A dark story of a woman returning from the dead a year later to solve her own murder brings a number of exciting twists. Can anyone be trusted in this tale of murder, betrayal and secrets? Is the woman who returned really Neve and what’s her link to a murdered woman twenty years ago? Neve must find her killer before she’s

Thank you to net galley and the publisher for giving me the opportunity to read this book it was a great experience first time reading anything from this author

This was a really interesting take on a psychological thriller. I spent a lot of the book thinking the author made all the characters a bit too suspicious to try and throw the reader off, but it ended up working out well in the end. Also, our MC may just be surrounded by shady, not good people. Four stars because I thought the book could’ve used a bit more subtlety when examining all the suspects, something to make the reader think more about the small things, rather than the glaring points of suspicion the author throws at you from each possible culprit. But perhaps that’s the magically Avenue the author chose to take for this thriller, which I can understand and appreciate now that I’ve read it in its entirety. Overall, I really enjoyed the premise and the mystery surrounding this woman’s death and the days leading up to it.

Just couldn’t interest me despite trying. 1 star. No review will be published on social media or blog.

The author presented an interesting concept here. A woman mysteriously comes back from the dead, presumably to solve her own murder. It started out well enough with Neve telling her story. We get the week leading up to her death in detail, and considering the sheer amount of stuff that happened within that week, the biggest mystery for me was when she had time to get murdered. Nevertheless, the story does come with its share of questions. Who killed Neve and why? What mysterious force brought her back from the dead? And why her? Out of all the murdered people in the world, why her? Some of those questions do get answered, but some - well, not so much. Unanswered questions aside, the story did have an acceptable pace despite a few lags here and there. So, we have a decently paced story with hints at the supernatural, and a mystery to solve. That should've made for at least an okay read. Ah, but here's the rub. The characters, there wasn't a likable one in the bunch except for the teenager who also wasn't in the running for who killed Neve, at least not as far as I was concerned. The more I read, the more my question changed from who killed Neve to who wouldn't at least want to kill her. Sadly, the list was long, and the suspects were just as reprehensible as the victim, each and every one of them. Everyone was cheating, lying, just plain crazy, or a combination of all three, and none of them seemed to see anything wrong with any of it. It felt like the author picked every negative quality he could find in any given group of people and gave them all to this group. Honestly, I started to put this one aside, unfinished, numerous times, but I kept going in hopes of finding some reason to care about this woman, some reason for her to be given this second chance at life. In the end, I couldn't find much reason to care about any of these characters or what happened to them, and felt like I'd just been subjected to every dirty secret they had whether I wanted it or not. Instead of gritty thriller, it was like a day spent at the gossip fence. So, while the premise was a good one, the journey came up short - way short. If you don't mind a whodunit with no real good guys, give this one a shot, hopefully, you'll like it more than I did.

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Neve was killed and returns to life, looking for her murderer. She's a heavy drinker, her marriage is in trouble and she has a secret lover. As if that's not enough to handle, she's also pregnant...
She's a teacher at her teenage daughter's high school and worried about the girl's fascination with lights in the woods surrounding their home. Are they caused by aliens?
The premise of the book was appealing, but unfortunately I just couldn't get into it. I didn't like any of the characters and found the story boring. Sorry!