This is the type of book that will stick with you for a long time after reading it. It truly displays just how the cycle of abuse can work, and how it never really only affects those who are being abused. I felt bad for everybody in this book other than the abusers. And I honestly understood that avoidance is generally the easiest ways to cope with something like this because we just don't want to face the ugly and wrong things that can happen in life. There were some real shocking moment in this book as well, that I didn't see coming.

I would recommend this book.

This is my second book by this author. I enjoyed this one but I think I liked If You Tell a little more! The topics in these books are heavy so readers beware! These stories and perspectives are needed but not easy!

I Know Where You Live by Gregg Olsen

Published: November 15, 2022
Thomas & Mercer
Pages: 301
Genre: Crime Thriller
KKECReads Rating: 5/5
I received a copy of this book for free, and I leave my review voluntarily.

Gregg Olsen lives in rural Washington State (about a mile as the crow flies from Dr. Linda Burfield Hazzard's infamous Starvation Heights sanatarium). His thriller, THE LAST THING SHE EVER DID was an Amazon Charts bestseller. LYING NEXT TO ME was a reader favorite, charting at No. 1 in the Kindle store and hitting the bestseller's list at the Washington Post. His true crime book, IF YOU TELL, found a home on Amazon Charts for more than 125 weeks. In fact, it was the bestselling Kindle ebook of 2020. Gregg Olsen has been a guest on Dateline NBC, NPR, Good Morning America, The Early Show, FOX News, CNN, Anderson Cooper, Entertainment Tonight, Inside Edition, Extra, Access Hollywood, 20/20, Snapped, Deadly Women, William Shatner's Aftermath, and A&E's Biography. I live in rural Washington State (about a mile as the crow flies from Dr. Linda Burfield Hazzard's infamous Starvation Heights sanatarium). My thriller, THE LAST THING SHE EVER DID was an Amazon Charts bestseller. LYING NEXT TO ME was a reader favorite, charting at No. 1 in the Kindle store and hitting the bestseller's list at the Washington Post. My true crime book, IF YOU TELL, found a home on Amazon Charts for more than 125 weeks. In fact, it was the bestselling Kindle ebook of 2020.

“Something started that night and there was no stopping it.”

Violet is getting married and starting a new chapter of her life. She lets her mother, Rose, know she does not want her Papa there. Rose knows why. Lily is the supportive sister; she wants her big sister to have the wedding day of her dreams, though, with this family, she knows that isn’t likely. And when Papa shows up, things shift.

Trigger warning for sexual assault, pedophilia, and self-harm.

This book was brilliantly written, and I have so many thoughts, feelings, and things I want to scream. Wow. Just wow.

The characters in this book were so well done, and the development gets better as the story moves along. The depth of these characters, the dynamic, the trauma, the emotions- are all so well done.

This book deals with weighty topics as Gregg was exceptionally respectful with how he presented these things. The way this story is presented is fiction, but there will be moments when you will find yourself finding understanding.

I enjoyed how this story was told, with alternating narrators and timelines. The balance between mother and daughters was strong. I found the element of generational difference and ignorance and the choice so incredibly well done.

The level of victimization in this book is so vast and heartbreakingly deep. But so was the level of choices made. I devoured this book, the last half being so fast-paced and incredibly intense that I couldn’t have stopped if I wanted to.

This would be a fantastic book for a book club. The discussion and debate would be incredible. Gregg Olsen is the absolute master of writing emotion, fear, anger, vengeance, and redemption.

I received an ARC of this novel from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

Rose and her daughters, Violet and Lily, have a strained relationship due to unresolved issues in their past. Coming to terms with the truth is both violent and freeing.

This book was so good! There are trigger warnings for sexual abuse. The subject matter was heavy but was written well. Told in alternating chapters between Rose and her two daughters Lilly and Violet, you get to see each of their perspectives on the situation.

