Summary: This suspenseful, well-written, unique and twisty thriller was an awesome read.

With her journalism career in ruins, Leah Stevens is ready to for a fresh start when she runs into her old roommate, Emmy Grey. The two of them quickly agree to move somewhere new to start over together. Shortly after their move, when a women who looks like Leah is attacked and Emmy disappears, Leah realizes she might never have known who Emmy was at all. In fact, she is unable to prove to the police that Emmy even exists and soon becomes a suspect herself.

This was such a fun, well-written story! As in All the Missing Girls, Megan Miranda brought the scenery and the characters vividly to life. I found it suspenseful throughout and couldn't put it down. It was slightly less unique and surprising than her previous book, where the story proceeded backwards in time, but it did still feel different from anything else I've read. There were a few twists I saw coming before the main character did, but there were also twists that surprised me as late as the last chapter. Even if it wasn't quite as perfect as All the Missing Girls, it definitely wasn't a letdown. I'd recommend it to fans of the author's previous thriller and to everyone else.

Leah Stevens has a checkered history she'd rather leave in the past. It's not that she's done anything wrong so much as has been perceived to have done so. That's all it takes though for a reputation to be tarnished beyond repair. With her promising journalism career sunk, Leah simply wants the opportunity to start afresh. A new life in a new town with a new job and new friends. All new, that is, except for her new best friend Emmy who made the trip with her. In fact, it was Emmy's idea.

Life is good for awhile, all but for the sensation Leah has of being stalked. A little too much unwanted attention here and there. It's obnoxious, but she can look past it because she's going for drama free and fresh. Remember? Then Emmy disappears and Leah is left trying to piece together the scraps of their life together. Has something terrible happened to Emmy? Did Emmy do something bad and disappear of her own volition?

It's like cutting through to the center of an onion; one cut doesn't do it. First you must pull back layer after layer before you can discover what waits for you in the middle. Emmy's life, much like that onion, seems to be folded in upon itself in and endless array of questions. Attempting to answer one requires first that another question be answered and before that another and another. Solving the mystery of Emmy will take Leah back through her own troubled past. Left to reconsider and process again all that she thought she once knew.

Full of spellbinding and nail biting suspense, The Perfect Stranger goes to show you may never really know the people around you. Even those closest to you may prove to be holding some of the deepest and darkest secrets of them all.

Thoroughly enjoyed everything about this book from the gorgeous cover to the captivating storyline. I will most certainly recommend it. Thanks to the author, publisher, and NetGalley for providing me with the advanced review opportunity.

Megan Miranda has done it again... kept me up half the night finishing this superb psychological thriller. It starts off a little slow as the characters develop and the story unfolds but by midpoint it is a full blown page turner. Recommended.

Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review!

I would like to think that if I somehow found my way into a real life mystery, that I would act like the main character in this book. Somehow, she keeps finding herself in the middle of mysterious happenings, and rather than running from it, she finds herself digging for answers, or clues to solve the mystery.

I was immediately drawn in, and would love to read another story from this author!

Great story!

A friend...a very good one. Someone who knows you better than you know yourself. Someone you can turn to in your darkest hour, to help you pick up the pieces. What can be better? Leah considers herself lucky to have such a person in Emmy. She's been there for her through it all, even after all the time they were out of touch.

And now, Emmy is willing to give up everything and start over for Leah. Everything begins to unravel, however, when a local girl turns up beaten and left for dead. And then Emmy goes missing. Exactly when did Leah see her last, anyway? As Leah digs deeper and deeper, she realizes that maybe she didn't really know Emmy that well after all.

This is the perfect follow-up to Miranda's last novel, All the Missing Girls. It has just the right mix of intrigue, mystery, whodunit-ness to keep you guessing. And even if you put pieces of the story together before the halfway mark, as did I, the last 30% is sure to take you for a ride. That alone is enough of a reason to grab this one!

A Nail biting suspense, with a complexity that mesmerize the reader as it pulls into a psychological battle between reality, facts and perception.
Megan Miranda doesn't disappoint with this new installment.

