I love a book that leaves a reader exasperated and this book has done that! Just when I thought I knew how everything would turn out I was quickly changing directions because the twists just kept coming! Wow! Erica Spindler knows how to write a spine tingling mystery that will leave readers breathless! This is one of those books and I highly recommend it!

A fascinating story that brings to light an illness you don't hear about, paranoid delusions, and how it affects not only the patient but those around them. the characters are amazing and full of depth and really make you feel it all. there are a few twists, but nothing earth shattering :) A good, engrossing read.

Good mystery and characters. It’s a who done it type of book with love and hate and your .never sure till the end. The inclusion of a psychologically psychotic disorder really turn the events upside down. It will keep you reading till the last page. I know...I finished at 2am...
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I’m not a fan of Erica Spindler’s unfortunately. I hated The First Wife but chalked it up to my being such a huge fan of Rebecca (I never love retellings of my favorites). Turns out I do not jive with her style.

Great quick entertaining read. There's twists and turns and scenes you don't see coming. Erica Spindler never disappoints!

Thank you to netgalley for the arc in exchange for an honest review.

Erica Spinder has been a favorite of mine for longer than I can remember and she doesn't disappoint with The Look-Alike.
The Look-Alike is about a woman who grew up with a mom who suffers from delusions. So when she stumbles across a dead body she herself starts thinking she is following in her mothers footsteps.

Ms. Spindler touches your heart with the struggles these two women go through.....what lengths they will go through for each other.
Mental health is a huge issue in this world and I'm happy to see so many authors writing about it. We need so much more awareness on this subject and even though most of our authors are writing fiction, you better believe they are researching and trying to represent these diseases as best as they can.
Kudos!

I think I've been reading too many books that have been centered around mental illness because honestly I'm just tired of it at this point. It's honestly just grating on my nerves
This is well written and original but mental illness as a plot device needs to end. It does nothing but harm and this is a really bad stigma.

I do want to say I did enjoy everything else about this book but it's just such a disappointing cliche.
Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for this copy of my ARC.

I was given this book by NetGalley for an honest review -
Sienna comes across a murdered girl on her way home from class.
Because both the girl and her were wearing white coats she wonders if the murder was meant for her or - is she suffering delusions like her mother.
At each turn it seems another person could be the murderer.
Will they make an arrest before there are more deaths?

This was a fun read that I finished in less than a day. It focuses on Sienna, who returns to small-town Wisconsin after spending 10 years in London, having been shipped there by her parents after witnessing the aftermath of a murder. Sienna's mom is a paranoid schizophrenic (though the author calls it something else- maybe my nomenclature is antiquated) and is convinced that her husband's ex-wife has been plotting to kill Sienna since she was born. Enough oddities happen related to the murder that Sienna stumbled across to wonder if she should've been the victim, but is she being paranoid too, or is she in danger?

There were many places in the book where I thought I had it figured out, only to receive more information that made me think it was someone /something else. Though one of my hunches turned out to be right, I went back and forth on it and was still surprised when it was revealed.

My only small nit with the book is the constant thoughts Sienna has about falling in love with Jonathan. Firstly, I thought it was unrealistic to fall in love with someone you literally just met, but secondly, it was just unnecessary for her to keep mentioning it to the reader. The reader understands that she likes him A LOT and the author didn't need to repeatedly bring up that she thought she was falling in love- it distracted from the story, in my opinion.

Great read overall- would strongly recommend!

Netgalley provided this book to me free of charge in exchange for an honest review.

Good solid thriller, atmospheric setting and believable characters with a side of romance thrown in for good measure. Mental illness was handled sensitively in this whodunnit. The writing was fast-paced, the plot was the standard fare but well fleshed out and executed, though my only criticism was I had sussed out the murderer long before the end of the book! All in all, well written and if you're looking to kill a few hours with an entertaining read then this is the book for you. Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC.

The Look-ALike by Erica Spindler is a moderately paced thriller where the main character Sienna is trying to live her life but the past continues to haunt her.

While this book did not bring a new type of thriller to the book community, Spindler’s writing and character depth are fantastic. I felt like I was in the world right alongside Sienna dealing with family and the past that haunts her.

I was not surprised by the way the book ended but I did thoroughly enjoy the twists and turns along the way.

Will definitely purchase a final copy of this book and look forward to reading more by Spindler.

Thank you to St. Martin’s press and NetGalley for an advanced reading copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Interesting concept but very predictable. Throughout the story, you pretty much figured out that the murderer was one of three men, taking turns throughout of which one it could possibly be. I’m not a genius but I did figure it out about halfway through the book. Good beach read.

