This thriller had me on the edge of my seat from start to finish! The plot was incredibly gripping, with twists and turns that kept me guessing at every chapter. The pacing was perfect, building suspense without ever dragging, and the characters were well-developed and complex. What truly stood out, though, was the ending—I did not see it coming. It was a jaw-dropping conclusion that tied everything together in a way that was both satisfying and mind-blowing. A truly exceptional read, and one I’d highly recommend to anyone who loves a good, unpredictable thriller.

5 out of 5 stars

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for allowing me to listen to this in exchange for an honest review.

I was so excited when I saw that there was a new Detective Rita Meyers novel up for review and I requested it right away. I loved the last book and was excited to see what was going on in Rita's life and how she would solve the latest mystery. "What Waits in the Woods" was one of my favorite books of 2024. When Psychiatrist Eve Thayer's baby daughter Rosie is kidnapped Rita must find her. The mystery only gets deeper from there.

Watch Your Back by Terri Parlato was a great read filled with unexpected twists and unlikely characters. I hadn’t realized this was a series and maybe should have read the first two to relate to some of the characters.

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✨ Multiple POV, detective work and suspense thriller .

✨as this is a part of the series ,it can be read standalone. The book comes into three pov and it was sometimes confusing as it gets into third person perspective.
Anyway, the book has a predictable ending, fast paced and worth the read.


Thankyou for the opportunity to read this book for a honest opinion.



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In Watch Your Back, Terri Parlato delivers an engaging and suspenseful thriller! The audiobook kept me hooked from start to finish, with plenty of twists and turns that made me question everyone. The narrators did an excellent job bringing the characters to life.

The story follows Nathan and Eve, a married couple who live a pretty stable life with their daughter. Soon their lives are turned upside down, when random occurrences start happening and it makes them question are these occurrences coincidental, or are they being targeted. Great read and I plan to read more by this author.

Thank you RBmedia for providing this book for review consideration via NetGalley. All opinions are my own.

I'm not sure why so many thriller/mystery books have plot points that are just so outlandish.



Review copy provided by publisher.

Watch your back can be read as a stand alone thriller for those who have not read the previous books by the author. However for those who have you will enjoy the return of detective Rita Meyers in the third investigative police procedural book in the series.

For fans of psychology / psychiatry, domestic suspense, new motherhood and multiple points of view.

I liked how the chapters were split between the husband, the wife and the detective. This really helped attribute towards character development because usually in these genre books we don’t always get the husbands perspective but it was interesting to see the own inner thoughts whilst all the chaos was going on to really understand how they operated as individual people and within the relationship.

I enjoyed the narration of the audiobook and listening to it definitely helped give the overall book a fast paced feel to it.

Thank you to RB Media and the author for the alc!

This story is told from the POV of three people - a wife, a husband, and a detective. It's a really slow story that starts off strongly but quickly becomes so slow that it was difficult to stay interested. Things got a little repetitive, and the tension never really increased or came through well in the writing. And the antagonist just felt silly and their motivation was OTT/dramatic to the point where it was really difficult to find it even remotely believable.

It wasn't advertised that this was book three in the Detective Rita Myers series. While most of the book works well as a standalone, there were several things in Rita's personal life that just didn't make sense until I found out this wasn't the first book. The characters were pretty bland overall, though Rita was certainly the most likeable and I enjoyed her POV in general.

If you like the series, then you'll probably enjoy this one. I don't really recommend reading it as a standalone like I did, though. (Publishers, PLEASE start advertising books as being part of a series!) My thanks to NetGalley and RBMedia for allowing me to read this work. All thoughts and opinions expressed in this review are my own.

Watch Your Back (audio) 4⭐️

This domestic suspense grabbed my attention immediately. Husband and wife, Nathan and Eve, find themselves questioning their happiness within their relationship, but that gets further complicated when their baby goes missing. This was fast paced with many characters introduced which had me questioning absolutely everyone. This is told from 3 POV: Eve, Nathan, and Rita (lead detective on the case). I didn’t realize this is part of a series focused on Rita, but it can be read as a standalone book.

I really enjoyed having 3 different narrators, one for each main character. The voice actors did a great job! I did have some sound quality issues where I found it difficult to find a good volume. I listen to a lot of audio books and kept finding myself finding some chapters difficult to hear if the sound wasn’t at just the right volume(?) I don’t know if I’m describing that well, but it didn’t seem to be the actual voices that were causing an issue, more production related, especially for Eve’s chapters. Very subtle issue.

Thank you NetGalley and RBmedia
for this ARC. This review will be shared on NetGalley and Goodreads.

I typically struggle to stay engaged with crime/procedural series, but this book was functional as a stand-alone. This helped as I was not familiar with the other books concerning Detective Rita Meyers.

This book kept me hooked as it hit very close to home. The abduction of a child is so terrifying to me, especially considering that I have my own two baby girls.

The story unfolds through alternating POVs of Detective Meyers, Eve, and Nathan. All three brought new insight to the story. That said, I felt that there wasn’t enough focus on the fact that there is a MISSING BABY. A lot of the drama surrounded the failing marriage, which is a trope that is overdone in these types of books, unfortunately.

Ultimately I thought some of the twists were a little unrealistic, which was a bit of a turn off. However, the story, character development, and conclusion were satisfactory enough that I’d be interested to follow more of the series.

Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC!

I love Terri Parlato audiobooks! I always get excited when I see she has a new one coming out. Nick Mills, Christina Moore, and Rebecca Quinn Robertson narrated this book and I absolutely loved their voices. They play these characters so well. They will keep you entertained through the entire book. I was also excited to have another mystery for Detective Rita to solve. I LOVE her character. This was another book with a well written story and characters.

