I really enjoyed this slow-burn, mystery! I found myself constantly wanting to find the time to get back to this story while savoring it at the same time. I just loved the setting! I was so interested in all the details and stories about the Search and Rescue team. Honestly, the uniqueness and focus on the innerworkings of the SAR team really made this book for me. Bear court?! I had no idea that existed!

I think I'd like this book just as much if it was just about Cassie and her experiences at Yosemite. I didn't really feel attached to any of the side characters or their stories, despite their going missing playing a big ol' part of the main mystery. The twist in the story really got me though! I wasn't expecting it at all. Unfortunately, it uses one of my least favorite thriller tropes...so while I loved the surprise aspect, I wish it ended differently! Overall, I definitely recommend this one for fans of slow-burns, hiking, or are new to the genre.

Thank you @netgalley and @AtriaBooks for the chance to read and review this eARC! Much appreciated!

This was overall, fine. I liked the twists at the end. I have read from this author before and was excited to get into more from her. I enjoyed the setting and the writing style a lot as well.
My biggest issue is how similar the first half was to the Gabby Petito case, and a lot of the details being similar. I wasn't super comfortable with that, as there's still litigation surrounding that case going on currently.

Thank you NetGalley and Atria Books for the advance copy of this book.

I liked this book but wouldn't say it was one of my favorites.

Cassie leaver her abusive ex-husband and takes refuge in her hometown near Yosemite Park. The story is told in split then and now timelines. Cassie takes her old job back with a search and rescue team in the park, and a case from her past still haunts her.

Cassie meets Petal, who is always journaling and Jada who seems to be a travel insta-influencer. When Jada and her boyfriend go missing, Cassie and her team need to find them, and Cassie's past comes crashing back to haunt her.

It was full of twists and turns, but I didn't feel like I got to know enough about the characters to really care about them. It also felt a little slow at times. Overall, I thought it was fine.

Catherine McKenzie is one of my automatic must-read authors. I don't even need to know what the story is about, sign me up! And her stories never disappoint. Going into each one is a new adventure!

Have You Seen Her grabbed me from the very first chapter—the intensity and the need to know what the heck was going on. And then the rest of the story just snowballed from there. How did Ben and Cassie get from point A to point B?

The story is filled with interesting, sometimes a bit annoying, characters. I was intrigued as to how all of these people would tie together and the author does a great job of making them all relevant, even when they didn't seem to be at all. The twist totally caught me off guard, nope didn't see that coming.

I loved everything about Have You See Her and highly recommend it. It will draw you in and have you shaking your head when you realize how devious some people can be. Check it out!

Catherine McKenzie has written one of her best with this one! I love a mystery in which the setting is a character, and this is definitely true of this one with Yosemite being the central setting and its environment playing a major role. This one was tricky and clever, and very engaging to read.

We start off our story with our MC (Cassie) running from someone unknown. She ends up back at a past job working for SAR (Search & Rescue) team in Yosemite. There are dual timelines of then/now. Pretty quickly into the book we have Cassie being rescued by a helicopter and a body bag at her feet. Talk about starting off with a BANG.

We follow Cassie in her job for SAR while getting ominous texts from a mystery person (that she’s obviously running from) saying things like I will find you, you can’t hide, etc. There are 2 other women we follow in our story. Jada, who we read her Instagram style posts about traveling the Country with her bf Jim. Petal, who we read her journal style writings who moves frequently with her gf Sandy.

Some hikers/campers (don’t want to name who because well, spoilers) end up going missing. It appears history might be repeating itself for Cassie back when she worked her first year for SAR. Her first time did NOT have a positive ending. Is this time going to have a happy ending?!

Things I liked:

✔️Then/now timelines
✔️The mix of our MC’s POV, social media posts from Jada, and diary entries from Petal
✔️The unexpected twist
✔️Easy to read
✔️Park descriptions that made me wish I was out in nature

❌Super slow burning
❌The beginning and ending were super strong whereas I felt like the middle was a little less action packed than I would have liked
❌Not enough backstory for the characters
❌I didn’t really find myself caring about the characters that much or relating to them

Overall, I did feel like it was an interesting read and worth my time. I can’t say that this is one I will be recommending to anyone as a must read. However, it did pique my interest enough to check out more from this author.

Thank you Catherine McKenzie, Atria Books & NetGalley for the ARC of this book!

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I really enjoyed this one!

First, the setting is absolutely stunning! Yosemite has always been on my bucket list and Mammoth is one of my favorite ski towns, so on that alone I was hooked. Plus, I’m a sucker for secluded location thrillers and it doesn’t get much more secluded than some parts of our National Parks. Hiking is fun, but also slightly terrifying 😂

I loved the use of multi-media formats (Instagram posts and diary entries) to add insight/perspective into the other two women the main character, Cassie, interacts with during the book (Petal and Jada).

I thought that the beginning was a tad slow, but the ending was a total surprise! There’s nothing worse than an unsatisfying ending and this one didn’t disappoint - the author wrapped up the story nicely (leaving a little open to the imagination) along with a few underlying storylines!

