Thank you to the publisher for allowing me to read and review this ARC. Full review to be found on Goodreads and on my website.

This book was really intriguing from start to finish and definitely exceeded my expectations for this read!

I highlighted this book on my Booktube channel. The video can be accessed here: https://youtu.be/-i846KfTV8c

An original and unique story, part mystery, immigrant experience, family and medical drama, it was enjoyable and entertaining. Not one of my favourites, and definitely not a reread but a nice way to spend a few hours/days with a book.

Thank you to NetGalley, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, and Sarah Crichton Books for providing a digital copy in return for an honest, unbiased review.

A thoughtful mystery that brings new depth to the typical courtroom drama genre, following the explosion of a special medical treatment chamber that results in two deaths. Kim asks questions of family and responsibility, secrets and lies, that are at once specific to this case and universal in their own way. Taut and fast-paced and definitely worth a read for any fans of legal mysteries and family drama.

A lie is told. Can it, should it, be maintained? A young mother is on trial for the tragic deaths of two people, one of which is her little boy. Is justice about to be served here? Rationalization runs rampant as the pieces are uncovered. Impressive debut novel that will have you questioning everything.

A great mystery set in small town Virginia that’s filled with an intriguing cast of characters. I loved that this book went deeper than just the mystery!

This is a modern classic, a book to be savoured. I came in looking for an entertaining courtroom drama, I left moved to the bottom of my heart and I know there are some things I will never look at in the same way because of this book.
I'm not going to go into details of the plot- it is gripping and you will find it difficult to put it down until the end, despite all the hear-wrenching choices you'll be forced to make together with the protagonists of the book.
Angie Kim's writing is so powerful that I found it difficult to believe this is her debut book. Can't wait to read her next novel.

I was riveted to this story! I would never guessed the outcome which in my mind means the author was successful in keeping the suspense going until the end. The story is based on a courtroom hearing but the underlying story is about the varied personality types of the main characters and the secrets and lies that brought about so much tragedy! A must read and I will certainly recommend it to my book club!

I ended up listening to this on audio quite a while after publication and ended up liking it. There were a lot of layers to the story in terms of character's backgrounds, their beliefs, their motivations, the town setting, and the immigration angle. Sometimes I find that when an author tries to pack too much in, things get lost in the shuffle but that wasn't the case with this book. Impressive for a book that is also fairly fast-paced with a mystery at the heart of it. Recommended.

This review will be hard to write because I don't know how to express how much I loved this book! With everything from the suspense to the character development, Kim knocked this out of the park. I'm shocked that this is a first-time novelist - she has all of the makings to be a writer that I'll remember for quite some time.

"Miracle Creek" is one of those books that I think reads better if you have no idea what the story is about. So, I'm not going to detail the plot. I will say it was the perfect blend of courtroom drama, mystery, and literary fiction. Kim writes with such gifted skill - every word on the page has intention and meaning.

With perfect pacing and a wholly satisfying ending, all I can say is that I'll wait anxiously for Kim's next book to come out.

This book will go down as one of my favorites. I loved the courtroom drama storytelling and how with each court date we got additional glimpses of the past leading up to the tragedy. I appreciated that each of the characters was fallible in their own ways and how many of them despite their flaws were also incredibly relatable. Kim did an excellent job balancing the darkest parts of each of the characters with empathy for the events that led them there. This was an excellent book that I often recommend!

Fantastic read. I was surprised how much the book drew me into the unusual story. I have recommended this book many times this year. Looking forward to more from Angie Kim.

Hmmm. Just OK! I thought this would be a great book but it only had a few parts that ramped up the excitement and storyline. I rate this book a 3.1! Thanks Netgalley!

It was a small business that should have succeeded. The Yoo family, Korean immigrants, have a hyperbaric chamber housed in an old submarine. Individuals can go in for an hour long treatment to breathe increased oxygen. The treatment has been suggested for everything from Lyme disease to infertility to autism treatment. But something went horribly wrong and a fire trapped the patients inside the chamber. A mother of five and an eight year old boy are killed, burned alive. The immigrant father is left paralyzed and his teenage daughter is left scarred and in a coma for several months.

What really happened? A year later, a murder trial is being held. Elizabeth, the mother of the child who was killed, is on trial. The prosecution believes she killed her child to escape the life of a mother with a disabled child. But was it her? There are secrets belonging to almost everyone there that day and even some no one knew were there. Was the fire to hide an affair? Was it to collect an insurance payment of more than a million dollars? Was it a different mother who couldn't face their child's disability? Was it done in anger over a marriage that isn't working out?

This is a debut novel and it has garnered lots of praise. It won the Edgar Award for Debut Novel and is recommended by many prominent names in the mystery/thriller genre. The plot twists and turns and the reader is convinced over and over that they know who it is as it turns out that everyone there had a reason to start the fire that ended so tragically. The author has intimate knowledge of much of the book's subjects. She is from a Korean-American family and was a former trial attorney. Readers will be entertained and left interested in seeing what this author will do next.

Outstanding. I particularly loved Young Yoo's character arc. This is one to reread to explore its depths.

Thanks to the author, publisher, and NetGalley for a copy of the ARC.

What an interesting, complicated story. Though I thought it ended up being pretty predictable, it was intriguing and kept me reading with some good twists along the way.

I hate to admit, but this was a DNF for me around 60%. This book for many reasons just didnt connect with me, but I am very grateful for the opportunity to at least try.

I read this book in one sitting, and I don't know why I waited so long to pick this one up. I really don't know what to say about this one, I was heartbroken after reading this. It's such a sad literary mystery with some interesting, flawed characters. It's really well done, the subject is not an easy one, but you will fly through this one because you just want to know what happens.

This was such a satisfying legal thriller. This is an emotional read and one that will make you think. I thought the court room scenes were executed perfectly and were by far my favorite parts of the book. I would recommend this book to anyone that wants to be lost in the pages for a spell.