I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

This book is book #3 in a series. Unfortunately I DNFd it. I just couldn’t get into it.

Thanks to St. Martin's Press and Netgalley for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Medical examiner Rowan, and detective husband Axel have to leave their daughter's high school play early to tend to the murder of a girl that their daughter, Chloe, used to be friends with. Chloe never comes home from the play and another ex-friend is murdered. Rowan and Axel wonder if Chloe is being held somewhere or she is actually responsible for the murders.

This was ok for me. It was quick read. I felt like it was trying too hard to be creepy. The taxidermy elective class at the high school seemed odd. The town, which was a crime ridden cesspool seemed like an odd place for all of these upper middle class people to be living. Rowan and Axel working on the case seemed odd considering their connection and I really didn't feel like they felt a lot of urgency around finding their daughter even though they said they did. I mean Axel was doing jujitsu while his daughter was missing. All of this just didn't allow me to connect with the characters or the story. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't good enough for me to want to read more of the series.

This is a book series that I want to love because 1) I feel like all my friends do and 2) the author has been so nice via Instagram. I initially wanted to round my rating up for those reasons, but I just can't bring myself to rate this book higher than three stars. A three isn't bad (seriously! that is a good book rating IMO), but I'm scratching my head over the hype.

This book was pretty far-fetched and predictable to the point that I didn't really want to continue reading it once the killer was introduced. At the same time, I thought I must be wrong because why else were so many people claiming this book was THE book of the season. I could overlook the predictability if the plausibility was there, but all that combined with the never-ending descriptions of teeth made this one hard for me to finish.

Thank you NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for my ARC!

Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for the gifted copy!

I read this one in October, and it was the perfect spooky season read. This was my first book by Hannah Morrissey, but it won't be my last! I loved the twists and turns and the shocking (and creepy) ending. Overall, I definitely recommend this one.

When I’m Dead by Hannah Morrissey (Black Harbor #3) is a thriller that was very interesting. I did not read the first 2 books but this read like a stand alone for me. I will probably read one and two just to put some pieces together. Rowan Winthrop is the town’s medical examiner and there doesn’t seem to be a day that she isn’t being called into work and leaving her daughter. So much so that her daughter often alludes to her mom that she will have time for her, when she is dead. On this particular night, Rowan is called to the seen of a murder of one of Chloe’s friends. She leaves her daughter’s play and asks her best friend to get her daughter home. But her daughter didn’t go home with her friend and after finishing up at the crime scene Rowan and her husband realize, Chloe is not home. She is seemingly gone. As the crimes are investigated, secrets come out about Chloe. Nobody is talking and it is unclear where this mystery will end. Rowan can only hope they can find her daughter before it is too late. I love a good mystery and this one did not disappoint. I kept reading to see who was guilty. I didn’t piece it together until the end. I want to thank Netgalley and the author for my copy for an honest review. It was my pleasure to read and review this book.

This is my first book by this author. I really enjoyed this thriller and I am excited to go back and read books 1 and 2 in this series. This book is part of the Black Harbor series but could be read as a standalone. This author writes many different POVs very well, and kept my attention the entire time. I can’t say that I wasn’t expecting the ending, as I thought it would be interesting and something very out of the ordinary. However, the ending fell a tad flat for me personally, I was hoping for a big *gasp* moment that I personally never got. Instead this reads like more of a whodunit / mystery solved book. Still very interesting and I will be reading more by this author in the future!

When I'm Dead was a great read. Imagine being a parent who also happens to be a Medical Examiner but not only are you a Medical Examiner, you're the Medical Examiner investigating the death of your daughter's best friend. With her daughter missing and her daughter's best friend dead, Rowan Winthorp and her husband must face the truth that they may never have really known their daughter. Digging through the past and the present and coming to terms that their missing daughter just may have been the one to kill her best friend, they have to fight to find the truth.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the free obook of When I'm Dead by Hannah Morrissey in exchange for my honest review.