This is the first book that I have read from this author. It was an interesting mystery. I felt that it was rather predictable but the author did her best to build suspense. I will probably read her next book.

Sienna hasn't been back to her childhood home, or even the States, in ten years. She's been living in London but has finally come back to face the past...and her mother. Ten years ago Sienna discovered a recently-murdered classmate on her way home from campus, and that incident and it's aftermath have haunted her since. Now that she's back, she will have to live up close and personal again with her mother, and her mother's mental illness, but she can handle that. It's the 'murderer who got away' that's proving mentally insurmountable.

Great story and I appreciate the exploration of mental illness. So many people and their families and friends are affected by mental illness every day.

This was my first experience with this writer but it definitely won’t be my last. This book had a perfect amount of characters, twists and turns. It kept me guessing until the end. Thanks to NetGalley for the privilege to read and review this book.

Full of suspense and action packed. This is a fast paced thriller with heart pounding moments. Great characters draw you in and keep you glued. I guessed the bad person from the beginning but it in no way took away from my enjoyment of the story. There are plenty of twists to the plot. Erica Spindler never disappoints.

I have read and loved all of this Author's books. I was invited to read The Look-Alike by the Publisher. I enjoyed it immensely. A chilling mystery with an ending I didn't see coming. (I usually don't.) Read it. You won't be disappointed. Thanks to NetGalley, St. Martin's Press and the Author for allowing me to read and review this book.

Another interesting, fast-pacing thriller is centered on mother-daughter dysfunctional relationship and mental illness.

Thrilling elements, intriguing, attention taker clues was like breadcrumbs spread around the pages push you harder follow and catch them.

The author was completely genius of misleading. She definitely killed my spider senses and till the end I couldn’t get whodunit and she came behind sucker punched me at the end. Great job because as a born in the April Fool’s day kind of person (not kind of actually, literally I was born on that day and I never forgive my parents for the pranks I’ve been enduring for years) I always tried to more cautious to catch the clues hid behind the lines but the author’s misdirection was impeccable. One more time I became the fool one! (At least I am not floating clown! Bite me Pennyweise)

The characters were surprisingly fine and I didn’t feel itchy fingers to punch or slap them. Maybe I’m losing my touch or becoming sweeter or nicer person (The woman I screamed at today who was grabbing the last bottle of Chardonnay wouldn’t think the same but this is irrelevant! I’m still softhearted angel!)
Sienna turned back to her childhood town, gathered the dark and broken pieces from her past and took care of her mother who suffered from mental illness. (I visualized her as Sissy Spacek. She would be a great paranoid mother) By the way a murder case related to her reopens. She’d found the corpse and she always thought the killer had been behind her, he had wrongly killed the other girl.

As soon as she got back in town, she started getting suspicious phone calls. Maybe the killer learned she was back and he planned to finish what he had started. And look out the handsome neighbor who recently moved next door, acting like Sienna’s knight in shining armor. Yes : hottie boy next door alert! But is the neighbor trustworthy hottie or devil disguised behind angel face? Or does Sienna’s protective and goodhearted step brother have really good intentions about his sister or is he hiding something? Or could her mother’s paranoid thoughts be somewhat true?

No spoilers! Mouth zipped! Read it and get ready to be surprised! That book was not the best thriller I’ve read on this year because there is really serious competition. And there are many perfect examples I’ve read lately.

But it is still great, heart throbbing, witty, gripping, fast reading. I didn’t get bored for a second.

It earned my 3.5 stars rounded definitely and unquestionable up to 4 STARS!

Special thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press to share this amazing ARC COPY in exchange my honest review!

I was happy to see another Erica Spindler novel and this was a great thriller. When Sienna returns to her hometown and moves in to care for her paranoid and often delusional mother, she has no idea how the past will return to haunt her as she found a murdered girl years ago when she was a college student there. She's always suspected that she might have been the intended victim as she wore a jacket identical to the dead girl's. And her mother appears to be worse as she's not taking her medication and believes she's being targeted through her daughter because of her paranoia. At some point everyone is a suspect as new evidence comes to light and even family members appear to be guilty. But there's a nice twist at the end that you may not see coming and I enjoyed this as well as all Spindler's others.

i get so excited with Erica Spindler comes out with a new book! The Look Alike did not disappoint..... twists turns and an ending I didn’t see coming. This might be one of her best books yet!!!!!