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This book certainly captures you from the opening scene as long as you aren't squeamish! It definitely has some twists and turns that I wasn't expecting and left me guessing.
If you are like suspense books I would definitely recommend picking this one up!
What a ride! Honestly, I wasn't sure what to expect when I started this psychological thriller, I just know I wanted to read it because it sounded so intriguing. When a book starts out with a narrator that is dead, my curiosity is automatically peaked and the need to know outweighs anything else I have going for the day. Our main characters, Lizzie and Dwayne, are not the most stand-up community members, but are doing the best they can having lived the small town life for so long. The description of their lives automatically leads one to believe maybe they deserved it, maybe they welcomed this unfortunate incident on themselves, or maybe, just maybe, there's something more. And let me tell you, there's something more going on here. Through the investigation, readers are introduced to rich and popular, out of towners, Adrienne and her husband, who has his own past issues with the law. Detectives look further into the connection between these most unlikely of friends, to discover connections that you never saw coming. The clever twists and turns in this book will have your turning pages deep into the wee hours of the night, and once the last page is turned, you'll ponder all the possibilities that could have been.
No One Will Miss Her by Kat Rosenfeld should not be missed! This story was twisted in all the best ways. Lizzie Ouellette is dead. Her husband, Dwayne, is on the run. And then there’s power couple Ethan and Adrienne Richards, a city couple with a link to the couple.
This story is told in 3 parts: the murder, the aftermath, and 6 months later.
I was on the edge of my seat through most of this book, my jaw dropped more than once, and at one point I yelled “What?!?!?”
This is the best type of thriller. I loved it! Thank you to #netgalley and @williammorrowbooks for the advanced e-copy of #noonewillmissher !
Lizzie, a woman from the small Maine town of Copper Falls, is found brutally murdered at her lake home and her missing husband is the prime suspect. This twisty psychological thriller is narrated by Lizzie from beyond the grave, detective Ian Bird, and Adrienne Richards, a wealthy woman who had rented the lake home with her disgraced husband. Lizzie and Adrienne, both lonely, had developed a relationship across class barriers. Lizzie, a junkyard owner’s daughter, had never been respected growing up and was still shunned by the town as an adult.
The murder investigation leads the detective to Boston to the home of the Richards. This is a fast-paced novel with many twists. I did suspect the major twist, but some of the others took me by surprise. Living in New England I enjoyed the Maine and Massachusetts setting. None of the action was believable, but it is a compelling story.
Lizzie Oulette, the outcast in her small, rural Maine town is found dead in her cottage by the lake. It's a gruesome scene and her husband Dwayne is now nowhere to be found. Ethan and Adrienne Richards, a wealthy couple from Boston were frequent renters of the cottage and Adrienne is rumored to be Dwayne's lover. Ian Bird, the state detective, is on the case with what appears to be an open and shut case according to other police officers. But Ian feels something is off with this case and he's not convinced there's an easy explanation.
While this one started slow for me, there's a major plot twist that quickly grabbed my attention and kept me intrigued. That being said, I also feel like the reader is required to completely suspend reality with this plot. So much of it is completely implausible. But I was able to forget that and just let myself be entertained.
Overall, if you're a fan of thrillers, I'd recommend this one.
3.5 Stars
Woah - this book was not what I expected! It was a super engrossing read - I've been distracted lately but this book drew me in immediately and kept me hooked. The pacing was excellent and the storyline was interesting - despite the number of thrillers I've read lately, nothing has really touched on the same themes as this book so I really appreciated that it was pretty unique. I'll definitely be on the lookout for more books from this author. Thanks to the published and NetGalley for the ARC!
I received this book from NetGalley as an advanced copy
As a homicide investigator pulls into a rural Maine town to discover that Lizzie in the town is dead and her husband is nowhere to be found. Adrienne who is a social media influencer has been renting Lizzies place in the country. There is a connection between her and Lizzie.
This was an interesting story. It did not pull me in completely but I did enjoy reading it. Good writing.
This book took me by complete surprise. I never saw the twist coming. Kat Rosenfield did an amazing job of leading you on one journey, then hitting you straight in the face with a twist like no other.
Lizzie Oullette is hated by most in her small town of Copper Falls, she married the town baseball star out of circumstance not love, which led the town to believe she ruined his future. Lizzie and Dwayne don't have a perfect marriage, barely speaking and living mostly separate lives. They have never discussed their hurt or their pain, divorce has never been discussed. Dwayne has secrets, as does Lizzie, but what happens when their secrets collide?