This is my second book by Miranda, but it won't be my last! She weaves together a smart, quick-paced story with some familiar characters and an eerie setting. Looking froward to the next book!

No one in the Perfect Stranger is who they appear. No one. Not the protagonist, Leah Stevens, to her friend Emmy Gray, or even the occupants of the small Pennsylvania town Leah and Emmy have moved to.
A poor decision causes Leah to need to leave Boston. When she reconnects with Emmy, an old "friend' who also wants to get out of the town and experience something different, the two move to Pennsylvania, where Leah gets a job teaching high school English and Emmy gets a job as a cleaning person at a motel.
But then Emmy goes missing and a woman is found dead in the woods close to Leah's home.
Are the two incidents connected? They don't appear to be. But Leah's life gets worse when one of her school colleagues is accused of killing the woman, a colleague who was also, apparently, stalking Leah.
From here. Leah's present life smacks full faced into her past one and she begins to suspect that no one around her is exactly who and what they are pretending to be.
I hate spoilers so that's all I say for now.
I was given an arc of this book by Netgalley for an honest review, so here goes:
What I liked about the book: the way Leah uncovers what's going on around her. She is a reporter and even though she is not working as one right now, all those old reporter instincts serve her well. I like that because she is true to herself. I also like the way the author portrays the other characters. They ring true.
The book is plotted so that as each new episode occurs, a little snippet of Leah and Emmy's past is revealed along with it.
All in all, a great story line and well told. I liked this book much more than All the MIssing Girls ( and the only reason I didn't like that one as much was because it was told backward. I like linear moving books a lot more!)

I received this book from Netgalley in return of an honest review. Wow, this was definitely a 5 star book for me. It kept me guessing until the end. There were times when I thought I had it all figured out and then another plot twist would be introduced which made this a book I did not want to put down. I definitely recommend this book to anyone who likes suspense/thrillers!

Megan Miranda’s forthcoming thriller, The Perfect Stranger is the story of Leah, a disgraced journalist forced to leave Boston for Western Pennsylvania, to a house in the middle of nowhere with a girl she hasn’t seen in eight years. Leah initially met Emmy Grey right after graduating college and being rejected from a job she thought she was a shoo-in for. Emmy let her stay with her for a fraction of the rent, and Leah always thought Emmy had saved her during her time in need.

Fast forward eight years, Leah hasn’t heard a word from Emmy since she joined the Peace Corps a few months after Leah moved in, when she bumps into her in a bar in Boston. Coincidence? Both looking for escape, they move to PA, a quiet, nothing town where they can disappear. But when a girl shows up nearly dead by the river, and Emmy vanishes, Leah has to question everything.

I started this book not knowing that it was technically a follow up to Megan Miranda’s 2016 hit, All the Missing Girls, which I haven’t read. Luckily, it read like a standalone novel, and one that I would recommend to thriller fans looking for something great (and with no risk of being compared to Gone Girl or The Girl on the Train). The plot was engaging and fast paced enough to make you want to read, but literary enough to be approachable to non-thriller readers.

Everything about this one was good, including the ending, the part most likely to make or break any thriller. The Perfect Stranger is out on April 11th — don’t miss this one!

*I was sent this book by Netgalley for review!

This was such an awesome read, full of twisty turny goodness! Leah needs to escape from a past mistake and Emmy invites her to come live with her. But then terrible things begin to happen and Emmy disappears. Only did Emmy even exist? Ya, this was one of those books that just grabs ahold of you and doesn't let go until you know all of the answers and boy are those answers so not what I expected.

I highly recommend this book, which I loved, to anyone who enjoys a psychological thriller that will make your heart race and keep you up way past your bedtime. It's delicious!

I finally read The Perfect Stranger on my second attempt. In honesty, I started it some time back and read about 10% but it wasn't meshing with me at all, maybe it was the genre, my mood? Who knows, either way it wasn't the time to read it. I picked this up 2 days ago again and read it in 2 sittings. I loved All the Missing Girls and find Megan's writing style my cup of tea (When I'm in the mood for mystery that is), so looked forward to reading this book. I knew it wasn't connected per se to All The Missing Girls but did know it was going to be one of those books that really would make me think and boy did it!