Your wedding day should be one of the happiest days of your life. For Violet, it will be a day she and her family will never forget. He wasn’t supposed to be there but he came anyway. Violet’s grandfather dubbed Papa wasn’t welcome. Her sister recently found out the truth. Her mother and grandmother are in denial. When Papa suffers a fatal allergic reaction to shellfish, Violet is ecstatic.

It is in this moment that Violet has an epiphany; maybe the fellow survivors of her support group are right. Maybe you can only really move on when the monsters in your life are permanently removed. Violet decides to take justice into her own hands and hunts down predator after predator. She has reclaimed her power and will now help others do the same. However, as Uncle Ben said in Spiderman, with great power comes great responsibility and in this case consequences.

I Know Where You Live is available November 15,2022.

Thank you to netgalley and thomas&mercer for this arc in exchange for my honest review.

This was a bit difficult for me to read. Although the book is wonderfully written, the book deals with a very disturbing topic - sexual abuse of minors. I wanted to like the book but it was difficult for me to enjoy the characters and their actions. This won't keep me from reading more by Gregg Olsen.

The first Gregg Olsen book I ever read was "If I Can't Have You: Susan Powell, Her Mysterious Disappearance, and the Murder of Her Children." I was blown away by that book, the story was detailed, heartbreaking and overall made an imprint on me. I was excited to see this book on NetGalley's list and am thankful to have the opportunity to read it.

This new release, "I Know Where You Live" kept me wanting to stay up till the wee hours of the morning and continue turning the pages until I finished. Each chapter of this book is based on a character, so throughout the book there are different perspectives and experiences. Violet is the main character of this novel - the book starts off with the revelation that her maternal grandfather was a pedophile and sexually abused her when she was younger. Violet is getting ready for the happiest day of her life - her wedding. Her one request to her mother was not to have her grandfather there. Her happy day has turned into one of frustration and anger when her wishes are ignored and her grandfather is there, acting like nothing happened - however, towards the end of the wedding her grandfather falls and has a heart attack - Violet can't help but feel relieved thinking it will all be over. But was it a heart attack? Was he poisoned? Could someone have purposely given him something to force him into anaphylactic shock?
Violet's mom is in denial, her sister has just found out about the abuse - there is a long list of emotions and conflicts happening in the family at this point. Violet has been going to a therapy group of survivors - when somewhere her thoughts change and the rage inside her deepens. While on her honeymoon in Hawaii she finds out about a pedophile who is living with a young girl, she takes it upon herself to confront the mother and ultimately this sets her on a path of vigilantism - Violet starts to unravel and obsess about all the ways she can start to help right the wrongs of those who hurt children. She is searching for stories about victims and how justice was not served. She finds ways to find these abusers and tries to give them the justice they deserve, even if that means more than just confrontation.

Thank you Thomas & Mercer and NetGalley for this ARC. This is a fictional book about a generational sexual abuse. While the theme and messages are good, I felt the story line was disorganized jumping between different POVs and different points in time.

I haven't read a book from Gregg Olsen yet, but have always seen such good things about them! I'm not sure this was the one to start with for me though, as I felt it was a bit all over the place. There are too many points of view and timelines to keep up with. I found myself having to go back to the start of the chapter to remember who I was reading about. It also felt like not a ton was really happening throughout the book either.

I do still plan to read a few of his non-fiction books and hope those are better reads for me!

I will leave a review on Amazon and B&N on Nov 15th

I Know Where You Live by Gregg Olsen was an emotion packed read, which maybe triggering for some people. It's a storyline about abuse, and what can happen when it's swept under the rug for years and not acknowledged. Overall, it was a good read, if not a great read in my opinion. I would still recommend it to others because not everyone enjoys the same things.

I received an ARC fron NetGalley and the publisher Thomas & Mercer, in exchange for a fair and honest review.

