator suspense novels.

Thank you to Minotaur Books and Netgalley for the review copy. All opinions are my own.

I received this book through "NetGalley"

I first read a portion through the Minotaur Sampler and was hooked. This story begins with the death of Matt's family in Mexico with the FBI looking to notify him. Matt was playing chess at the time. The FBI's involvement was associated with Matt's father's job. The FBi wanted Matt to notify his brother Danny, who was in prison, of their death. Danny's case regarding his innocence gained national attention through a documentary and ultimately was refused by the Supreme Court on appeal.

Matt, at the direction of the FBI, was sent to Mexico so that the families bodies could be sent back to the U.S. Whil3e in Mexico, Matt ran into a troubling experience and was able through the FBI's assistance to get back to the U.S. as well as the families' bodies.

Once Matt got back to Nebraska for the funeral, the town's feelings of the past brought out bad feelings with regard to the documentary of Danny's conviction.

Chapters in the book pertrayd events of Matt's family before they were killed and gave the reader insight to how the family was still trying to free Danny.

The ending of the book brings everything in focus and explains ultimately who was responsible for the killings in Mexico as well as Charlotte, the person Danny was convicted of killing. This book is one you definitely want to read. I recommend it highly.

Let me start by saying that i loved the whole concept of this story it reminded me of the Netflix "making a murder" but sadly it just fell pretty flat to me. I ended up skimming the last 150 pages because i wanted answers. I feel like there was a lot missing with each of the POV imo.

If you like a good FBI/ Character driven type of thrillers then this one is for you.

Such an explosive start and the constant twists throughout the entire book! Got hooked in right away and couldn't wait to read all the way in one sitting.

It ticks all the boxes for a good gripping thriller-
Explosive first chapter
Fast paced
Amazing twists and turns
Has a heavy dose of everything - Murders, TV show on trial, FBI
Before and after timelines told in alternate chapters
Kick ass female FBI agent

My only little concern was that I did guess correctly who the murderer was. Though it was not too obvious, I did get it right. But definitely flew through it and this author is definitely to look for! I highly recommend it!

OH MY GOODNESS!! I loved this story and read it in record time. I couldn't put it down! Matt Pine's family is dead in Mexico, and his brother is in prison for a crime he might not have committed. Now, it's up to Matt and the FBI to solve these crimes and solve them they do! The book is well written with chapters labeled "before" or "after" to fill us reader in on what may have led up to the murders. The characters are well defined and relatable. The ending was wonderful and satisfying. Somebody needs to make Every Last Fear into a movie! Highly recommend!

Thank you, NetGalley, for allowing me to read this incredible book!

Absolutely loved this thriller! Multiple complex storyline but they were intertwined perfectly. I would recommend this to any fellow thriller lover.

Ok, I have been trying for sometime to write this review because I want to do it justice. I know I have said in previous reviews that the book I was reviewing was the best book I have read in awhile. Well strike that. This is the the best book I have EVER read. I read the blurb from the publisher “They found the bodies on Tuesday” and that was all it took for me to be intrigued. I wanted to read this book so bad. I was afraid I would have to wait until it was released when I requested to read it on netgalley. Only because I figured there were so so many who like me wanted to read this book. I did a dance when I received the email that I was approved. Let me get to the story now. Matt Pine is at a party one night while studying at NYU. When he returns to his dorm room, he learns that his entire family who had been vacationing in Mexico, was deceased. Unsure though were the details as to what really happened. The local police there in Mexico feel as though this was an accident while the government in the US fear there is more to the deaths than just mere gas poisoning. The entire family were found sleeping as if nothing had happened. There were no bullet holes or knife cuts. No blood to be found anywhere. So what really happened to the Pine family that day? To make matters more difficult, Matt’s brother Danny was convicted of murdering his girlfriend and there are many who do not believe that Danny is guilty. Yet Matt knows something. He saw something. Something that may prove Danny’s guilt. Matt brings his family home to be buried and the town is not happy. After the death of Danny’s girlfriend there was enough people who cried foul that a documentary was done that made the town out to be the villains. So the question that must be answered is What really happened to Matt’s family and did Danny have anything to do with it from his prison cell? This book has everything you want in a psychological thriller. It will take you on a thrill ride and keep you holding on while gripping the handles wanting more. This was one hell of a book and was so well written that I found even the beginning engaging. This should be made into a movie and I cannot wait for more from this very talented author.

Thank you to netgalley as well as the author/publisher for allowing me to read this book in exchange for my honest review.

I am definitely one of the unpopular opinions regarding this book, and it could have a lot to do with the face that I was not in the mood for a thriller at the time of reading this.

There were way too many perspectives and a lot of different story lines that took the focus away from the main plot line. I DNF’d this at 30%, because literally nothing happened (other than the opening scene) in over 100 pages. I like my thrillers to be action packed from the beginning, and more domestic in nature. The FBI has a large role in this book, which I really don’t care for police/detective perspectives.

If you like a lot of perspectives, kind of slow moving thrillers with many open ends, this book is for you.

This was just fantastic. I had a pretty good idea who it was, but the ride to get there was a wild one that kept me second guessing. ReLly great mystery.

