This twisty domestic thriller is a solid debut from Terri Parlato!

Molly and her husband Jay and six on their dearest friends are celebrating Jay’s 40th birthday at their home. Molly turns in early and Jay, a psychologist, stays up late to work on his book on Abnormal Psychological Behavior and Criminals. When she wakes in the morning Jay’s side of the bed is untouched and still cold and she doesn’t smell coffee, which is highly unusual. Molly heads out back to Jay’s office and finds him dead with his throat slashed. Did one of their friends do it or did a stranger break in and kill her husband?

Detective Rita Myers is a thirty year veteran with the Boston PD. She and her new partner, Chase Fuller, begin to investigate Jay’s murder. Rita likes to take notes by hand and doodles while she does so, while Chase likes to take his notes on his smartphone. It works. While they’re investigating Jay’s case another body turns up on the property that Jay and Molly own. Could there be more to this??

The chapters alternate between Molly and Rita, with Molly’s story being more in depth but I felt more drawn in to Rita. I hope Rita was not as fleshed out because we will see more of her in the future, because I REALLY liked Rita. Even though this seems to be a police procedural it is very character driven especially between the two women.
I thought I knew who the murderer was but boy was I wrong and that doesn’t happen often.

4 solid stars from me.

Thanks to NetGalley, Hera, and Terri Parlato for the early review copy!

Great book! Wow! What a storyline! This book had a bit of everything! It had high suspense, intrigue, action, murder, mystery, kidnapping, serial killers, a fantastic who done it, great police work and some crazy twists and turns! The storyline was very interesting and had me glued to my Kindle! I highly recommend reading this book as it was well worth reading! I thoroughly enjoyed reading this one! Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for sharing this book with me!

Interesting well-crafted novel.

It isn't always as important what happens to us in childhood as how the adults around the child react to whatever happened. This is how children learn to process a situation, and causes them to respond with either the strength of being glad they were a survivor versus, having shame about being a victim.

When one feels shame, It is as though there is something we must have done to cause what happened, which is a horrible lens with which to view past events.

Regardless, an excellent book by a talented author.

Another twisty book by Terri, I accidentally read this series out of order. It did not impact much on the books themselves. Each book does not go much into the personal life on the main detective, but more into the case she is working on. This case was another fun read about a group of friends and one ends up dead. Great story I did not see the twist at the end.

This was a great psychological thriller told from the POV of Molly (whose husband has been killed) and Rita (the detective investigating the case). The 2 women were very different, so it was easy to differentiate their perspectives / voices. It was one of those books that hooked me in from the beginning with Molly's beloved husband Jay being killed in the first chapter. I thought the author did a great job weaving in different plot points and twists that made sense and kept me guessing.

I would like to see this as a series because I really like Detective Rita, she had a unique perspective on police work and investigating, as well as an interesting personal life.

Dark, creepy and twisted!! You can’t trust anyone in this novel! A really great ready by an author who is new to me! I loved it.

The moment I started reading this I couldn’t put it down! Addictive thriller that kept me hooked! Can’t wait to read more of Terri Parlato’s books!