Adrienne Richards lives a fantasy life, married to Ethan Richards, a wealthy business man. She has the desired social media life, many think they want. Adrienne and Ethan rent a house from Lizzie in Copper Falls, after several years of renting, she develops a "friendship" with Lizzie. Does Lizzie truly know Adrienne? Adrienne has her own secrets.
I found this book to be a total surprise. I was not expecting to be sucked in immediately (even though the first couple of chapters are graphic and disturbing). Just when I thought I had it all figured out, part two begins and I was dumbfounded. The author takes a complete left turn and I couldn't read fast enough.
I highly recommend this book if you like suspense or thrillers. It is just creepy enough to fulfill the spooky season itch, but won't keep you up at night.
Thank you to William Morrow and NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.
“They all thought I had it coming. They all thought I was better off dead. And the truth, the one I realized in that last, horrible moment before the gun went off, is just this: They were right.”
Compulsively readable. Utterly shocking. This is a thriller that lives up to the its genre title. It’s smartly written, cleverly executed, and left me with that gasp worthy thrill that I crave from this genre.
After you read a lot of thrillers, it’s easy to become desensitized. Not many create that deep sense of shock. But that can’t be said when the main character is narrating from beyond the grave.
People in town didn’t know Lizzie Oulette. Not really. But then again, they didn’t need to. Her role was assigned to her before she was even born. Her dad was an outsider to the town, and he ran the junkyard. That made her both an outsider and a junkyard girl. Everyone loathed her from a distance without ever stopping to ask why. So when her cabin is covered in blood and guts, no one seems to mind. She was never one of them anyway.
Rosenfield created Copper Falls with vivid depictions. The atmosphere of the town added depth to the mystery and personified the hatred felt for Lizzie. But those characters. Unlikable yet completely fascinating. Getting into the psyche of those characters is what kept me turning page after page.
Lizzie’s story is a commentary on how harshly society judges, many times without having a solid foundation for that judgment.
Thank you Kat Rosenfield, Harper Muse Books, and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review an advanced copy of this book.
Rating 4.5. Quick read psychological thriller with interesting twists and turns. I was not expecting the major curveball in the story and this made it all the more intriguing. Good development of the main character’s (Lizzie) story. There were a few gaps in the murder investigation such as why there was no further confirmation as to the identity of the murdered woman - dental records, DNA. Would the police really just rely on verbal comments as to the assumed identity?
This was a good and creepy thriller.
Unlike other thrillers that I have read, the major plot twist comes in the middle of book (rather than the end).
Here's what we know:
A small town girl has been murdered.
Nobody really liked the girl from the small town who was murdered.
The small town girl's husband is missing.
Did he kill her?
Does it have to do with the rich couple who rented out the small town girl's lake house that summer?
The detectives are on the scene and trying to find out.
Told in multiple viewpoints and jumps from past to present.
This was a slow burn mystery.
It had a really good story and a REALLY surprising plot twist.
Just when I thought I had an idea of what was happening this book knocked me for a loop.
After the major plot twist it was a little slow for me.
It was still very interesting in that it kept me intrigued to see how it would all play out.
The author leaves the ending on a note that can feel a sense unfinished to some readers... but some people may like that.... Open to your imagination on what happens after.
Read this book if you like:
1) Past and present tense
2) Multiple points of view
3) Slow burn mystery
4) Plot twist!
5) Conclusion left (sort of) up in the air
#JustAGirlAndHerCouch gives this book 4/5 Stars!
What a well written book! I found myself unable to stop reading this. I was pulled in right from the start of it. I read it in about a day. There were some great twists that I didn't see coming. It was a unique read and I I look forward to future books from Kat Rosenfield.
Stina and Jack move to the country.. to the perfect cottage.. as they settle in things get weird.. I love a good thriller & Whisper Cottage was pretty creepy.. in a good way.. The couple are so happy for a slower paced town and a fresh start and their neighbor Mrs Bailey, seems like a godsend. Their cottage needs a lot of work and they are short in funds and time. As they get to know the town and their neighbor, things get very weird. There are so many twists and turns. What do the villagers know that they don’t know? Will this be a safe place to raise their baby?
While Jack works, as a Vet, Stina is working at home and starting to hear and see things.. Is her imagination getting the better of her? What’s going on with her? So many twists and turns to the very end. I can honestly say I didn’t know how it would end.. I think this is a very good book with an interesting storyline. It was a quick read and I really enjoyed it..
