A fast paced thrill ride that will keep you on the edge of your seat. I agree it would make one hell of a movie! Lena and Officer Ray are complex characters that both suck you into their stories. Full of action and tension, this one will keep you questioning until the very end. My only complaint was that I wish the Cambry's story parts were told by her. The book takes place over a few hours and the author does an outstanding job of making an entire narrative that is both intriguing and gripping. This is one you don't want to miss.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for the ARC.

🌟🌟🌟🌟 4/5 stars

No Exit was one of my top thrillers the year it released, so I could not wait to read Taylor Adams’ newest, Hairpin Bridge. Once again, she centers her thriller mainly around one night. While No Exit remains my favorite, this was a tense, dark, and downright disturbing thriller.

Hairpin Bridge is about Lena, a blogger grieving her twin, Cambry, who committed suicide by jumping off Hairpin Bridge. However, Lena refuses to believe her sister jumped. Instead, she goes on a mission to prove that the police officer who found her sister’s body was, in fact, the one who killed her. Corporal Raymond Raycevic and Lena spend one night in a battle of survival and honestly..things get real bleak.

Stories that take place over a short period of time are tricky. To fill 300-350 pages, there is bound to be a bit of filler, so the middle of this one dragged a bit for me. However, the pace picks back up and then I could not put it down. By the end of this book, I needed a romance book STAT. It is dark, gory, and SAD. I enjoyed the book overall and think it is a great follow-up to No Exit. Now I need to go read a happy book and find some joy.

ARC was provided by the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

I was extremely excited to read this book because I loved “No Exit” soooo much. Unfortunately, it was disappointing. I couldn’t connect to any character, and it just seemed to be all over the place. I wish that there was more character history. I also think that the alternating between characters POV could have been done better.

This was one kickass, action filled caper that had so many twists and turns that it made traversing Hairpin Bridge a child’s play.

Lena had come to get to the truth of her twin Cambrey’s alleged suicide. Corporal Raymond Raycevic was the one who supposedly found the body and wrote the report. But did Lena believe it? Or was it the twin thing which drove her to find the truth?

The story was a great screenplay, would make a fantastic movie, where the two main characters were larger than life, each confident that the other would blink first.

Lena was fantastic; I loved her preparations and the homework she did about Ray. She was like a magician who pulled a rabbit out of the torn, bullet riddled hat, even when it seemed the hat had no secret base to hide the rabbit. And she didn’t give up till the very end.

Raycevic was a formidable opponent who gave as good as he got. His volley of words had the power to spear both Lena and me. Too many cards close to the chest were played well.

The story had layers upon layers with a feww memories of the twins’ childhood giving us the right picture that things were not honky-dory since they were 12. But they were sisters forever, weren’t they? Even in death, especially in death.

The story, with so much action of gun fights, car chases, found its suspense diluted even when the curiosity to know the truth soared.

A couple of things stood out like a sore thumb and niggled me. I was told Cambry made 16 911 calls, but in the sequence of events, she never had a chance to. The prose spoke about a little boy but there were 2 little boys of two timelines which were not made clear. Ah well… With so many bullets flying, who remembered to call 911 or write in distinctive descriptions of little boys.

Having not read No Exit, this was a great introduction to the author Taylor Adams. The book was a twister right up to the last page with the final line.

Thank you to Netgally for allowing me to review this book before its release date.

"Hairpin Bridge" is a book I have been discussing for months. Ever since reading "No Exit" by Taylor Adams, I have anticipated this release and it has been at the top of my list to read.
In this book, Lena is searching for answers on why her twin sister, Cambry, is dead. The cop who found her body insists it was a suicide and Lena insists it was not. She meets up with him on the bridge where her sisters body was found to find out what happened and why this officer was named in her sister's last text to her.
This is a book that is read from Lena's current point of view as she confronts the officer and attempts to find out what happened and Lena's blog where she talks about what she believes happened. The third view is Lena's book she is writing about Cambry from what she is learning and what she thinks happened.

The good in this book: it is fast paced and made me want to keep reading to find out what happened. It is also a quick read if you are looking for a shorter book that will keep you engaged. It is well written and I spent time trying to figure out who was telling the truth and began to wonder if Lena was crazy or not.
The parts I didn't love so much was that some of the scenes seemed repetitive and I wish that Cambrys story was from her point of view, rather than what her sister thought happened.
Overall, it was a good, quick read that will stick with me and I will recommend to people, especially if they like the authors previous work or books that don't shy away from descriptive gore.