I definitely recommend adding this one to your summer TBR to read on your back porch or fireside 🔥

Cassie Peters has returned to Mammoth Lakes, CA, having left there for New York City 10 years earlier. She takes a job with the SAR (Search and Rescue) team of the Park Service, the job she had before moving east. The other characters in the book are park guests and other SAR staff. When two of the guests go missing, Cassie is drawn back to her first time on the SAR when a park guest went missing and eventually was found dead. Is history repeating itself? The search drags on (at least in my opinion) until yet another guest does not return from a hike. The story gets very complicated - who is gone, are they alive, and what, if anything, might connect them.

Maybe I am thick, but for 80% of the book, I was completely in the dark as to where this story was going - it just seemed to ramble without direction. Its chapters move back and forth between characters and timeframes and just slogged along. When the big reveal came, I must confess I was surprised as I never felt there were clues as to what was coming. And the characters were almost universally unlikeable. My appreciation to Atria Books and NetGalley for the ARC of the book.

Cassie flees her luxury life in New York for her childhood home in the mountains of Mammoth, CA for the first time in a decade. She spends the summer living in a tent and working Search and Rescue in Yosemite National Park. Here she meets Jada, whose cross-country road trip with her boyfriend seems ripped from our real-world headlines, and Petal, who is quietly observant and in a relationship with a woman twice her age. Each woman has secrets and fears lurking over her shoulder and it seems Cassie isn't the only one running from her past.

This tale is told mainly through Cassie's perspective, with Petal's diary entries, news articles, YouTube transcripts, and Jada's Instagram posts peppered throughout. It opens in August with Cassie and her team loading a dead body onto a helicopter, then takes us back to June when Cassie first arrives on the west coast and unfolds from there.

This book was a suspenseful, slow burn mystery with the beautiful backdrop of mountains and wilderness trails. It's a perfect summer read for fans of Margaret Mizushima's Timber Creek series. The characters were compelling and the ending was deliciously twisty. The "then and now" timeline was clearly labeled and easy to follow, and the added texture of the journal entries, IG posts, etc. added depth to the story. This was my first book by Catherine McKenzie, but now I can't wait to dive into her backlist.

Many thanks to Atria Books and Catherine McKenzie for providing me with this ARC through NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.

This was a twisty thriller with dual timelines. The author consistently ratcheted up the tension, and I had to keep turning the pages. This is another winner from Catherine McKenzie.

This is an emotional thrill ride where an aggressive MeToo movement meets up with a wilderness experience. Cassie Peters is fleeing NYC and a bad relationship to seek a new life and identity in Yosemite NP. This is near where she grew up in Mammoth Lakes. It is also the place where she worked SAR as a park ranger more than ten years ago. So, she has a new identity, new hope, but is still suffering trauma from her recent past as well as a park mission years ago that did not go well. She also has a plan which the author slowly reveals as other hikers go missing and more abusive relationships among park tourists become evident. Suspend belief and coincidence to enjoy this one. Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for providing this title.

HAVE YOU SEEN HER is the latest gripping thriller from Catherine McKenzie. I always enjoy this author’s books and this one is no exception. The lives of three women unexpectedly intersect in Yosemite National Park one summer season. All of them have dark secrets and haunting pasts that no one would suspect. Cassie Peters has left her abusive husband behind in New York City. Equipped with only a burner phone that no one can trace, she returns to her hometown of Mammoth Lakes and rejoins the Yosemite Search and Rescue Team for whom she worked a decade ago. Some of her former colleagues are still on the team making Cassie’s transition a little easier, but a case they worked on ten years ago still haunts her. While on the job, Cassie meets Petal, a young woman living in a trailer with her partner, Sandy, who is much older than her. Petal is often seen writing in her diary, keeping close watch on events occurring around the park. Cassie and Petal also meet Jada who has just graduated college and is on a cross-country with her boyfriend, Jim. Jada is sharing everything about their trip on social media, but when Jada and Jim go missing, Cassie is part of the SAR team trying to rescue them. The similarity to the traumatic case Cassie worked years ago brings her past into the present in a shocking way. The vivid descriptions of the setting made me feel I was there. I could feel the tension build as the story unfolded. The use of journal entries, Instagram posts and other media added to the story. I really enjoyed this unique and twisty thriller and definitely recommend it. Thank you to the author, publisher and NetGalley for the chance to read and review an early copy.

Cassie returns to Yosemite Search and Rescue - a job she did ten years ago, and did her best to leave behind. We learn quickly that she’s come back to this role to get away from a very different life in New York City.

I really enjoyed how this thriller continued to reveal itself, with a dual timeline and pieces of mixed media including journal entries, YouTube transcripts, and Instagram posts. The other perspectives provided an interesting commentary about the cases the media pays attention to and how the internet/social media can further influence what the media broadcasts.

I was intrigued by Cassie’s life, what she disclosed to others, and why she chose to come back to the park. I wanted there to be more character development for the other SAR workers, and hear more about their work in the park.

This suspenseful novel was a page-turner for me. Whenever I thought I’d put it down, a new piece of information was shared and I had to keep reading. A solid 3.5 that I’ve rounded up to a 4.