<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53138046-every-last-fear" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img border="0" alt="Every Last Fear" src="https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1596742103l/53138046._SX98_.jpg" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53138046-every-last-fear">Every Last Fear</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/19976903.Alex_Finlay">Alex Finlay</a><br/>
My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3647021350">5 of 5 stars</a><br /><br />
I received this book from NetGalley and wasn't sure at first but boy did it deliver! This book has just about everything. Matt believes his brother, who is currently incarcerated, may have killed his high school girlfriend and is serving time for the crime. After a reality show chronicles the murder, Matt's family is targeted and this story takes off from there. Wow, I would defiantly read another book by this author.
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This book hooked me from the first page and thankfully stays just as engaging all the way through. I loved Matt from the beginning and he’s the perfect character to carry this story which can be very dark. Matt is a very appealing character that has faced the heavy burden of his older’s brother going to prison and is still reeling from its impact on his family. He’s supposed to be finding his own way in college when he gets the unimaginable news of his family’s murder. For the most part this story hinges on Matt as he reacts to different events that are thrust upon him. The story at times alternates POV with that of his family before their murder in different flashbacks that work to tell their story and bring those events forward. I hate flashbacks and find multiple POV often annoying but this author manages to do both seamlessly as a way to tell the story while Matt is trying to understand these events himself. While we know of their tragic death from the beginning the author brings them alive in their chapters which makes their demise all the more tragic.

I am very impressed at how well written and engaging this book is throughout. I found myself fully engrossed in every word. That being said I don’t know if I would characterize it as a psychological thriller. As a reader I wanted to unravel the mysteries but I quickly found them very loudly and easily figured out. There was only going to be one way for this story to make sense in my opinion. While I didn’t find it suspenseful I did find it a great read that I think will appeal to a side variety of readers. I’m very excited to read what this author writes next! I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

Danny was the cause of it all. He confessed to murdering his girlfriend. He bashed her head in with a rock.
His parents know differently. Danny would never do anything like that, not ever. Danny's sister Mags and his dad are determined to find the evidence to get him released from prison. Their family isn't complete without him.
Now they have had to leave their hometown. The people don't want the family of a killer around.
This family knows if they all work together they can achieve the unachievable, getting Danny released from prison. They will do everything they have to do to reach that goal.
A great psychological thriller. Outstanding twists and turns.

This book was absolutely amazing and unstoppable. Just be prepared once you start you will not be able to stop. Make plans for dinner get your comfy clothes on and be prepared to enjoy this fantastic ride!


NYU student Matt Pine returns to his dorm room after partying all night to devastating news: nearly his entire family—his mom, his dad, his little brother and sister—have been found dead from an apparent gas leak while vacationing in Mexico. The local police claim it was an accident, but the FBI and State Department seem far less certain—and they won’t tell Matt why.

This is a thriller that I can recommend. It is a little more interesting and complex than many of the other thrillers filling the shelves. I know that my library will purchase it. ARC provided by NetGalley in exchange for a fair review.

This story has two non linear story arcs . First the Pine family is murdered in Mexico on vacation. They were the recent subjects of a documentary to try to clear their son Danny's name, who was in prison for the alleged murder of his girlfriend. Danny's brother Matt was away in college and the only other family member left. Matt does not believe his family was killed because of a gas leak. Along with Agent Sarah Keller from the FBI, they find that the family murder is connected to his brother Danny s case. This story is told from all perspective s of the characters and goes back and forth between decades. Very enjoyable read, just wished there was not so much back and forth .

I’m a big fan of psychological thrillers, which frequently fall into the woman-in-danger category, but
Alex Finlay's Every Last Fear sounded like exactly what I was looking for to take my mind off the pandemic, election, etc. From the opening line (“The bodies were found on Tuesday”), I was hooked. The story is told from multiple points of view and it jumps around in time, but it’s easy to follow and focuses on the protagonist, Matt Pine, a student at NYU.

After a late night of partying, Matt returns to his dorm room and learns that almost his entire family, including his parents and younger brother and sister, have been found dead in a hotel room in Mexico. The local police say it was an accidental gas leak, but soon both the FBI and the U.S. State Department are both involved in the investigation, and Matt has no idea why -- and for that matter, he has no clue as to why his family went on a sudden vacation.

Matt still has his older brother Danny, although they have not been in touch much since Danny was convicted of murdering his girlfriend Charlotte several years back. The case became the subject of a viral true crime documentary which raised the possibility of a wrongful conviction. There are groups all over the country working to reveal “the truth” -- but Matt has a secret that he’s never told anyone, including Danny: on the night Charlotte was killed, Matt saw something that made him believe Danny is truly guilty of the crime.

Matt returns to the small hometown from which they had moved to get away from scrutiny that came with the notoriety around Danny’s case, All he wants is to bury his parents and siblings, but he’s confronted by a hostile community that hated how they came across in the documentary. As the investigation into the deaths in Mexico continues, it suggests that these deaths may be connected to Danny’s case. So, off Matt goes to do some investigating of his own.

As a true crime fan who frequently feels bad for the friends and family members who get dragged into the media circus surrounding the crimes that touch their lives, I appreciated the way this story addressed that. I also thought the plot was well thought out and although the resolution might be a tiny bit contrived to suit some readers, I looked at it as a future movie and enjoyed it on that level. I think Graham Phillips (who played Zach in the TV series The Good Wife) would be perfect as Matt. Four and a half stars (rounded down because it's ALMOST a 5).

I enjoyed this twisty mystery, in which Matt Pine, a college student at NYU, comes home to learn that his parents and younger brother and sister were killed while away on vacation in Mexico. Authorities in Mexico say it was a gas leak, but FBI agent Sarah Keller is less convinced it was a mere accident.

Matt’s family had already been in the spotlight because of a documentary questioning if the oldest brother, Danny, who is serving a life sentence, was really guilty of murdering his girlfriend when they were teenagers. The younger sister, Maggie; the parents; and Danny himself all say he was wrongly convicted, but Matt is not so sure because of something he saw the fatefully evening that changed the Pine family’s lives. He has to face his brother who might be guilty in prison and travel to Mexico to deal with the authorities, all while trying to figure out if their deaths were accident. Also, it’s possible he might be the next person to die if his family was, in fact, murdered.

This novel is fun. Thanks to NetGalley for the opportunity this book, which RELEASES MARCH 2, 2021.