Finders Keepers
by K.T. Finch
Bookouture


General Fiction (Adult) , Mystery & Thrillers
Pub Date 30 Apr 2018


I am reviewing a copy of Finders Keepers through Bookouture nd Netgalley:

As the debt kept piling up and another red letter comes Noah Kendall decides to go out and clear his head. He loves his family but not his teaching job, a job that barely keeps his head above water. Despite the heavy Alaskan snow he leaves anyway. While out deeper in the Forrest he finds a car that was crashed, inside the car a dead girl next to her a bag of money, over two million dollars! Enough for him to pay off all his debts and even start a new life.


Will Noah keep the money and put his life and the life of those he loved in danger? Or will he leave the temptation behind?


Find out in Finders Keepers!

Five out of five stars!


Happy Reading...

Noah is trying to write a novel so he can become an author and stop being an English teacher and hopefully make enough money so his wife could stop working the night shift as a nurse at rhe hospital. Months have gone by and Noah hasn't written anything to his liking and the bills are piling up, all looks hopeless until he comes across a car in the woods containing a dead girl and a bag full of
money. Noah believes all of his dreams will come true now, unfortunately it turns into one nightmare after another. This turned out to be quite the page turner, really enjoyed.

Finders Keepers is great story! There aren’t a ton of characters to remember or back stories to keep straight. However, K.T. Finch creates a complex thriller with non stop action keeping you turning pages. She has created characters in such a way that you feel like you know them and have feelings about them. We both talked about how much of a jerk Colton was like he was someone we knew and started out thinking Noah wasn’t the brightest, realizing later maybe we were wrong. I fully enjoyed this book and really liked the way she wrapped it all up. Finders Keepers is a little tamer is some ways than some books I’ve read (not saying that is bad in any way) but still has enough excitement to keep you completely engrossed in what happens next.
I will definitely be on the lookout for more from K.T Finch

Noah and Emily are a seemingly happy couple until Noah’s actions bring about issues in their marriage and for their family. Thrilling tale of what would you do.

A big bag of money + a dead girl + a man in debt = moral dilemma

This is the cornerstone of this book, Noah finds a big bag loaded with money, in the car of a dead girl, takes the money, does not report to the police and the story continues with Noah in the centre of the storm...

K. T. Finch's story deals with the moral dilemma of will we, won't we, in the face of personal problems and huge debts. All the characters are coated with dark shades of black. There is selfishness, jealousy, greed, each one is manipulative in one way or the other.

The book deals with a lot of moral issues, the characters are realistic as most are in real life. The book is a thriller with questions where Noah's perversions put me off. A bit of a slow start but had enough twists to keep me reading.

This is a fairly good read. I found some of it totally unbelievable which is why I have given it 3 stars. There were murders that were not fully investigated and I thought that there would have been a massive search for the money by the authorities.

Found money, murder, greed, secrets, and more, all told with a touch of humor! When Noah finds a dead young woman along with a bag full of money and then immorally chooses to take the money and not report his findings to the police, I was hooked and eagerly kept reading in anticipation of “what possibly can happen next?” I am disturbed by the senseless murder of the police officer, but as I read more, I realized that it explained the motive behind the actions, or should I say, inactions, of the fictional characters. This is an enjoyable, fast read that I highly recommend, and I look forward to reading more by this talented author.

So you find some money on the floor with no one around to claim it. What do you do in this moral dilemma? Would you take it? Should you take it?

Finders Keepers ramps up this moral dilemma by a hundred fold when Noah comes across a car accident scene where the passenger has unfortunately not survived the accident. By the looks of it, she has been dead for a while. Clearly nobody has come looking for her. Shocked at what he has come across, Noah takes a look at the scene surrounding him, only to discover a bag with money protruding from it. A GREAT DEAL of money as he soon discovers! This is exactly what he needs to dig himself out of his piling financial debt . But, can he take it? Should he dare? He dares indeed! After all, he has a wife and daughter he needs to financially support. But can he get away with it? Noah soon finds he is way in over his head as he becomes embroiled in a very sticky situation that is snowballing out of control.

The author adds characters who are flawed with jealous, greedy and manipulative personalities, adding plenty of secrets, lies, scheming and criminal behaviour to this suspenseful thriller! It will question whom you should trust in addition to questioning where your true north is where this complex moral compass is concerned!