Psychiatrist Eva Thayer never intended on getting married and having a family but an accident led her to Nathan's Collision Shop and that changed everything. Now she finds herself struggling with a marriage, a new baby and a high pressure career. She thought she found the perfect nanny in Barbara until her baby goes missing while she was watching her. Then their is a break in at the empty house that backs up to their house. Is all of this just a series of coincidences or is something happening? Detective Rita doesn't think so and she's on the case!

This book will have you second guessing yourself and everyone in the book. This was such a great psychological thriller that will have you on the edge of your seat. I definitely didn't see the twists and turns that were coming and that made it fun and interesting. Terri always makes sure you have a good time when reading or listening to her books. I would definitely recommend this book and anything that Terri Parlato writes.

Thank you NetGalley and RB Media and Recorded Books for allowing me to listen to this ALC for my honest opinion.

Watch Your Back by Terri Parlato on audio was ….. ok. I absolutely hate reviews that land in the middle of the stars. It’s so much easier to effusively praise those hits that capture you, or poke fun at the ones which are awful. This novel lands smack in the middle. I read it, thought it was ok, would probably not read it again. Turns out the main character has been featured in two earlier books which make me, as the reader, anxious when I don’t know I’ve jumped into a series accidentally.

The genre was also a mixed bag - police procedural combine with domestic thriller. The trio of narrators, Nick Mills, Christina Moore, and Rebecca Quinn Robertson were fabulous.

I feel like we were built up to rush the ending. At times i was confused with what was going on. At first I was drawn in and really invested but lost

Wow! This was my first book by Terri Parlato and it was an absolutely thrilling ride that kept me on the edge of my seat from start to finish! Set against the chilling winter backdrop of Boston, the story follows psychiatrist Eve Thayer as her seemingly perfect life begins to unravel. With unexpected twists, dark secrets, and an unsettling atmosphere, the suspense builds as Eve, her husband Nathan, and Detective Rita Myers all become entangled in a mystery far deeper and more dangerous than they could have ever imagined. And the audiobook cast! Holy cow! They did such a good job, and really brought the book to life!
Parlato expertly blends domestic suspense with thrilling detective work, making this book an unforgettable page turner with surprises at every corner. I definitely feel like this one is a must read for anyone who loves a good psychological thriller!
A huge thank you to Netgalley and RBmedia for the opportunity to listen to this audiobook! All thoughts and opinions are my own
***Contains some MA language and infidelity

A very interesting read. I feel that the title doesn't really reflect the plot of the story, but I did enjoy this novel. It wasn't what I was expecting. Surprising in a good way!

Thank you to NetGalley and RBMedia for the review copy of this audiobook.

From NetGalley description: "Amid the depths of a bleak Boston winter, a recently married couple find their lives and their relationship unraveling after a series of deadly accidents".

I was actually quite surprised by this one. In a good way. I am bad about trying to predict what's going to happen... who the suspect is... etc.
Throughout this book, I was sure I had it all figured out. It was obvious. Red herring? This book had an unsuspecting twist in it that wrapped everything up great.

This was a solid 3.5, but not quite exciting enough for me to round to 4. This is part of a series, but I read as a standalone & had no issues. I'm actually surprised that the character the series is based on (Rita Myers) felt to be a little more of a background character. This was good enough to keep my attention until the very end, and I would definitely read more by this author & in this series. The two main issues I had with this were:

1. Predictability - I correctly guessed the main "whodunit" within the first 15% of the book. I don't want to give spoilers, so I won't say what led me to that conclusion, but it was kind of disappointing. I was hoping I'd be proven wrong.
2. Motive - The motive for ALL of the craziness was just not enough. It pushed it a little too far over the unbelievable line for me to really love it. If there had been better motivating factors, I think it would've pushed this to 4 stars.

Again, even with those negatives, I still enjoyed the book and would love to read more by Terri Parlato. Thanks to NetGalley & the publisher for my copy!

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for this arc of Watch Your Back. A great mystery/ thriller. I enjoyed it and will recommend it to all.

The first 25% of this book or hour and a half was kinda boring. Nothing major happening but generally setting up. The plot started all at once and from there it was a consistent cycle of chaos!

I loved the little detail of the detective sketching the faces of those shes interviewing and well and the minor back story for her character instead of her only major plot being about her job.

I enjoyed the multitude of characters. It made everyone have some sort of guilt! Best friend, babysitter, clients, coworker, even the husband for a second

BUT THE REAL TWIST THREW ME WAY OFF!!!! I kinda figured it out but I didn’t expect the connections! I was so taken aback and I love when books catch me off guard! The storyline and characters came together all at once in a major climax. Tying everything in a neat bow.

This book began with great promise and initially captivated my attention. However, I encountered a significant issue with the narration of Eve's character. The reader's pacing was noticeably slow, which detracted from the overall experience and made it challenging to engage with her perspective. Even when I adjusted the playback speed to 1.5x, the narration still felt sluggish, which was my primary concern with the audiobook format.

Despite this drawback, I thoroughly enjoyed the story itself. It is an excellent suspense thriller, effectively utilizing three distinct points of view that kept me guessing throughout. The pacing of the narrative felt well-balanced, and I appreciated how the book provided glimpses of future events, seamlessly integrating them into the plot rather than reserving them for the conclusion.

Overall, I look forward to exploring more works by Terri Parlato, as this book showcased her talent for crafting an engaging and suspenseful narrative.