Okay, I'm going to be honest. I must not have been paying much attention to the book description when I downloaded this title from Gregg Olsen. Olsen is one of my favorite true-crime writers, and while I know he also writes fiction, I truly expected this book to be true crime when I opened the book. Of course, it's pretty clear from the way the book is written (different chapters are written from the different characters' perspectives), that this is a work of fiction. That said, the first few pages really had me hooked. I found myself wanting to understand how the events happened that led to the situation described right from the beginning. And throughout the book, Olsen introduces us to the three characters Rose, the mother, and her two daughters Violet and Lily. These characters are not one-dimensional. They all have pieces of the story in their pasts, and Olsen does an excellent job spinning the tale and letting the reader in on everything that happened throughout their stories. It was a difficult read in some ways because of the underlying storyline, but I am so glad that I "accidentally" came across this book. I will be looking for more of Olsen's novels. I received an unedited proof in exchange for an honest review.

3.5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️.💫

This is my first Gregg Olsen book and I actually liked it. This book has a very difficult topic and lots of triggers throughout the story. The characters are honestly unlikable, but the writing and story kept me interested. The author managed to make it seem like it was happening in real life and I appreciated that.
I’m only a bit disappointed that the family didn’t forgive each other until the end.
Thank you for the ARC! Looking forward to read more from this author.

A solid read with a complicated albeit well written storyline.
Traumas of the past overlay the present. In this book you have no idea whose on one side and who is on the other. It twists and turns it was through a heart breaking past that leads to a present murder. The characters are well done, the story moves at a good pace and it evokes the emotions a book about this kind of subject should.
A good solid read

I really wanted to love this book, but it was simply not for me I’m sorry to say. It tackled some very important but very tough subject matter and was inordinately dark. For me the issue was that much of it felt disjointed and nonlinear. I found it hard to follow at times which made reading it less than ideal.

Still, I feel that many will really enjoy this book. It just wasn’t for me, but I encourage readers to try it for themselves as it does have many excellent reviews.

My thanks to Thomas & Mercer and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this book.

I Know Where You Live is a gripping read that brings up difficult subjects that Gregg Olsen handles very well through his characters: some likeable , some not so likeable

The opening scene at Victoria's wedding when her grandfather (who was not invited) collapses at the reception and this sets the tone for the novel.

Its a novel about secrets, family and so much more that is told from multiple view points.

Gregg Olsen knows how to draw you in and keep you reading and I Know Where You Live is no exception.

Thanks to NetGalley and Thomas & Mercer for an intriguing read.

This is dark and disturbing. It took a while to read for that reason. It was well done but a difficult subject to read. Thanks to Netgalley for the opportunity to read this book

Something about this book felt so disconnected and confusing for me. The characters weren’t fleshed out and the plot seemed to advance quickly without enough build-up. I also felt like the ending was rushed. I did like the revenge aspect, but felt it could have been a bit more nuanced.

Difficult topic but fantastic read! I could not put this one down. Will definitely be impatiently waiting for more by author. Thanks to publisher and NetGalley for opportunity to read and review this book.

I listened to an audio book written by Gregg Olsen a while ago and it was brilliant. I’ve been keeping an eye out for anything written by him ever since so when I saw this was available on NetGalley I requested it straight away.

However, this book was a struggle to read and should come with a warning on the first page. TW: rape, grooming, sexual assault, sexual abuse, child abuse, child sexual assault… you get my drift…

The writing style was fine, characters fine but the plot was so heavy I found it hard to read much at a time and I didn’t find myself wanting to pick it up, it was almost a chore to read.
I’ve read books with heavy topics before, but there was just so much in this book.

I do still want to read more by this author as I really loved that first audio. This one was just a bit to heavy for me.

Violet's wedding brings generations of trauma caused by her pedophile grandfather to the surface when he dies from an allergic reaction. Or was it? Violet has kept her rage bottled up inside and she hasn't been honest with her fiance. Or herself for that matter. This is very much a domestic drama which is painful to read in spots but it does address important issues. Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC.