Like all Alex Finlay novels, this was an excellent and unique plotline combined with engaging characters. At times it was hard to know who to side with as pieces were constantly moving to make the reader question not only the reliability of characters but how the puzzle would eventually come together. Great read!

Jenna, Donnie, and Nico were brought back together years after being in foster care together. One night years ago set this story in motion. What Have We Done is a fast paced nail biter! I was sucked in from page one. Alex Finlay is now one of my go to authors for a great mystery/thriller!

*ARC provided by NetGalley for an honest review.

Secrets seldom stay buried forever….and sometimes they are deadly

In a group home called Savior House, some of the residents banded together to protect themselves from the abuse that was rampant. After one of their gang, Annie, disappeared, the others found a way to escape. Twenty five years later, having followed different paths, their lives are going to intersect once more. Benny, who became a respected and well-off judge, is found dead, the apparent victim of a carjacking. Donnie had found fame and fortune in a rock and roll band, but drugs and other excesses have worn him down; his latest gig is on a nostalgia cruise, and he’s about to be booted from the band once and for all. Arty has channeled his expertise in technology into a billion dollar business. Nico is part of a reality series set in a coal mine. Jenna is a suburban housewife, after retiring from an unusual career. When attempts are made on the lives of several of these old friends, it seems clear that they are all at risk. Something happened all those years ago, and the secret they have all kept for so long is not going to stay buried any longer. They need to combine forces to confront their past sins, and find out who wants revenge for what they did. And they need to do it before the woman hunting them can silence them forever.

I had read and enjoyed Alex Finlay’s last thriller, Every Last Fear, so was eager to tackle his latest entry. The action is fast paced, but it takes time for readers to discover all that they need to know about each characters, with chapters that alternate between each of their points of view,
They’re a flawed bunch, to be sure, but I couldn’t help but root for them. They each clawed their way out of a grim adolescence to find some measure of success, though not all could hang on to it. Can they work together once again to preserve their futures?

Readers of Lisa Unger, Ruth Ware, and James Patterson (among many others) will likely enjoy this book as much as I did. Many thanks to St Martin’s Press and NetGalley for providing me with the opportunity to read the advanced readers copy.

Alex Finlay books never disappoint! I loved the quick pacing of this book as well as the switching POV. The short chapters also made me want to just read one more chapter. For a thriller, the author did a good job with character development.

I definitely didn’t guess what was going on in this book and it kept me intrigued the entire time.

My only complaint is I thought the ending could be better. I didn’t think the last chapter centering around Jenna needed to happen the way it did (without giving any spoilers). Overall I enjoyed the book and read it in less than 24 hours!
Thank you netgalley for the advanced reader copy in exchange for an honest review.

I’ll start out by saying that I absolutely loved the author’s previous two books. Both were five stars for me. I had such high hopes for this one and it fell a little flat for me. It took me until about the halfway point before I could keep the storyline straight and who was who with the characters. With all that being said, I look forward to more books from this author.

2.5/5

I am always able to get quickly drawn in to Alex Finlay's stories.

However, the characters didn't create the typical connection with me as a reader. I did enjoy Donnie and Jenna, but Nico didn't have the same amount of background and emotion to care what happened to him.

Also, some of the dialog was almost comical in how cheesy it was. Especially as it relates to the evil twins.

If you like your thrillers a bit on the bonkers side, then this is the book for you. We have three fairly normal characters whose friend has died. It also seems that someone is out to get them too. This could have been a pretty standard thriller, except for the assassin, which without spoiling too much, I will just say is very imaginative. Some of the assassination attempts are over the top, but you know what? I'm all in for it. In the end, I didn't really care about what they did, I was just along for the ride.

How is there still an hour left of this book? Obviously DNF because it was so scattered and disorganized. I hate when books time jump without telling you and there is 0% surprise learning that a man wrote it. The way he talks about the Bachelor contestants is disgusting. Just gross. I love NetGalley and love reading thrillers, but this one just isn’t it.

If you’re a fan of Law & Order: SVU, I think you’ll love Alex Finlay’s latest thriller. Nico, Jenna and Donnie’s lives are intertwined as the result of one dark night as teens in a foster home known as Savior House, before going on to become a reality TV producer with a gambling debt, an ex-assassin gone good, and an addiction-addled rock star, respectively. But when another of their friends from Savior House, the now-Judge Ben is murdered, and a mysterious woman (or is it women?) orders a hit on a fifth Savior House resident, tech entrepreneur Artemis, our three main protagonists realize that it all points back to that night on the knoll— and someone’s out to kill them all. Told in fast-paced, bite-sized chapters, this novel reads almost like three mini-thrillers in one, until they all collide in Part 3 with more twists and turns that a dark, back country PA road at night. The suspense will keep you guessing until the very last page.

My thanks to Netgalley, Alex Finlay and St. Martin’s Press for a digital ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This was a fast paced, adrenaline type thriller. I enjoyed it but not as much as Finlays other book “the night shift.” It was bit too action packed for me but liked the different POVs with the characters.

