This was my 2nd Rachel Hawkins book to read and I enjoyed it immensely. This book is set in North Carolina and has unexpected twists. The story alternates between the past and the present though the past weighs heavily into the minds of the characters in the present. While some twists were easy to see coming, others I did not expect at all.

It was a captivating novel that made me look into Hawkin's work and read most of her books.

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for an ARC of this novel in exchange for an honest review. I really liked this one and the fact that it didn’t play out at all how I thought it was going to. I promise you, nobody is who you think they are and they all think they’re the kings and queens of trickery 😉 Can we also mention that Rachel Hawkins is the queen of having the most gorgeous book covers?! 4.5 ⭐️ rounded down.

This book is full of twists and turns. It grabbed my interest right away and held it throughout the entire story. I enjoyed the characters and the setting.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for allowing me to read an ARC of this book.

I'm not a fan of Rachel Hawkins, didn't like The Wife Upstairs at all and I'm not sure why I read this book The Heiress. But I'm glad I did. One reviewer said her books keep getting better. This book is so much better than The Wife Upstairs. I loved how she organized the story. There were letters written by Ruby, who is the Heiress. There are newspaper columns. And narration by both people of a married couple. As these changing POVs progress, we are led down a creepy path of greed, murder, jealousy, hatred, and so many questions, many of which are left unanswered. Which is fine. By the end of the book, we, the readers, have a pretty good idea of what is what and can guess at answers.
There are reminisces of Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier. I think there were illusions to some of Hawkins' other books.
All in all, this was a good almost gothic tale. Only the last paragraph was disappointing. It wasn't necessary at all.
This book certainly won't disappoint Hawkins' fans.

Oh-My-Lanta! This has got to be the best Rachel Hawkin's book to date. I devoured this book in one day, and was SO SAD when it ended. The twists, the turns, the messed up family.. It absolutely had me at the edge of my seat.

This is definitely recommended for all the other thriller fanatics out there. If you want a VERY well written story with constant plot twists --- This book is for you!

Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for allowing me the opportunity to preview The Heiress by Rachel Hawkins in exchange for an honest review. This was my first book by Hawkins. I was engaged enough that it won't be my last.

The story is well plotted with plenty of twists and turns. The main female characters, particularly Ruby, were the most interesting. I honestly didn't care too much about her son, Camden.

The main issue I had with the book is that there are too many perspectives and time jumps from chapter to chapter. It was a bit jarring and sometimes took a moment to catch up to the story. It would have been much better with only Jules, Ruby, and maybe the news articles telling their stories.

Overall, The Heiress is an intriguing family drama that shows how wealth is corrupting, especially in isolation. I'd recommend this to any fans of this genre.

This was so good. There were so many twists, turns and surprises. I couldn’t put it down. This family was crazy. I don’t want to give anything away but this is a great read!

Thanks so much to the publisher and Netgalley for providing me with this e-Arc! I have a planned review of this on my Instagram and will also review on Goodreads once I get to this read. This is one of my most anticipated reads of this year! Until then, I am giving a star rating as a placeholder on Netgalley. Stay tuned for my in depth review on all my social media platforms!

Love how Hawkins weaves a story from different perspectives and doesn’t shy away from using headlines, chapter names, emails, etc. to tell the story. It makes the mysteries very immersive. As I read, I feel like I know more than any individual character, obviously, but still not the whole story and that keeps me interested.

At the outset, I thought this might become a good and well-scoped take good take on the Missing 411 phenomenon and true crime abduction stories that have gripped pop culture in recent years. It was intimately scoped to one region and one family and I could clearly see the connections, but it still read like a mystery novel rather than a book attempting to posit a theory about the current themes in the supernatural or true crime. I loved all the twists in the story and the ending, but was ultimately left feeling there might have been more to be said about this angle and the missing hikers mentioned a few time throughout.

Finally, I also love how Hawkins seamlessly inserts small references to her other books!

I really, really enjoyed this mystery. The alternating viewpoints and inserts of other POVs (news clippings etc) made a really compelling puzzle to figure out. The setting was very well constructed and the details were good. Highly recommend.

