I don’t have a ton of thoughts about this book, so this will be a shorter review.

I really liked the first half of the book. It was intense, I couldn’t figure out what was going on, and there was a twist about halfway through that I didn’t see coming at all.

The second half felt more dull to me. Which is weird, because a lot continued to happen. I think that most of the big twists were revealed at that point, and there was another twist coming that I thought was painfully obvious (and I’m usually oblivious).

Overall, it was good but missing that wow factor.

Thank you to Minotaur Books for my gifted copy!

This was an attention grabber!

Ryan Richardson had a future as a basketball player. He was dating a popular and nice girl, Alison Lane when his world fell apart.

Ryan and Alison were spending time at Lover's Lane when a man abducts Ryan and knocks him out. With Alison gone, suspicion fell on Ryan, and for many years, he was hounded by people wanting to know what happened. The pressure was so intense that Ryan decided to change his name and attend law school. During a trip with his classmates in Italy, a man approaches telling him, he knows who he is.

Poppy McGee, a military veteran, returns to her home in Kansas and joins the police department as a Deputy sheriff. Her father is sick and she moved closer to take care of him. During her first week at the new job, someone finds Alison's car and to everyone's shock there are two dead men inside. Poppy is trying to decipher the mystery of Alison's disappearance and the why.

Shane O'Leary is a crime boss in Philadelphia. He loves his wife and child and would do anything for them. Yet, he is ruthless at his job. Someone crosses him and he won't stop until they are five feet under.

If Something Happens to Me was engaging from the very first chapter. I wanted to know what happened to Alison. Even when I figured it out early on, I couldn't stop myself from wanting to continue and finding out how everything was going to end.

From his first book, Alex Finlay has delivered interesting stories that this reader has enjoyed. I can't wait for his next book.

Cliffhanger: No

4/5 Fangs

A complimentary copy was provided by Minotaur Books via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

I received this ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

This was my fourth Alex Finlay novel and I have loved them all! He excels at writing fun, fast-paced, unputdownable mystery/thrillers. As soon as I picked this one up, I became fully invested and didn’t want to put it down—I needed to know how the POVs tied together! I would highly recommend this, especially if you love: multiple POVs that are expertly woven together; short chapters and fast-paced thrillers; complex characters; and traveling / action that takes characters to different places around the world.

Alex Finlay is an auto-buy author for me. I see a book by him I need to read it. And this one being free ( thanks NetGalley) was a great added bonus! He always keeps me guessing and leaving the twists for the end.

I was hoping to love this book as much as the author’s first book (Every Last Fear), but this book just didn’t do it for me. I felt like the story was all over the place. There were too many perspectives and I didn’t care about the characters. I thought the beginning was interesting, but then I got pretty bored after a big reveal happened about midway through the story.

I still want to read Finlay’s other books since I loved the other book I read by him and I enjoy his writing.

Thank you to the publisher for providing the eARC of this book via NetGalley for review.

I devoured this book! It was so good from start to finish and I wouldn’t change anything. Loved all the twists and turns

Honestly, this was a bit of a slow burn but I enjoyed it. Any thriller that gives me different POVs are typically something I enjoy. It keeps it more suspenseful and allows me to connect with the characters more. I finished this pretty quickly.

3.5 stars

This was the definition of a slow burn thriller! I was so hooked oh this storyline and loved how it had 3 perspectives and you had no idea how they were connected. I wanted more from the ending!!

This is the third book I've read from Alex Finlay and by far the best one! This is dark and twisty with an engaging plot. I definitely didn't guess the twist with this one and I enjoyed it so much. There are a lot of characters and several different POV's/locations that intertwine. I found myself having to re-read at parts to keep all of this straight. Overall, a great read that I highly recommend.

Thank you to Netgalley and St. Martin's Press | Minotaur Books for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Great thriller!! It kept me guessing the whole time and I didn't want to put this one down.

I absolutely loved this thriller!! It kept me hooked from the beginning and I couldn’t put it down. I will definitely be reading more of this author!