I didn't connect with the characters as such reading this book, I don't think I even liked the main character Leah a whole lot. But I loved how I was made to feel whether Leah was reliable as the story teller or not. I questioned so much, just like Megan wanted us to do with her story and even to the end was still questioning. Kyle was a great addition to this story, I really liked him and found the chemistry (Very mild romance, not a spoiler) a nice touch. I also liked that I was made to feel like I couldn't trust anyone in this book. It kind of puts you on edge as you read and without having anyone you can rely on makes it an interesting read.

The story has a slow burn, you are told of things in the past about Leah and some about Emmy (Her missing friend), but mostly this story is set in the present. I thought the ending was especially clever and liked that there was a little room for a follow on story too should Megan so wish it.

The reason I gave this 3.5 stars and not 4 stars was because with All The Missing Girls I was so involved with the story that it was hard to not want to know what was happening. With The Perfect Stranger the connection to characters wasn't there so much and it was just the mystery that kept me going. So, I knocked .5 off for that. But that by no means am I saying The Perfect Stranger is not worth a read, trust me when I say it certainly is. I'm glad I gave this book a second chance and finally read it and look forward to more work from Megan Miranda.

After reading ALL THE MISSING GIRLS I couldn't wait to read THE PERFECT STRANGER and I was not disappointed. A gripping, edge of your seat, thriller that will keep you awake far into the night. A well plotted story line with twists that will keep you guessing from the first to last page. Brava Megan Miranda!

I would like to thank NetGalley, Simon & Schuster, and Megan Miranda for the advanced digital copy in exchange for an honest review. While out one night, soon to be former and failed Boston journalist Leah Stevens reacquaints herself with an old time friend, Emmy Grey, who has a somewhat mysterious and troubled past. Leah decides to leave her life as a reporter to start anew in rural Pennsylvania as a high school teacher and asks Emmy to join her. Soon after, Emmy ends up missing and Leah believes foul play is to blame. The more Leah tries to uncover about Emmy's past, the more troubling it looks for Leah. This story is even better than Miranda's last novel, All The Missing Girls. I plowed through this book just to get to the dramatic ending.

Leah has "journalist instinct" if that's exist or if there's such a thing. But sometimes she's using it in a wrong way. The story is exciting as I was very curious with what happened to Emmy. If there is really an Emmy or maybe Leah is just making an Emmy because she thought that Emmy is her other personality.

Does Leah needs someone to confide? Is she really that alone and lonely that Kyle thought she needs someone to talk to and don'e believe Leah about Emmy. Well, I guess he needs to assess every angle even Leah to make sure that she doesn't hide anything especially things about someone stalking her. But, does Emmy Grey really exist?

Moreover, while reading (especially in the middle part) it had me thinking and come up with these questions: Who's responsible for Bethany's incident? Is it really David or someone just using his name? Who is the suspect? How is Bethany's incident related to Emmy's disappearance? Maybe Jim is responsible for Emmy's disappearance? But, why Jim was killed? How is Theo releted to Bethany? And the most important question in my mind is why is it happening to Leah?

After knowing who's stalking Leah my reaction is: No effin' way!!!! Is it really Theo? Is he really stalking Leah?! This twist makes me scream and lose my mind!!! I didn't see that coming. I thought that he's just giving clues and signs to Leah! NO WAY!!!

I honestly don't know what to feel about the ending. I have mixed emotions. Part of me wants to know how they will capture Emmy or Melissa. But also part of me wants to leave it that way.

This psychological, mystery & thriller novel made me question many things. It made me feels things like hate. I hate that I'm scared to know what will happen next. Hate that Leah has been ignorant to the most important details. This is honestly what I feel while I'm reading. Also with the twists in the story, I feel nervous, terrified and excited. I wonder how All the Girls Missing goes that I would like to read it too as I enjoyed reading this one.