Thank you to Netgalley and Atria Books for the opportunity to read this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

Have You Seen Her by Catherine McKenzie is a highly recommended slow burning thriller set in Yosemite National Park.

Cassie Peters is escaping her husband and returning to a job she previously held ten years earlier when she lived in her hometown of Mammoth Lakes, California. She has it all planned. After dumping her phone and purchasing a burner phone, she heads off to her summer job working with Yosemite Search and Rescue. A case that occurred 10 years ago was the impetus for her leaving and this case still haunts her.

Also in the area is Petal, a young woman living in a trailer with Sandy, her much older partner. She writes in a journal daily observations about life around her. Also in the park are social media influencers and recent college graduates, Jada and her boyfriend Jim, who are documenting their trip to Yosemite on Instagram. Then, when a crisis occurs and hikers go missing, tensions run high and all hands are needed in the search and rescue team.

The narrative is slow to build but sets perfectly into place the final twist. Chapters alternate between noted "now" and "then" chapters, as well as journal entries and Instagram posts. Readers who enjoy novels from several unique points of view expressed in different ways will appreciate the format of Have You Seen Her. Some readers will need to take extra care to follow the layout of the novel, but most should easily follow the setup.

Clearly, the tension builds as you know something awful is going to happen right from the start of the novel. Character development is slowly established and similarities between characters are established. The women in the novel are fully established personalities that resemble real people. Although there are several surprises in store for readers that involve the character's personalities.

Those who love twists, a narrative told in a differing structure, and strong female leads will appreciate and hopefully enjoy Have You Seen Her for a great summer read.
Disclosure: My review copy was courtesy of Atria Books via NetGalley.
The review will be published on Barnes & Noble, Google Books, Edelweiss, and Amazon.

Catherine McKenzie returns following Please Join Us with her 14th novel, HAVE YOU SEEN HER —A thrilling and timely novel about three women with dark secrets whose lives intersect in the picturesque and perilous Yosemite National Park.

Cassie Peters (main character) has left her hectic and secretive life in NYC for her hometown of Mammoth Lakes, California, to work for Yosemite Search and Rescue. A case she worked on a decade ago continues to haunt her. She is running from her husband. No matter how often she changes her name, will she be found?

Two other young women's paths intersect:
Petal: lives in a trailer with diary entries of the park, revealing her marital status to an older dangerous woman, Sandy (controlling). Jada: a recent college graduate on a cross-country road trip with her boyfriend, Jim in an airstream documenting their journey on Instagram, but is their relationship as perfect as their IG posts?

Is there a dark side to these relationships? How do these characters connect? Cassie must confront her past to move on.

Told via two timelines, then and now, with Cassie's POV mixed with journal entries, Instagram posts, news articles, and YouTube transcripts.

A young couple goes missing, bringing back haunting memories from the past for Cassie. Things are not as they appear. All of the main characters are running from something.

From the breathtaking atmospheric setting of Yosemite National Park with a cast of well-developed compelling characters, dark secrets, and numerous jaw-dropping twists, McKenzie CAPTIVATES with this fascinating adventure—keeping you guessing to the conclusion. You know darkness lurks, and the author cleverly keeps you hooked in anticipation in this stunning thriller—HAVE YOU SEEN HER.

I enjoyed the metaphors/parallels with the two sides of the picturesque picture-perfect postcard breathtaking setting (beautiful yet dangerous), much like the characters.

Will there be a sequel?

I got the Gabby Petito/Brian Laundrie vibe giving you that true-crime feel. For fans of Joyce Maynard's The Influencers and Rick Mofina's Everything She Feared.

Thank you to Atria Books for an ARC via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own.

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My Rating: 5 Stars
Pub Date: June 27, 2023
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This was a past paced and twisty thriller, with a wonderful backdrop of the national parks. I really enjoyed the main character here, and also didn’t see the twists coming!

I tried to like this one. I really did. I could not get interested at all. If I hadn’t been granted this as an ARC I would’ve DNF, but I kept going to give a fair review. I didn’t care about any of the characters. The story bounced around a lot. It just wasn’t for me at all.
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A great summer thriller! I loved the setting and the search and rescue aspect. I liked the different timelines and the social media posts as well.

Catherine McKenzie manages to keep me on the edge of my seat once again! Taking me out into a national park with a main protagonist who seems to be running from her problems. Add to that a story that goes between the "then" and the "now" and all kinds of missing people and I am a goner.

Have You Seen Her just had this great suspense thriller vibe, well-developed characters, and a fairly realistic motive( can I write that?🤔🤣). The greatest thing about a C.M. novel is that even when I feel like her novel is a "limited series", as a reader her characters always make me think "potential season 2 option."


Expected Publication Date 27/06/23
Goodreads Review 25/06/23

* Thanks to NetGalley and Atria Books for access to this title. All opinions expressed are my own.*

Thank you so much to NetGalley and the publisher for granting me an advance copy of this book in return for my honest opinions.

It was a fantastic read.. I could not put this book down it was so good!! I need a physical copy like yesterday!!