I really liked this one! It was a great small town twisted mystery that I could not put down. Specifically, I enjoyed the POV from a character after she was dead retelling what lead up to her own murder. I thought it was clever and well done. This one got very dark at certain points, but I thought that really differentiated this thriller/mystery from others. I would highly recommend this book!
No One Will Miss Her definitely threw me for a loop. I did not see that twist coming, though in hindsight I probably should have. I am giving this one three and a half stars out of five! I thought the writing overall was done really well. I was not totally sold on the story until about 40 percent into it but am definitely glad I did not DNF it. When the twist hit in part two, I was hooked and really didn’t want to put it down for anything! There were a few parts that I felt were not needed in the story, though I could see why they were included, they didn’t add any oomph to me. Overall, a good read and I will be looking for more from this author soon!
Thank you to Netgalley, Scene of the Crime reads, and William Morrow for the opportunity to read this in exchange for my honest opinion!
Absolutely amazing. I am mindblown!!!!! I give this one 5 stars, no doubt about it!
Short and sweet synopsis: A homicide investigator is called to Copper Falls to find Lizzie Ouellette brutally murdered, and her husband Dwayne nowhere to be found. It quickly becomes evident that Adrienne Richards, the beautiful, rich, blonde woman currently living with her husband in the Ouellette lake house, seems to know more than she is letting on... And THIS, my friends, is all I can say without spoiling the twists and turns that is this book.
You are in for a WILD ride if you read this one- in the best way possible! I am not even sure how many times I had to stop and collect/rearrange my thoughts, because of unforeseen twists! One of my favorite books I have read this year.
Thank you SO much to NetGalley and Harper Collins for the eARC in exchange for my honest review.
I was not completely engrossed with this book as I listened. I enjoyed the story, and appreciated the plot. I do think the book was a little too long for the story told. There are pieces I didn’t think were absolutely necessary and others I think could have been developed better.
This is not a bad book in one of my favorite genres, but it just didn’t grab me like other books.
No One Will Miss Her by Kat Rosenfeld, was a dark read for me and one that I had a hard time connecting too. Although this is one of my all time favorite genres for some reason I just did not connect to this book in the way that I normally do. It was a well written book, maybe it was the concept of Lizzie telling her story from the grave that I never connected with. Or it could be none of the characters in the book seemed to have any redeeming qualities. Even though it wasn't the book for me I would suggest that others read and make their own decisions because everyone looks for different things in a book.
I received a ARC from NetGalley and William Morrow, and this is my fair and honest review.
No One Will Miss Her by Kat Rosenfield is an interesting tale, told from the grave. There are four people: Lizzie Oullette, her husband Dwayne, and their temporary tenants, Ethan and Adrienne, who rented a summer cottage from them. Ethan and Adrienne had come up to spend a week in October, ostensibly to see the leaves turning. That is when everything happened. By that point, Lizzie had told the story of her life, unhappy as it had been. The other three really were incidental.
This was a strange book. I couldn't give it up although I didn't tally love it. It was like looking away from an accident. I had to see it through. Lizzie was a complicated character who had not led an easy life. Rosenfield did a fabulous job drawing this character and making her sympathetic despite her erratic behavior. People ended up dead, yet it is not really a murder mystery; the police were called it, yet it is not really a police procedural. The genre is hard to define, thriller, perhaps, although that doesn't seem right, either. The cleverness involved left the reader waiting for everything to unravel for at least half the book. Interesting.
I was invited to read a free e-ARC of No One Will Miss Her by Harper Collins, through Netgalley. All thoughts and opinions are mine. #netgalley #harpercollins #noonewillmissher #katrosenfield
I'm going to be super honest, when I went into this book, I wasn't looking forward to it. You know how sometimes you need to be in the mood for a book? I wasn't.
Nonetheless, it didn't take me long to sink into this book.
This is a book about classes, and how if you belong to one class, you're automatically going to be treated differently than a different class. This is a book about two women - one who is the trash of town, the other who can have anything she wants.
Yet neither of them has exactly what they wants. Neither one of them is happen.
The question is, how did Lizzie Oullette wind up dead in her cabin? How is Adrienne really involved, and what do the men in their lives have to do with the dead body?
Even though I didn't want to read this book, I couldn't help but fall into it, the same way that Detective Ian Bird had to know exactly what happened to Lizzie.
And the twist? The got me hook, line, and sinker.
Don't let this book fool you. It is so much more than you think it is. And I thoroughly enjoy it.