Thanks to Netgalley for this advanced reader copy. I did not expect the storyline, but it keeps you wondering what will happen next to each character; pay attention to each page as there is a story behind the story. This is my first Alex Finlay book, I will keep this author in mind moving forward.

Thank you NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for this eARC.

A murdered friend brings together his left behind friends, whom are being watched (okay stalked…). They haven’t seen each other in 25 years and now must face their past in order to survive the present.

I enjoyed reading this twisty book. The multiple POVs was fun.

Alex Finlay has written his best book yet. If you liked "Every Last Fear" and "The Night Shift" (as I did) you will likely be pleasantly surprised (as I was) that this book feels like a 100% Finlay thriller while also feeling completely new and different from his previous two books.

I thought the characters were well-formed, and especially appreciated the juxtaposition of seeing how they came to be who they are (from childhood scenes) against the race for their lives in the modern day scenes. Settings were fresh, as well, and helped showcase the urgency of the situations the characters found themselves within.

The book is fast-paced and, unlike other books with multiple characters, easy to follow each storyline as they march toward lining up. I highly recommend this book and am already looking forward to the next Alex Finlay thriller!

This novel is such a perfect example of the fact that we can never truly outrun our past no matter how hard we try… this book had me from the very first pages!!!

Someone is trying to kill the former residents of Savior House, a group home for teens that was shut down twenty-five years ago after a bunch of kids disappeared and the facility's director disappeared.

I was not a fan of this book. It was told through multiple POVs, which I usually love (and which Finlay has done really well in previous books), but it was discombobulating here, especially when coupled with the time switches -- some kind of indicator in the heading about the section's timeframe (like a NOW/THEN) would be helpful and make the story seem slightly less jumpy. The plot didn't make a ton of sense and was more of an action thriller than a mystery. That genre is fine, but not what I was expecting from this book. I can't get into much detail about what I disliked plot-wise without spoilers, so I will leave it at: confusing and not my favorite.

I've really enjoyed Finlay's first two books, especially The Night Shift, but this one was a miss. That said, I still look forward to reading whatever he comes up with next.

🔹 I just about broke my fingers requesting this book on NetGalley! I loved Finlay’s last 2 books, and I absolutely couldn’t wait to read this one. Sadly, it is not anywhere near the caliber of his first 2 novels.

🔹 The book started off with a bang! Crazy things are happening to different people and you have no idea how any of it is connected. It was intriguing because it was mysterious and confusing. I was dying to know more!

🔹 But once the connections started making some sense, that is where the story fell apart for me. The story had no depth, no heart and soul. I had no emotional connection to the characters at all. We have this group of people who lived together in a group home as children who apparently experienced things there horrific enough to impact their future lives; but, what these horrific things were & how these events truly impacted the MCs as children was never satisfactorily explained. The synopsis notes this story is “…a gut-wrenching coming-of-age story”. It was nothing of the sort. The MC’s backstories were extremely underdeveloped, and this had a huge negative impact on the rest of the book.

🔹 The story dragged. I read the first 30% or so at lightning speed… then I started getting bored. It took me over a week to finish this book & that is way out of the norm for me.

🔹 The plot was convoluted and unbelievable. I’m all for a great twist, but even with twists there is usually foreshadowing. Some of the things that happened in this story came out of thin air IMO. I wasn’t buying it.

🔹 I’m sorry that I didn’t like this book. I wanted to love it… I really did. Hopefully the author will return to his stories with FBI Agent Sarah Keller (from the previous 2 books) because he does those very well.

Thank you @NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for an eARC of this book, which I have read and reviewed honestly and voluntarily.

This wasn’t my favorite read of the year. I wish there was a little more to it. Reading previous books from this author, this was a little different. I’m giving it three stars because over all I did want to finish the book

Review of Uncorrected Digital Galley

The death of a judge, once a resident of Savior House, brings Jenna, Donnie, and Nico together again. Ben Woods was their friend, their fellow resident at the group home for orphaned teenagers. And now he’s dead . . . murdered.

And now, someone, anxious to keep the secrets of their time in the abusive home, is trying to kill them.

Will the secrets of the past condemn them to the same fate as their friend or can they identify the one who wants them all dead?

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Told from several viewpoints, including Jenna, Donnie, Nico, Artemis, and the twins, the telling of this tale takes place in three parts . . . The Targets, The Reunion, The Truth. The unfolding narrative takes place in the present, with backstories slowly revealing their pasts.

Suspense builds as the compelling tale reaches a denouement readers simply won’t see coming.

Highly recommended.

I received a free copy of this eBook from St. Martin’s Press, Minotaur Books and NetGalley
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I loved this book. It had me hooked from the beginning. I was immediately stunned by the unexpected storyline and it never seemed to taper.

I found this story a bit hard to follow. The characters would be present day then back in the past. We never really found out much about what happened to the kids in the past.