2.5 Meh stars.

This entire book was completely unbelievable. I had such a hard time with the writing, plot and characters. It's hard to become immersed in the world when a realistic plot was just so bonkers. There is no way that a medical examiner is performing an autopsy on a person she knows. I don't know. This one just wasn't for me.

Thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press, Minotaur Books for this eARC. All opinions expressed are my own.
#netgalley #WhenImDead

didn’t read the previous books in the series and that was ok. this book can stand alone. It was an easy read, lots of back and forth as the story progressed. I could tell who was really behind the whole thing early on, don’t think the author did a great job hiding it but it was interesting if not flimsy to read about why and how it all fit together. Solid book.

I was drawn into this story from the first words. I thought it was an interesting dynamic to have a medical examiner and detetective as a couple and link this to these roles causing them to be away from their daughter. I loved that it jumped right into it with the discovery of the first young girl. I really enjoyed the red herrings that the author sprinkled throughout the story which led my thinking in one direction and kept me guessing throughout. While I enjoyed the story, I found myself pushing through the middle portion, feeling like the story wasn't progressing. The ending tied everything up neatlt but it felt a little unbelievable and I wanted something more from it. I would still recommend this book and will definitely read anything from this author.

Unfortunately this book was not for me. I was interested in the initial mystery but the storyline just got more and more farfetched. The two main characters are a married couple who are a medical examiner and police detective. Their daughter's best friend is murdered and their daughter goes missing the whole night. In real life they would absolutely not be allowed to work on this case. In addition to the murder mystery, there were too many little side plots to even keep track of.

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press, Minotaur Books providing me a digital reviewer copy in exchange for my honest thoughts.

Thank you, Netgalley, St. Martin's Press and Minotaur Books for the EArc in return for an honest review.

This book centers Medical examiner Rowan Winthrop and her husband, Detective Axel Winthrop, as they work together to try to solve the murders of local teenage girls.

The same night that Madison was murdered, The Winthrop's daughter Chloe goes missing. The next day, another teenager dies. With so many shady people with motives in town, they have to sort lie from truth and hopefully stop the killings before they find Chloe as the next victim.

This book was frustrating. The parents spent more time focusing on the dead teen girls than finding their daughter. They didn't form a search group. They didn't even take days off work to look for her. The focus on her could've well, should've been more on her disappearance, but it felt like an afterthought.

Apparently, I was so excited for this book, I bought it AFTER i had received an ARC and tried reading it a second time. It did not hold my interest anymore the second time around. This was a DNF for me.

Thank you to @minotaur_books and @stmartinspress for providing me with an eARC in exchange for an honest review.
In the town of Black Harbor one girl is dead and another is missing.
Rowan, the town's medical examiner is called away from a school play to a crime scene only to discover that her daughter's best friend has been murdered. Since this is small town Wisconsin and we need to suspend belief a bit but Rowan's investigating her daughter's friends murder and Rowan's father Axel is investigating on the police detective end. When their joint daughter goes missing the case becomes personal. The added stress of their own daughter missing does not necessarily make them better detectives rather it makes them more emotional and soon they see each other's coping skills as detrimental. Can they find a way to work together to save their daughter? The spooky fall setting combined with a dark walkway that quite a few people in this small town are using make for perfect fall reading. This gets dark before it gets light again - can they trust their daughter or do they count her in as a suspect? Is she dead? Or has she been taking out the classmates who have been bullying her? There are interesting characters and suspects, a well woven tale, with twists and turns.
This thriller will keep you on the edge of your seat and keep you flipping the pages all the way till the end. A suspenseful murder mystery thriller with dark and darker motives on display. I could not put this one down !

Love love loved this book !! It kept me on my toes guessing the whole way though !! Great job. I couldn’t put it down I had to know who the killer was

“You’ll love me more when I’m dead”
These are Rowan’s last words to her mother before she goes missing. This book had me hooked right from the beginning and didn’t let up the entire book! This is the third book in the Black Harbor series, although it could be read as a standalone. This was my favorite book in the series! It was dark, creepy, and full of twists that definitely creeped me out. Hannah’s writing was absolutely brilliant! I also love that her stories are based in Wisconsin 🙌🏼
Hannah was so gracious and joined us for @thrillersbythebookclubmke meeting in November! It was so great meeting her and chatting about her series as well as future developments. I can’t wait to read what’s next from this amazing author!!!