The novel is well written thought there are times that I couldn't keep up when Leah's having a flashback that made me confuse. But that's also the uniqueness of this book, how it was written. I would like commend Ms. Megan Miranda for this amazing story.

Special thanks to NetGalley for providing me with a copy of The Perfect Stranger by: Megan Miranda in exchange for an honest review.

**** 1/2

Last year I read Megan Miranda's All the Missing Girls. Loved it! She has such a unique writing style. That book was told in reverse. The Perfect Stranger is not. However, you never get the entire story at the beginning. Everything comes together like an intricate puzzle.

What a web of suspense! Secrets and lies all around. A total mind Fu*k too. I found myself questioning the main character Leah's mental state. I honestly thought she was out of her head. I just had to know where Emmy was. I wanted to know the background of these characters lives. And, no one is who they seem. I love suspense/thriller novels because I always want to "figure them out". Not this one. NOPE. BIG NO. Just when I thought maybe it was this or that...BOOM, plot twist!

This was a great novel. I couldn't turn the pages fast enough.

Definitely will be recommending it!

After reading "All the Missing Girls," by Megan Miranda, I thought she couldn't write a better book. Well I was sure wrong. "The Perfect Stranger," will hook you in from the very first chapter. We meet Leah and Emmy. The were once college roommates who run into to each other 8 years later. They decide to move away from Boston to a small town in Pennsylvania, both running from their pasts. But how well do we really know our friends or ourselves? A woman is left for dead down by the lake, who happens to like a lot like Leah. Suddenly Emmy disappears. What follows will keep you turning the pages late into the night. Megan takes the reader one direction, only to throw in another clue, to lead you down another path. Writing at it's best. The must read book for 2017

In The Perfect Stranger, Leah Stevens has started her life over in rural Pennsylvania as a teacher. The reasons why she left her journalist job in the big city are a mystery, although it is slowly revealed as the story unfolds. When a young woman is found beaten along the side of a road, Leah is pulled into to the investigation as the coach at the school she works at is considered the prime suspect. At the same time, Leah's roommate, Emmy is missing. Leah puts her journalism detective skills to work and starts looking for Emmy herself, while also trying to understand what happened to the young, beaten woman in the hospital.

Leah begins to question if she ever really knew Emmy, or if Emmy ever existed in the first place. Her mind starts playing tricks on her and the past that continues to follow Leah slowly comes out.

I really enjoyed this book and it reminded me a lot of Harlan Coben's stand alone mysteries. Megan Miranda does a great job weaving the past and present together and keeping the reader engaged in the mystery, throwing us possible suspects and alternative theories. I highly recommend this book if you enjoy Harlan Coben and people that disappear under mysterious circumstances. Are they dead, alive, or did they ever even exist in the first place?

If you like novels such as "GIRL ON THE TRAIN" you will love this novel. A novel full of guessing and wondering what is really going on. A great twist at the end; and a little love story also.

I loved Perfect Stranger by Megan Miranda. It's about a woman named Leah who moves to western Pennsylvania with her friend Emmy, both trying to escape their pasts in Boston. After only a few months in their new small town, a woman who looks eerily like Leah is attacked and almost killed, and Emmy goes missing. As Leah, a former journalist, tries to figure out what happened to Emmy, she tries to separate the truth from the stories both she and the characters have constructed about themselves and each other.

One of the things I liked about this book was how my ideas of what happened and who the characters were (especially Emmy) were constantly shifting as Leah uncovered more clues. While this book is a page turner, it's also complicated (in a good way), with new discoveries making me rethink what had happened before and what I thought I knew. I appreciated that Leah was a strong, female character. While she has her flaws, she's also smart and independent and doesn't need a man to come in and fix things for her. I also felt satisfied by the ending. I thought we were headed towards a vague conclusion, given the questions raised in the book about whether it's possible to find the truth and truly know somebody. Fortunately, the ending wrapped everything up nicely. I would definitely recommend this book, and I can't wait to see what Miranda writes next!

Thank you to NetGalley and Simon and Schuster for giving me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review!