I have to be honest , I struggled with this one. I did like the isolated setting. I struggled to connect to the characters.

It was a good one. Everything I like: murders, old mystery, locket-room story.
The character is well drawn. The story was intriguing and I wanted to find out who the killer was and why. I liked how the book got exciting near the end, but some of the characters' actions were very illogical
Thank you, NetGalley and Poisoned Pen Press for the copy of She Left by Stacie Grey.

This was fast paced and an easy read but not overly thrilling unfortunately. While it moved along at an engaging pace, there were too many characters that were underdeveloped and a bit tricky to keep track of as a result. I appreciated the brief PoVs from all the different characters but it wasn't enough to really connect with them - and sadly, I didn't really like any of them so didn't really care "who dun it" at the end. Thanks for the opportunity to read and review this book Net Galley!

She Left by Stacie Grey follows Amy/Therese as she is the only survivior of a bombing that left her friends dead. Twenty years later Therese must face the past when she is invited to a secluded house in the mountains for an interview from a journalist that is writting a story about it. Wven though Therese is septical about the whole thing she shows up and finds that the people who were also invinted had a connection to her dead freinds. Everyone of them had a reason to want the friends dead. Now as one by one they are being killed off they must work together to survive the days since they are trapped there. This book was a little bit slow in the begining but did pick up about half way through. I liked the concept and the setting of the book. Thank you to both NetGalley and Poisioned Pen Press for letting me read an advanced copy of this book.

A Sharp Edge..
The Memorial Day Massacre and the girl who survived consumed the media in California and beyond. Twenty years later ten people with connections to that appalling crime are invited to a cliff side house by a journalist making a story. Nothing, however, is what it seems and when a storm comes in things are about to go badly awry. Immersive, atmospheric and compelling suspense with a pacy plot populated with twists and turns aplenty, scattered with red herrings and a deftly drawn cast of characters. A locked room mystery with a sharp and lethal edge.

I really had a hard time getting thru the book.
It reminded me of Clue! A whodunnit story.
Ten people who all have some sort of connection to a massacre that happened 20 years before. They all have motives as to why they chose to go. But they need to figure out who the one killing them now is to survive.
I found it very boring. The characters were all sort of bland
Normally I enjoy a good mystery but this one failed to capture my attention.
But if you enjoy a mystery this might be up your alley. I have seen a lot of people who did enjoy it.
Thank you NetGalley for the chance to review this

The Memorial Day Massacre resulted in the deaths of five teens, it remains an unsolved case. Twenty years later a reporter invites a group of people, all connected in some way to the event or victims, to gather for an article for the anniversary. It will become a locked room mystery as the reporter never arrives and these strangers are trapped by a raging storm. Isolated up in the Sierra mountains it’s a creepy and sinister house as people begin to die. Therese was the only massacre survivor because she left the party early. She’s lived with the stigma and suspicion for twenty years. Is someone seeking revenge? What really happened all those years ago and how many more people need to die for the truth to be revealed? The tension remains high and I suspected everyone as the plot unfolded. I haven’t read this author before and will watch for her future novels.
An advance reader copy of “She Left” by Stacie Grey, Published by Poisoned Pen Press, anticipated publication 05/14/2024, was provided by NetGalley. These are all my own honest personal thoughts and opinions given voluntarily without any compensation.

Talk about a page-turning mystery!!! Believable characters including Amy, a woman with tragedy in her past who has to deal with revisiting things that have haunted her.

"She Left" by Stacie Grey is a chilling and heart-pounding thriller that grabs hold of readers from the very first page. Grey expertly weaves together a gripping narrative that revolves around the haunting aftermath of the Memorial Day Massacre, a tragedy that shook a small California community to its core.

Amy Brewer, the sole survivor of that fateful night, has spent the past two decades grappling with survivor's guilt and the relentless media scrutiny that followed. When a group of individuals connected to the crime are invited to a remote cliffside house by a journalist seeking to uncover the truth, Amy finds herself drawn back into the darkness of her past.

What follows is a tense and suspenseful tale as the stormy weather mirrors the escalating tension within the house. As guests begin to meet untimely ends, Amy realizes that someone among them harbors dangerous secrets about the events of that tragic night. Grey masterfully builds suspense with each twist and turn, keeping readers on the edge of their seats until the shocking conclusion.

"She Left" is not just a thriller—it's a masterclass in psychological suspense. Grey's vivid prose and skillful character development breathe life into the story, making each twist and revelation all the more electrifying. With its gripping plot and memorable characters, "She Left" is a must-read for fans of the genre, delivering thrills and chills that will linger long after the final page is turned.