I really enjoyed reading this thriller that highlights how one decision can alter the course of your life and of others, especially when it comes to the pursuit of money and the lengths those people will go to to get their greedy hands on it.

Many thanks to Netgalley, the author and Bookouture for an ARC in exchange for my honest and unbiased opinion.

Finders Keepers by K.T. Finch has created a perfect book to question your morals can you battle the demons crawling through the recesses of your mind pressurising your every sense of right and wrong.

Would You? Could You? Should You? Can You?

Noah is a family man, married to Emily and father to Ava, he is taking a sabbatical to write his own novel but has become distracted by a neighbour who has moved in next door, he is mesmerized by her but has no intention of fulfilling the thoughts that run through his mind. Emily and Noah have an argument when she discovers he has been peeping on this young lady, Noah flees the home trying to outrun his debts and the uncertainty that he couldn’t explain to his wife the reason behind his behaviour, only to fall upon a car accident where the driver is deceased. Horrified by the discovery he looks around the car, his eye catches a holdall with money extruding from the top, now he is in full dilemma mode, do I report it, she’s been dead for a while, no one has been looking for her, we need the money, can I take it.

All these questions, Noah struggles to comprehend the consequences of the actions he should take, to the point he takes it home with him to try and quell his rush of adrenaline. Noah ends up becoming in embroiled in a situation he may never become free from………

What would you have done? Would your moral compass direct you to do the right thing?

K.T. Finch has written the characters with a touch of darkness, each one is flawed in a different way, there is manipulation, greed, jealousy, bolshiness all of which are apparent within each character to some degree or another. The only character I didn’t seem to have any issues with was Emily, even if she was a bit unstable to the point of her jealousy but who wouldn’t be if your husband has secrets.

Finders Keepers is a book filled with lies, secrets, moral hurdles, criminality and subterfuge, culminating in a thriller which will have you question everyone, everything and above all, question yourself.

Thank you Bookouture, K.T. Finch and Noelle Holten for an advanced readers copy of Finders Keepers to read and review in exchange for my honest unbiased opinion. Thank again to Noelle for allowing me to be part of the Blog Blitz, sorry I’m taking a bit longer but normal service will resume again by the end of the week x

The phrase 'Finders Keepers losers weepers' springs to mind, please say that I'm not the only one who thought that!

Noah is in debt, but seeing as he more interested in creating a DIY tent in his trousers, it takes a while for him to acknowledge that the bills won't pay themselves, and his tent won't bring him the large amount of cash he desperately needs to keep his family afloat.

Well, until he comes across the answers to all of his prayers staring back at him, in a bag, in a car that isn't his. Would you take the money? Or would you leave it next to a person who seems to be none the wiser? Finders keepers losers weepers for sure!

I loved the concept of this novel as it showed the lengths that people go to when their life is crumbling around them. No-one thinks rationally when they're panicking, and Noah proved that with his conundrum. He knew what the right thing to do was, but he also knew that if he didn't sort out those red letters, his family would have nothing. Of course if he spent more time actually working than spying on his neighbour, perhaps he wouldn't even be in this mess but hindsight is a wonderful thing!

For me, the theme of this book was top notch, intense and very more-ish. However, I struggled finding the link between the theme and Noah struggling to keep his tent in his pants. I actually found those parts very unnecessary. I'm no prude at all, but for me Noah and the neighbour thing just didn't work.

However, if I were to focus on the other parts of the book and not that part, I would say that 'Finders Keepers' was an interesting read which was annoyingly (in a good way) addictive. KT Finch certainly knows how to reel her readers in, that's for sure!

I was very disappointed with this read. All a bit too unbelievable for me. The blurb looked promising but it failed to deliver.Poor characterisation, poor writing and I would not recommend this book. Thanks to Net Galley for my copy. I reviewed on Amazon, Goodreads and Facebook.