I really enjoyed this book! Jules McTavish has married into the (in)famous McTavish clan, and the story opens with the decision to return to the family hope in North Carolina after a lengthy estrangement. Although her husband, Cam, has inherited the McTavish estate from his mother, his relatives are extremely resentful of that fact because Cam was adopted and thus in their eyes is not a "real" McTavish.

The author does a great job of building suspense and going back and forth in time to fill out the picture of the dysfunctional dynamics. This was a real page-turner with lots of twists and turns along the way. If you're a fan of domestic suspense novels, this is the book for you.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC!

I've enjoyed most of Rachel Hawkins' books as they've been hard to put down page turners and The Heiress was no exception.

I can’t wait until this book is available so I can tell my friends how fabulous it is. I read lots of mysteries with twists and turns, but this one out does them all

I received a digital release of this book through NetGalley. This is an honest review.

I’ve read Rachel Hawkins in the past. I really liked The Wife Upstairs, but was really disappointed in Reckless Girls.

I’m here to tell you, this is MY FAVORITE book of hers by farrrr. I’m not sure if call it a thriller, more of a drama - but that doesn’t make it any less amazing. The multiple characters and storylines flowed together beautifully, and there was the perfect amount of scenery and action to keep me completely engaged.

While I did figure out a few “twists”, it didn’t deter me from wanting to finish the book.

Do yourself a favor and grab this when it comes out in January 2024.

Thanks, NetGalley, for giving me the opportunity to read this!

#earlyreview #netgalley #arc

I loved this book! The premise of this book was about an heiress and her life story. It’s packed with love, betrayal, murder and enough twists and turns to keep you guessing until the end.

It’s not so much of a “who done it” murder mystery as it is a bit of a memoir. I liked the characters and thought they were well thought out. Absolutely recommend!

Thank you #Netgalley and the author for letting me read this for my honest review.

The foreshadowing definition of changeling begins The Heiress, the compulsively readable mystery by the talented Rachel Hawkins. The heiress is Ruby McTavish, the richest woman in North Carolina, who has recently died leaving her vast fortune to her adopted son Cam. Ruby is notorious in her home town of Tavistock. She lived in the ancestral Ashby House, was kidnapped for several months and miraculously returned when she was three, and was married and tragically widowed four times. Sadly, her closest family, sister Nelle and her grandchildren Ben and Libby, are unpleasant grifters. Cam, her son, now lives with his wife Jules in Colorado and wants nothing to do with the greedy McTavish clan. However, a pleading letter from his nemesis Ben coupled with Jules’ wishes to see his childhood home, convinces him to visit. This is, of course, a mistake.

This novel, with its multiple unreliable narrators punctuated by excerpts from Ruby’s letters and newspaper clippings and set on a gloomy estate is a tour de force! Rachel Hawkins pulls the reader into a world of secrets and betrayal, a world where nothing is as it seems. 5 stars.

Thank you to NetGalley, St. Martin's Press and Rachel Hawkins for this ARC.

Ruby McTavish is the victim of kidnapping as a child. At three years old she is abducted, but alas she is returned to her mother and father.

She comes from money, enjoying her estate in North Carolina. Ruby earns the nickname Mrs. Killmore after her four husbands wind up dead. With no heirs to her estate, she decides to adopt a son, Cam.

Ruby’s death causes Cam to reluctantly return back home and see family. He brings his wife, Jules along for the journey. Chaos ensues and of course, someone else winds up dead. But who is to blame?

Multiple POVs and twist after twist for this one! I really enjoyed the characters and writing by Rachel Hawkins. Thank you Net Galley and St. Martin’s Press for the ARC!

I can not say enough good things about this book! I was sucked right into the world of Ashby House and all it’s residents. I truly did not want this book to end.

When Ruby McTavish passes away and leaves her entire estate to her adopted son, Camden, he wants nothing to do with the money or the family. He stays away for ten years and when he goes back to the estate, he is quickly reminded why he left.
When I started this book I was expecting much more of a thriller. Instead, it was a slow burn and didn't pick up until the final third of the book. I was also slighted disappointed that the old mansion wasn't more a part of the plot. I did love how everything tied together in the end. Thanks NetGalley for the ARC!

I requested this up based on the author after reading a backlist book recently. I like her fast paced plot that skips along and multiple narrators. Jules's voice was witty and my favorite. I like a book that makes you root for characters that are "bad guys" - don't we all have some bad guys in us?