This book was phenomanal. It kept me guessing until the very end. I gasped when I realized that part was written in the past and part was 5 years prior. Loved it!

✉️If Something Happens to Me✉️
Pub date: 5/28/24

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

This was a wild ride full of unexpected twists. Ali and Ryan are seniors in high school. They are parked at a lake hanging out when Ryan is hit on the head and Ali is ripped from the car. Ali and her car are gone. Years later Ryan has changed his names and moved on. He gets a call from his father that Ali’s car has been found.
The way this story unfolds had me absolutely hooked!! I couldn’t put it down!
This was not what I expected but was so good! This is definitely a fast paced bingeable thriller!! This was my first book by Alex Finlay and definitely won’t be my last!!

Thank you @netgalley and @minotaur_books for the eARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.

This was a solid thriller, albeit a tad predictable in some ways. I was waiting for a huge reveal at the end of a long buildup but it was a bit anticlimactic for me. I do have very high expectations for thrillers, so if you can easily guess the endings of books, this one might disappoint a bit. I did find it was interesting and kept me reading until the end, I did not dnf it, but I did give it 2.5/5 stars rounded up to 3.

This thriller is well-deserving of being a USA Today Bestseller! I love the twists & turns that one of my favorites, Alex Finlay, took me on in this wild ride of a psychological thriller! I had the honor of not only receiving an advance ecopy, but also the audiobook & loved hearing the words narrated. Helen Laser, John Pirhalla & Paul Dateh were fantastic!

Thank you, Alex Finlay, Macmillan Audio, Minotaur Books, St Martins Press, & netgalley for my advance ecopy and audiobook! All opinions are my own!

What a fast paced book with so many twists and turns! A thriller to remember! It was my first by Alex Finlay and definitely won't be my last. There were some plot points and details where the reader's imagination needed to stretch a little bit beyond the ordinary but the excitement more than made up for it. Thanks to #NetGalley for the opportunity to preview #IfSomethingHappenedToMe

Intense read. It was enjoyable from beginning to end. Fast paced thrillers are my favorite and this one nailed it!!

In a small Kansas town, Ryan Richardson experienced a terrible night when his girlfriend, Ali was taken from his car, forcibly, and against her will. He will never forget that night, nor will anyone else in his town. They accused him of being her killer, and it caught on with podcasts, true crime stories, etc. He moved away and changed his name, but is still haunted by memories of that night.

Five years later, Ali's car is found submerged in the lake in their town, with two dead men inside. In her purse, in a watertight bag, is an envelope.
On the outside it says "If Something Happens to Me" in her handwriting. The inside holds a coded message. The new Deputy Sheriff in town, Poppy, must try to put the pieces together to find out what really happened so long ago.

From Italy to England to Pennsyvlanie and Kansas, this story races along and it was a fast paced read. It kept my attention and I flew through it! Even with a wide range of characters, it was easy to keep track of them and follow the story. AFter a few slow reads lately, this was the perfect solution and I really enjoyed it!

I want to thank Minotaur Books and Netgalley for the copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Whew. I was immediately sucked into this book and read the whole thing in less than 3 hours. Alex F is a mastermind. The way each of the storyline interconnected had me squealing. I did have a little bit of an inclination on what the "twist" would be but still was a good time.

I read If Something Happens to Me a month or so ago and I throughly enjoyed this thriller. Alex Finlay is an auto-read author for me so I didn’t bother reading the synopsis ahead of time. The bare bones of the plot is a teenage girl goes missing, and five years later her car is found. That’s really all you need to know before diving in.

Even though I’m a big fan of this genre, it’s not that often I get that true jaw dropping twist moment out of a book like I did with this one. Maybe I wasn’t on my A game and it was super obvious to other readers but it totally caught me off guard which is exactly what I want when reading a thriller. Now other things that happened later on in the story were not huge surprises but at least I got that one shocking moment.

A good pick if you are looking for a thriller to take with you on vacation or one to relax with after a long week.