Wow. I’ve been on a streak of good audiobooks lately. This one hit the mark. I enjoyed it a lot. Pick this up on publication day.

I was so invested in Rebecca's life and the hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper!

Premise - Set in England in 1979, this story follows Rebecca, a successful single woman who struggles to build healthy relationships. She's in a situationship with a married police officer and avoiding Mervyn, a creepy journalist who can't understand 'no.' When Rebecca meets Larry, a charming American with a murky past, she falls head over heels. But as the Yorkshire Ripper, a serial killer of women, continues to terrorize her area, Rebecca begins to worry he might be a lot closer to home than she'd originally believed...

I suspect this story wouldn't pass the Bechdel test, but most (not all) of the men in Rebecca's world sucked massively and Rebecca was a very real, 3D character with inner strength, an inspiring adherence to her own morality, and enough weakness to not feel like a 2D superwoman. It felt like a feminist thriller to me, despite the trope of men hunting women.

I listened to the audiobook version while doing some errands and the time flew by! The reader was great, very engaging. I seriously wonder what I was doing hold out on audiobooks for so long - I was really missing out. I love reading physical books, but audiobooks are a delightful supplement.

Thanks, NetGalley and Dreamscape Media, for the audio ARC in exchange for an honest review.

In this thriller that takes place during the unsettling times of the Yorkshire ripper, Rebecca meets all the wrong men. And they aren't wrong because they're incompatible, they're truly disturbing. A great read and thanks to NetGalley for the arc/audiobook that will stay in my head for some time.