This is the first book written by K. T. Finch that I have had the pleasure of reading and reviewing. Judging by how much I enjoyed reading ‘Finders Keepers’, I can 100% guarantee that it certainly won’t be the last book by this author that I read. I absolutely totally and utterly loved it but more about that in a bit.
It took me quite a while to warm to Noah Kendall. At first he irritated me a bit as he was rather selfish. He is a qualified teacher, who is on a sabbatical from work so that he can write a book, although his attempts to become a published author don’t appear to be working so far. He has his own little office where he goes to allegedly ‘write’ but in reality he goes into the office to spy on his neighbour, who he seems to have a crush on. He sees her getting up to all sorts. Noah seems to shut himself away and leave his wife to pick up the slack. In my opinion, his wife is far too patient and I would certainly have kicked him up the bottom a few times if I had been her. She is a nurse who works all the hours she can in a bid to try to pay off their debts, keep the wolf from the door and actually live and the thanks she gets is her husband spying on and perving over their neighbour. Noah is soon found out by his wife, who understandably is rather peeved. Noah also realises that he has to do something to bring some money in as they are drowning under debt with red letters arriving, credit cards being maxed out and no money in the bank. Noah can’t say that he is particularly looking forward to going back to being a teacher and so he has to come up with a plan. Noah seems to live in a fantasy world and at times I did wonder if he had unrealistic expectations of his own abilities. To clear his head he goes out for a rather long run. All is going well until he stumbles across a car, which has been buried under heavy snow. He opens the car door, only to find a body of a young female and a bag containing a hell of a lot of money. Noah takes the money but leaves the body in the car. Noah has mixed feelings about the money because on the one hand he knows that by rights he should report the death and hand over the bag of money to the police but on the other hand, he sees the pile of money and thinks that it could be the answer to all his problems. What will Noah decide to do? Whose money is it really? Will Noah get into any further scrapes and will he be able to get out of them? Are Noah’s family safe? Well for the answers to those questions and more you are just going to have to read the book for yourselves to find out.
I picked this book up, only intending to read a couple of chapters. Thirteen chapters later and I was still reading. This author really did grab my attention from the start of page 1 and kept my attention throughout the book. I absolutely loved the writing style and the storylines. Unusually for me, I was able to finish the book in two sittings. Normally I have the attention span of a gnat but not in this case because I became seriously addicted to reading ‘Finders, Keepers’ and I just had to find out what, if anything, was going to happen to Noah. I would say that the story hits the ground running and maintains the pace throughout. I absolutely adored where the story was set and it sounds just my kind of place- cold with lots of snow. There were more twists and turns in this story than you would find in a game of Snakes & Ladders. Just when I thought that I had figured out what was going to happen and to who, I was thrown a curveball and was sent down another path entirely. ‘Finders, Keepers’ is one heck of an adrenaline fuelled rollercoaster ride following the fortunes of one family as they attempt to stay afloat.
In conclusion I absolutely loved reading ‘Finders Keepers’ and I can’t wait to read more from this hugely talented author. Here’s hoping that we don’t have too long a wait in store. I wholeheartedly recommend this book and this author to other readers. The score on the Ginger Book Geek board is a well deserved 5* out of 5*.

I absolutely loved this book! I devoured it within a day. Addictive. I literally could not put it down, I needed answers and the outcome! Had me on the edge of my seat and feeling sorry for poor Noah who seemed to keep finding himself in situations he should have avoided at all costs! Ouch.

A well deserved five stars from me, a must read, must buy and highly recommend. Not a story you can forget easily. If that prologue doesn’t pull you in then nothing will, gripping. Put yourself in Noah’s shoes, what would you have done?

A great easy read! I couldn't put it down! I'm so glad I've discovered this author. I'll be checking out her other books for sure!

4☆ A Crime Thriller filled with Drama, that plays on your Concious!

Finders keepers is a story of  consequences, debt and drama.
It's a well thought out Crime Thriller that makes for a thought provoking and pacy read.

If you was in huge debt and you happen to come across a bag full of money next to a dead person in a car crash..... would you take It????

That's exactly what I was asking myself whilst reading Finders keepers!... would I take it? Truth I have no clue!
I'm certain I wouldn't be comfortable stealing from a dead person!

Well that's exactly the predicament Noah finds himself in when he discovers a bag full of money lying next to a dead women who has been involved in a car crash.
He takes the money and runs off home.

This money would change his families life.
But we all know that no one leaves 2.2million laying around unless it's somewhat dodgy!
Why did the young women have that kind of money on her!