I was hooked from the beginning of this locked-in thriller about a teenage girl who survived a Memorial Day Massacre. Amy Brewer angrily left a house party in the middle of the night after being made to feel like she didn't belong. But her leaving looks suspicious when her friends turn up dead, and the people in town don't believe her and think that she killed them in an act of revenge. Though they couldn't prove she was involved, Amy's life is turned upside down and she is forced to leave town, change her name and started over. But twenty years later when she and ten others are invited to a remote house by a journalist wanting to do a story. Amy decides it is time to get to the truth and clear her name . However, things aren't as they seem and as the guest start dying, she realizes someone here is more involved then they are letting on.
I was so excited about the story line, with lots of characters and plenty of culprits to choose from. Unfortunately I didn't find any of the characters all that likeable, which made it harder to root for any of them. All in all it was a fun book and worth the read.
Thank you Netgalley for this ARC in exchange for my honest review.
3.5 ⭐'s rounded up

Thank you to NetGalley and poisoned pen press for an eARC She Left. I thought this was a decent book, just not for me. I usually love a whodunit book. I think with experience Stacy Grey has great potential.

Many thanks to Netgalley and Poisened Pen Press for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

A locked room mystery with great atmosphere and interesting untrustworthy characters, She Left focuses on Amy Brewer who was the only survivor of a massacre that killed her friends. 20 years later, she now goes by the name Therese and is an FBI agent when she receives an invitation by a journalist looking to do a follow up on the murders. The Cliffside house is rather remote and when she gets there she realizes that all the guests are somehow related to or tied to the victims in some way.

Things quickly go haywire and Therese has to figure out what really happened to her friends that night before she ends up as a victim as well. Therese was a great character, brave and analytical.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC.
This was a slow moving but good read. Some rather odd characters that were a bit hard to keep up with and keep track of.
Overall I enjoyed the story and it was well written. I would say it was a long read for me. It isn’t a book you can just blow through. The only character I ended up really liking was Therese. Though Lorelei was an interesting one as well.

Thank you to Netgallery for an early release copy of She Left by Stacie Grey, This book will be available for purchase on May Fourteenth of 2024.

Unfortunately,She Left wasn’t a read meant for me, the story progresses really slowly, there are quite a few characters and their motives are hard to keep track of. None of the characters or the book in general stuck out to me, the reveals/thriller bits were rather lacking, the reveals didn’t surprise me, overall I was just disappointed.

Even towards the end when things were wrapping up it didn’t really feel like anything exciting was happening (It also didn’t really help that I wasn’t a fan of this writing style)

This was a clue like mystery. Trying to solve a cold case with a bunch of strangers in a mansion. Until guests start to die as well. The focus moves through a couple key characters, dipping a few times into the past and the original crime. There are an abundance of suspects and everyone has their reasons they could be the killer. It was a fun read with a wide variety of characters that kept suspicion bouncing until the very end. I really appreciated how honest the main character was with her own flaws and suspicious behaviors. She wasn't trying to save herself constantly but instead was trying to be fair across the board of these are the facts.

I love stories where a bunch of people are stuck together in a locked room or house. She Left was pretty engaging. But, the ending was a bit too predictable for me. I was hoping for some more unexpected twists in a thriller.

Some people found it hard to follow all the characters in the story, but I didn't think it was too bad. I thought the characters were written well.

Although, sometimes it took me a minute to figure out which character was talking or thinking.

Overall, it was a good book, but I was hoping for more thrills and excitement.

This was an interesting book with a compelling plot that kept me enthralled. It's a locked room one by one mystery. My only issue was too many characters with not a lot of detail to keep them separated. I spent a lot of time trying to figure out who was who. This frustrated me. But overall it was a satisfying if not shocking ending. I'd definitely recommend this one. Thanks to NetGalley and the publishers the ARC in exchange for my honest review.

This was such a wonderful and enjoyable read!!!! I loved this book and highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys this genre. Thank you so much to the publisher and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Twenty years ago, Amy Brewer stormed out of a cabin in the woods, leaving five friends behind. When she finally arrives home she finds out everyone she left behind was killed. Now, going by her middle name of Therese and working for the FBI, she's been invited to another cabin along with nine other people connected to the incident in one way or another on the premise of a journalist writing an article about the massacre. But soon everyone discovers the getaway isn't what it seems. And then guests begin dying. With a house full of suspects and a storm threatening everyone's safety, Amy needs to figure out who's willing to kill to keep a decades old secret.
After a bit of a clunky start, once the main story really gets going, it becomes a fairly enthralling mystery. Though the premise sounds like it's another version of And Then There Were None, it isn't really, especially as there aren't deaths every couple of chapters. The truth behind the original murders and the modern day killings is a closely kept secret until late in the book. I thought I had figured out the "who" if not the "why" though, as it turned out, I had not. In the end I found the killer to be a bit underwhelming and, in hindsight, obvious, though I had no idea of the motive until it was revealed. Overall, it was a satisfying murder mystery/thriller..

"She Left Me" was an enjoyable read. I thought the author crafted a really intriguing premise, I'm a big fan of locked-room Thrillers.

The storyline was pretty easy to follow, I was able to predict most of the reveals but that didn't detract from my reading experience.

For a debut novel I thought that this was solid whodunnit Mystery, I would read another book from this author in the future.

Thank you Stacie Grey, Net Galley and Poisoned Pen Press for providing me with an ARC of this book.