3.5 stars
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According to police records Cambry leaped to her death from Hairpin Bridge, leaving only an estranged suicide note via text to her twin Lena. Three months later Lena seeks out the police officer that found her twin’s body to uncover the truth.
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Hairpin Bridge is a fast-paced thriller with a very satisfying ending. I thought this was going to be a straight forward good cop turns bad mystery thriller, but Adams did not hold back with these TWISTS YOU GUYS. The story kicks off straight away, it had me guessing by the end of chapter 2 what was going to happen (though I was way off multiple times), which rarely happens for me with thrillers. The story mostly follows Lena in first person, as well as her blog posts and how she believes the lead up to her sisters death went (in Cambry’s perspective) but we also get insight into what is happening with other characters (outside of Lenas vision). It wasn’t confusing, just different and I didn’t mind it. I was on the edge of my seat the whole time, I just couldn’t bring myself to give it four stars because I believe Taylor Adams’s’ other novel No Exit was executed a little better. There was also a quote about a characters wife that left a bitter taste and was really unnecessary - “He hated looking at her. Every time he saw her, he swore he saw five new pounds of blubber jiggling on her upper arms or under her chin. So, best not to look at her.”. Very little bothers me with thrillers/horror but this contributed nothing and I didn’t like it. BESIDES THAT. If you’re a thriller reader, I would recommend this (and No Exit) for something a little different but still along the lines of your standard intense mystery (with some body horror thrown in I warn you).
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> A quote I liked - “But grief leaves you reeling, empty-handed, searching for a devil to rage against.”

> A quote that made me laugh - “I’m being murdered. Right now. By a man dressed like a condom, who talks like the lucky charms leprechaun. Nightmares do come true, but never in the shape you expect.”

Hairpin Bridge is the follow-up novel to Taylor Adam's excellent No Exit.

"Three months ago Camby Nguyen drove to a remote bridge and jumped to her death.
Her twin sister, Lena, doesn't believe Camby would do that. She heads to the bridge to interview the highway patrolman that found him and determined to find the truth.

Lena discovers that the patrolman's story doesn't add up and soon finds herself fighting for her own survival..."

Crazy, entertaining story from Adams. Lena is full of surprises. Officer Raycevic is full of surprises. And the surprise character is full of surprises (no spoilers) Adams goes back and forth between Lena's interview and Camby's story. He keeps ratcheting up the tension until the explosive ending at the bridge. Lots of twists in this one - all the way to the very end.

Fans of No Exit should love this one. A book you should definitely add to your summer reading list

Thank you Joffe Books and NetGalley for my e-arc of this book, received in exchange for an honest review.

When Lena drives to meet Officer Raymond Raycevic at the infamous Hairpin Bridge in Montana to get to the bottom of her suspicions about her twin sister's apparent suicide, there's a chance she has bitten off more than she can chew.

This book was a rollercoaster that pulled me along at absolute breakneck speed. It was twisty and turny, with multiple conflicting accounts of the same events that will keep you guessing. Not only that, both 'past' and 'present' narratives span only a few hours apiece leaving little to no time for the story to lag.

I really enjoyed the contrast in narrative voices in Lena's various outlets, from her blog to her novel written primarily from Cambry's POV to the third person narration of her own POV, and how they reveal over the course of the story her changing mental state and the resulting discrepancies.
The pacing had me hooked and there were just enough plot twists and reveals to keep me guessing and leave me reeling in the end.
This is also possibly the first book I've ever read with a car chase in it, and oh wow was it intense-so well written.

If you're looking for a thriller you can devour in one sitting, this might just be the one for you.

Thank you for the ARC of this book! Lena Nguyen is a young-woman who wants to know what really happened on the day that her sister died by suicide. She asks the cop who found her body to meet her at the bridge she was found by. What happens next is a book that takes place across a short time period. With many twists and turns, the plot was and setting was interesting; however, I was slightly confused with the shifts in narrators and the way Cambry's story was told.

Overall, this book is for people who enjoy suspense novels that take place in a short period of time.

Hairpin Bridge was my first Taylor Adams book but I can promise it won't be my last. Action packed from start to finish with many twists and turns to keep you guessing. I throughly enjoyed all the cat and mouse games in this book and loved that the book had a strong, smart, female lead. I honestly wasn't sure how things would end and couldn't turn the pages fast enough to find out. Well written and entertaining the whole way through.

Thank you NetGalley for providing a free ARC for my honest review!

This book like NO EXIT takes place over a couple of hours.

Lena Nguyen travels to Montana in order to find out what really happened to her sister Cambry. It's been ruled suicide but Lena doesn't believe it and thinks officer Raycevic, the officer who found her body, is hiding something. Lena wants Raycevic to take her to the bridge where Cambry was found in order to get the truth.

This was a gripping, fast paced story it twisted and turned and there were parts where I wasn't sure what was real and what wasn't. I liked that Lena's blog posts were also incorporated into the story too.

Lena was a very strong character managing to get past anything thrown in her way which I enjoyed reading about.

I'd recommend reading this in one sitting as I think that would make it more enjoyable but I still thought this was a good story.

I really wanted to love this book because I had heard so much hype about No Exit. However, I was disappointed. The beginning of the book was so fast paced and had me totally intrigued I flew through the first half. And then the second half just kind of seemed all over the place and I really lost interest and struggled to finish it. There were a lot of twists but the ending kind of ruined it for me. I still want to read No Exit but I wasn’t a fan of this book.

I haven't read No Exit yet but it's in my TBR pile. So I was excited to be given a copy of this book to review. It didn't disappoint and now I have to go and read No Exit! Stick with this one right until the last page!

Three months ago, Lena’s estranged twin sister drove to a remote bridge in Montana, exited her car, and jumped two hundred feet to her death. She left behind a vague suicide note and no answers.