Thank you @netgalley, @stmartinspress, and @minotaurbooks for this ebook in exchange for my honest review

When I'm Dead by Hannah Morrissey is a psychological thriller and the third book in the Black Harbor mystery series. The first two are The Widowmaker at #2 and Hello Transcriber is the first book. Even though this book is part of a series, it is also a stand-alone novel,

Rowan and her husband Axel, a police officer, Medical Examiner, are at a play, Beetlejuice where Cloe has a leading role. This is what happens when a crime occurs, Cloe's parents have to go, leaving Cloe to her own devices. Cloe has also gone Goth, wearing back and dying her hair back. She has also become a loner.

Rowan Winthorp is called out to a crime scene. A best friend of her daughter is the victim and once Rowan goes home, her daughter Cloe is missing. The last words Rowan had with Cloe was when she said, "You'll love me more when I'm dead.

All they know is that her bedroom window, the windowsill gets dusted thereby giving the investigation a lead, was open, and nothing missing. She disappeared and had left no notes or any type of clue.

As the investigation continues both parents learn more about their daughter and not all good. Cloe had a dark side with secrets that she harbored. She was also a very unhappy girl. Then another girl is murdered because Rowan and Axel found out a lot more about their daughter than they knew. Was she involved in the girl's deaths? Was it one of her friends?

What you will find when you read this book is that not everything is as it seems and will Rowan and Axel find her before another murder is committed and the risk of their marriage. Rowan has a past, a patient from her past died during surgery and she thinks that these murders and her daughter missing has something to do with her past.

This is a character-driven novel with each character that is questioned and having clues come to the surface. Of course, who the murderer is is quite a surprise, at least it was that way for me and each character's secrets are exposed, even Rowan and Axel.

I do love a good thriller, I will need to go and read the first two books in the series to get a clue as to the history of Black Harbor Wisconsin, its secrets, and crimes. Definitely, lots of turns and twists and secrets.

I give this book 5 stars! #Netgalley

One girl murdered...another one missing...and a medical examiner desperate to uncover the truth .

I did not know that this was the 3rd book of the Black Harbor series. I went back to read the other books to help me understand this one more. I now find myself completely invested in the Black Harbor characters! This was a good mystery and a quick read. The story keeps you on your toes and guessing until the very end. It is told through multiple points of view via alternating chapters. The narrators include Rowan, Axel and Libby, the next-door neighbor's socially awkward daughter who is bullied at school. The story progresses, there is a feeling of urgency with various suspects, information that may or may not be true, rumors and then, another murder. Every time I thought I had things figured out, a twist would throw me off balance. I was fully engaged from the very beginning and couldn't turn the pages fast enough.

Thank You to NetGalley, St. Martin's Press, and Hannah Morrissey for the opportunity to read this ARC.

"One girl murdered...another one missing...and a medical examiner desperate to uncover the truth in When I'm Dead, the latest Black Harbor mystery by acclaimed author Hannah Morrissey."

Another great mystery thriller in the Black Harbor series! While this is part of a series, it can be read as a standalone as well. This is the kind of story that keeps you on your toes and guessing until the very end. As someone who prefers plot over characters, I find myself completely invested in the Black Harbor characters. They are so well fleshed out that I feel like I know them. However, the characters do not take away from the well paced plot - the story is the perfect mix of both. I was fully engaged from the very beginning and couldn't turn the pages fast enough.
At this point I think that @hannahmorrisseywriter could rewrite the phonebook and I'd read it (yes, I'm old enough to remember actual phonebooks delivered to your doorstep like a newspaper 😂👵).
Definitely an auto buy author for me!

⭐⭐⭐⭐💫 (4.5)

Thank you to @netgalley @stmartinspress and @macmillan.audio for the gifted copy of this book.

I enjoyed this story but felt like it really dragged. The ending was very captivating and I wish more of those details were throughout the whole book.