Adeline just moved into an elderly home and not one that will give her any peace of mind. Between the smell of death, horrible staff members and more than half of the residents are out of their mind; it's hardly a place where Adeline would call peaceful. She had came back to live in the same town that she had once flee from. The horrific serial killer was on the loose within the town when she was younger. She tried even harder to flee from those memories. It seems that life has come full circle. Here she is back again. Especially when things starts to happen within the walls of the retirement home.

The story started off in the past and then flip to the present. What was supposed to be a good murder mystery more than a psychological thriller has actually left me feeling more muddle than anything. Adeline voice in the present doesn't give the reader much to as whether or not her mind is still there or is she really in a state of dementia. I guess that place on to the mystery theme. The killer's voice doesn't exactly sound sane, but then again is any killer really sane. However, it was never explained as to a motive, which left me feeling lost and confused. Because as the story goes, the killer back story and his voice does not make him a psychopath where he is without empathy. He's very well aware of his actions; therefore, he would have a motive to why he kills. The ending does have a surprise I don't think I saw coming; however, again the surprise is not cohesive with the story line.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for letting me read this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

The One Who Got Away unfortunately wasn’t a story I could stick with.
L.A Detwiler is a fantastic author and I really enjoyed The Widow Next Door so maybe my expectations were just a little high for this book.

It’s such a interesting idea to have a thriller with an elderly character set in an old people’s home and I really wanted to love TOWGA but Adeline was just too annoying for me to get far into the story. As a reader I need to be able to picture scenes, this is just too fast paced and I got confused.

Sorry I really wanted to give this a 5. :(