Lena suspects murder. Armed with an audio recorder, she travels to that very bridge to interview the highway patrolman who allegedly discovered her sister's body – and catch him in an incriminating lie. But as her twin's fateful last hours come into focus, Lena's search for the truth turns into a harrowing, tooth-and-nail fight for her own survival – and one that will test everything she thought she knew about her sister.

She wants the truth. Even if it costs her life.

#HAIRPINBRIDGE #NetGalley

I asked for this book because I had read No Exit and absolutely loved it. I was not disappointed. Hairpin Bridge was one woman’s suicide mission to find out what happened to her twin sister. Lena does not believe the official story that she committed suicide. So she sets out to speak with the last person to have been known to see her, the cop who found her body.

Watching the characters dance back and forth kept me riveted the entire time. This is a book you read in one sitting if you can. The reader gets more than one perspective as the narrative switched around, including one that is from Cambry’s point of view on her last night. But we need to remember that the story being told is coming from Lena and not her twin sister. We cannot fully trust any narrator. And that was where the story got me. I knew Lena couldn’t possibly know very many details about that fateful night, which she fully admits. Everything we know of Cambridge comes from someone trying to support a hypothesis she came to before she got to Montana. Everyone here has an agenda and secrets to hide.

I love how Taylor Adams can make a non-stop thriller in any setting, a snow storm at night or a spooky bridge in the daytime, and keep it going at such an even pace that you sometimes do not even realize you have been holding your breath. This is another one I will add to my bookshelf. My family comes to me constantly asking for something to read. They always know I will have a recommendation based on what everyone likes. I will hand this one to any of the three. I want to thank Taylor Adams, Joffe Books, and NetGalley for another chance to read a Taylor Adams book before the rest of the world. Can’t wait for this one to come out!

This was one of my most anticipated books of 2021. No Exit was amazing and hooked me right from the beginning. I expected the same from this one. Unfortunately it was very hard to follow and I struggled to connect with the story.

4.5 stars
Hairpin Bridge by Taylor Adams is a deliciously dark and twisted story of murder, suicide, revenge and family drama. Set in Magma Springs, 60 miles outside Missoula, Montana, the tale begins with Lena investigating the suicide of her twin sister Cambrey 3 months previously. Cambrey was a free spirit and restless roamer who set off on a solo auto trip around the US, and never made it back to Seattle. The circumstances of her death are unclear and Lena decides to find the truth so her family can have closure. The present time action takes place on one long day, but through flashbacks, the reader learns about the twins’ very different personalities, their relationship, and their lifestyles up to Cambrey’s death.
The events leading up to the present day showdown are told by the twins in alternating POVs and quickly engage the reader as the story unfolds. The descriptions of the isolated rural setting and an approaching wildfire really add to the “you-are-there” feeling of suspense and sense of impending disaster.
While there are creepy villains and descriptions of explicit violence in this book, they feel appropriate for the scenes in which they appear. One of the strengths of the writing in this novel is the author’s ability to conjure realistic scenes and keep the narrative terse and gritty. The deconstructing of the villain’s malicious intent and actions is both fascinating and disturbing reading. But the stunning twists and gripping events kept me hooked on this novel to the very end!

Thanks to Joffe Books and NetGalley for this ARC. This is my unbiased review.

Wow this book had me intrigued from the start to finish! I did not see any of the twists coming all the way to the end. This is my first book by this author but definitely not my last. I love suspense and murder and lies and this book gave it all to this avid reader! Get this book and read it you will not be disappointed.

After reading 'No Exit' by Taylor Adams and loving it, I had to read Hairpin Bridge which is just as racy, riveting and an action-packed page turner.

Three months ago Lena's twin sister Cambry commits suicide on Hairpin Bridge and is found by highway patrolman Corporal Raymond Raycevic. In her heart, Lena knows that Cambry would never take her own life and hence in present day Montana, she meets with Corporal Reycevic for answers and she will do whatever it takes to get them.

With a captivating and suspenseful plotline, a chilling setting and twists and thrills in every chapter it kept my heart racing and had me holding my breath. I absolutely loved Lena's character and she was such a badass. This is a treat for sure for all thriller lovers. Definitely pick it up the moment it releases on 15th June.

Thanks to @netgalley for providing me with a digital copy in exchange for an honest review.

I absolutely loved Taylor Adams’ earlier book, “No Exit” and find that to be one of the best and most breathtaking thrillers. Perhaps it’s too much of a burden to meet, but “Hairpin Bridge” fell way short of that level for me. The majority of this novel takes place at one location and seemed like more of an action movie synopsis than a true thriller/mystery book. All these physical fights and confrontations were taking place, but very little of the book shows you why-but not in a good, mysterious way. It’s a solid read, but I was left feeling underwhelmed. 3 ⭐️. Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the advanced copy.

This was one of my most anticipated 2021 releases, and unfortunately, I’m a little disappointed. I loved the first half of the book. The second half had way too much going on and was a little far fetched. Initially I liked the writing style, but then it became a little confusing and hard to follow. I will still auto buy this author though and I recommend No Exit!