However things are about to go downhill for Noah when his Ex Brother in Law Colton makes an appearance and discovers Noah' s stash of cash.
Now Colton has a Minipulative streak and pursuades Noah to keep the money and that he should get a share too.

Things just seem to be spiralling out of control for Noah and he just keeps getting deeper and deeper in trouble.

Finch has created well thought-out characters and a twisting plot.
Each Character Flawed in their own dark way.

The power of greed and consequences  plays a big message throughout the story.
Finders keepers is a thought provoking read that plays on your mind well after reading it.

If you enjoy Crime Thrillers filled with Drama that will play on you concious, then you will really enjoy this book.

This was the first book I had read by this author and was looking forward to reading it as it sounded my kind 9f book from the description, I must admit I was left disappointed after reading it. The storyline is good but I didn’t particularly like the characters and found the whole plot unbelievable and the ending very disappointing. Sorry, just wasn’t for me.
Thanks to NetGalley and Bookouture for giving me the opportunity to read and review this book.

Finders Keepers is fabulous!! What a dilemma. It's easy to say that you would never ever do what Noah did and take that money. It's easy to say that you have morals and a conscience! But what if you were in debt up to your eyeballs and no foreseeable way out AND you happen across a huge duffle bag full of money? Enough money to live off of, quit your job, and Davenport for your child's career. But Noah is a bit dopey! He makes decisions that are not thought through. What length will he go to in order to get away with this? Will his story stick? A wonderfully suspenseful story!

What would you do indeed? The premise of this storyline really makes you think. When you’re not happy with your job, when your partner works ridiculous hours, when the unpaid bills keep piling up and final notices hit you left, right and centre … when life is basically a big flamin’ pile of poo and you can’t see a way to fix things. But then suddenly, you stumble upon a fortune.

This is what happens to Noah. He works as a teacher but hates his job and is now on a sabbatical so he can write a novel. His wife is a nurse who’s spending more time at the hospital than at home because they need the money. Yet, they still fall behind on payments. One morning, Noah goes for a run and finds a car with a dead girl on the driver’s seat. Next to her is a very alluring bag full of money. Lots of money! Where did it come from? Is anyone missing it? And who’s the girl?

The story is told through two characters : Noah and his neighbour Charlie. I must say I didn’t particularly like Noah. He’s a bit of creep, as it goes, and he doesn’t exactly come up smelling like roses when we are first introduced to him. It also bothered me that he seemed perfectly okay with letting his wife work those long hours, while he pretty much sat around doing very little, staring at a blank screen or just being a perv. Charlie, on the other hand, was much more likeable and I felt for her at times, dealing with her job as a 911 operator.

Set in the unforgiving landscape of Alaska, Finders Keepers puts ordinary, normal people in not-so-normal and rather extraordinary circumstances. There are some dubious decisions, sometimes even insanely dumb ones but these are amateurs, not professionals. It’s easy to sit here and judge their actions but of course it’s completely different when you’re living it. The plot does require you to suspend belief a little bit as some things felt rather far-fetched to me but this is nonetheless an entertaining story and it had me wondering what the outcome would be.

So, what would you do? Personally, I’d take the money and run with the speed of light. Just in case, at some point in the future you don’t hear from me, toodles and it was nice knowing you all. 😉

Review: Upon reading the blurb for this book I was hooked I needed to know how it all played out. What an exciting read.

It has a great writing style. I like a story that is heard from different characters view points. I think it really adds something to the story telling. 

This is a book that has you on the edge of your seat. I Highly recommend especially if you are a fan of James Patterson.

This is one of those books where you constantly keep asking yourself, What would I do in this situation.
Noah has an argument with his wife Emily and storms out. While he’s out he comes across a crashed car with the body of a young woman in it. He then notices the bag on the passenger seat and finds that it contains a lot of money.
He decides to go back home and hide it but while he is counting it, his ex brother in law, Colton, barges into the room and sees the money.
You may think that you wouldn’t have taken the money but I think things would have been ok if it wasn’t for Colton.
Things go from bad to worse and soon Noah is lying to his wife and she is becoming more and more suspicious.
This book has lots of twists and turns and will have you on the edge of your seat.
Thanks to Bookouture and NetGalley for the opportunity to read this book.