When veterinarian Cassie Larkin stopped by the side of the road to try to help a woman who is being assaulted, she has no idea how much her life is about to change. While it seemed like a random event, the attacker now has her address and when Cassie's husband goes missing. As Cassie searches for her husband she is led astray and struggles to figure out what is true. Was he abducted or did he leave her for another woman. At the heart of this book is the question '"WHAT DO YOU KNOW?" Good mystery, good book.

Driving home after another late night at the veterinary clinic, Cassie Larkin spots a man and woman fighting on the side of the road. She dials 911 and plans to wait for help to arrive but when she realizes the woman's life is in danger she leaves the safety of her car to help. The man, a known criminal named Carver Sweet, issues her a threat before stealing her car with her purse and all of her personal information inside. With assurance of her safety from the police, she returns home to her family where ongoing tensions with her husband leave her feeling uncertain of their relationship. When her husband disappears the next night, while trick or treating with their daughter, Cassie can't help but think Carver is behind it. Conflicting information about her husband’s disappearance leaves Cassie searching for answers but what she discovers may place her family as a killer’s next target.

No Bad Deed is a thrilling new mystery novel from debut author Heather Chavez. I never know quite what to expect with debut novels but I have to say I was pleasantly surprised with this one. The story begins with Cassie, a veterinarian, whose overtime at work is causing family tension especially with her husband Sam. Cassie feels as if their relationship is on the verge of falling apart but she is in denial that he would leave her and the kids. After she engages in a life or death situation with a known criminal, a series of events, that appears to be unrelated, place Cassie and her family in danger. She has to discover the truth about her husband’s disappearance and piece together a puzzle that will tie her past to her present. This was one of the better thrillers I have read in quite a while and I will definitely be adding this author to my watch list for upcoming novels. The characters were relatable, the writing was engaging, and the plot was entertaining and compelling...I ended up finishing this in an afternoon.

Holy biscuits this book was intense!!!!

Driving home one night from a 12 hour shift as a veterinarian, Cassie sees a man and woman physically fighting on the side of the road across from an abandoned hospital. After calling 911, Cassie gets out of the car to try and help the woman who at this point has taken a fall. The man tells Cassie that she can live if she allows the woman to die. The police sirens can then be heard and the man takes off running up the hill to Cassie’s vehicle. The stranger now has her purse, registration, name, address, phone, and the name of her husband and children.

Fast forward to the next day which is Halloween. Cassie’s husband Sam takes their youngest daughter out trick or treating before Cassie arrives home from work. When Cassie calls to check in on them he promises to be home in 15 minutes. Cassie falls asleep on the couch and wakes up close to 2 hours later to an empty home. All calls to Sam go straight to voicemail so Cassie gets in her car on the hunt for her husband and daughter. Cassie finds her daughter in front of a house being watched by two moms from carpool. From there begins the quest of what happened to Cassie’s husband? Why would he just disappear while in care of their daughter?

This book had me hooked from beginning to end. I read it in less than 24 hours. I feel that it is rare to find a book that hooks you all the way through with so many twists and turns that you never know where the story was headed and cannot predict the ending.

Hats off to Heather Chavez for this incredible debut novel. I have my eye on you now and will definitely be picking up anything you write.

Thank you to NetGalley/HarperCollins for allowing me to read an early copy of this book!

I can now write my review after holding my breath throughout much of this book!

As the synopsis states, Cassie, coming home late again from work, see a couple fighting and the male throwing the victim down a ditch. She calls 911 but then makes the fateful mistake of getting out of her running car to get closer to see if she can help. When the police sirens are heard, the man takes off in her car with all her personal information. Her decision to help begins a cat and mouse game with possible deadly consequences. And then her husband goes missing. Is this a coincidence or a calculated plan to hurt Cassie and her family? But why?

The events in the story are built on an incident that happened many years ago with revenge motives. Events that Cassie never knew.

This book had me on the edge of my seat with the constant acceleration of suspense and action. A tense page-turner!!

An exceptional story by a debut author. I can't wait to see what the future brings from this author!

GR posted: 02/02/20
Blog posting: 02/12/20

"What? Oh, hell no! Hold up. Huh? Oh, okay."

Any Impractical Jokers fans here in Goodreads land? Because this infamous little quote from the show sums up exactly how I felt while reading this book.

It started off with a bang, and I was totally in it, thinking to myself, "Whaaat? That's crazy!"

Then it slowed down and I got really frustrated with our protagonist, Cassie. She was blindly running around, impeding the police investigation, and generally being all-around annoying. At one point, she did something really stupid and I was all, "Oh, HELL no!" What could she possibly be thinking?

Then the story got a little convoluted, and all I could think was, "Hold up." I needed to digest the information.

The final 25% of the novel was less than inspired. There were unanswered questions, plot holes galore, and a little too much suspension of belief required. And yep...you guessed it. I said to myself, "HUH?"

Finally, the final page. I sighed because I was a little underwhelmed, but a few things had become clear in the interim so it was totally, "Ohhh...okay."

Bottom line, I'd say this was pretty good for a debut novel. The plot was sound, and with a bit of tweaking, it would have been a decent novel. As it stands, I'm giving it 2.5 impractical stars.

**Many thanks to the publisher for my review copy.

Thank you to Net Galley and Harper Collins Publishers for the advance of this title in exchange for my honest review. This book drew me in from the first page and it kept me reading. We all would like to think that we would help someone in danger, but what if that goes badly awry? What if your life then turns upside down, and you aren't sure who to trust and whether people are who they say? The characters were well developed, and the plot was unique.

No Bad Deed is the debut novel of Heather Chavez. No Bad Deed takes place in just a few days, but days that have our heroine too often with her heart in her throat.....and the reader's there too!  Fast paced and difficult to put down. I'm looking forward to reading more by this author. I want to thank Net Galley and Harper Collins Publishers for an early copy of No Bad Deed to review.

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This book is very hard to put down except when it gets too intense to keep reading. The pace is very fast and all of the characters are in life-or-death situations (even the "bad guys.) Interestingly enough, the characters -- except maybe Sam -- are well-defined, not stereotypes.
However, time seems to be contracted in the book; the victims are sometimes saved because the heroine gets there just at the right time, or the heroine is nearly killed because the bad guy gets there right at the same time. Hospital stays take much less time than realistically possible. The police respond a little too quickly. All in all this makes the book seem very cinematic. I can picture the car chases and escapes out of windows.
I could easily give this book to people who liked Gone Girl.
Thank you to Harper Collins and Netgalley for providing this prepub ebook.

Let me start by saying this will be 100% spoiler free review, as all my reviews are, but definitely want to make that clear for this type of thriller. This is a very intricate story that Chavez has put together, and for this being a debut it kind of blew my mind.

This book centers around Cassie. She is a wife, mother of two and a veterinarian. This book opens when Cassie is driving home from work and passes a man and women fighting on the side of the road. Cassie calls 911, and while they tell her to stay in her car, she feels the need to help. The man throws the women down and gives Cassie a threat that inevitably changes the course of her life.

The next day her husband goes missing while taking his daughter out trick-or-treating. This begins a very twisty story, that changes directions multiple times. Once you think you have it, don’t worry you will be thrown on a completely route.

Chavez does such a wonderful job, with this story. She must have started with the intricacies of the planned mystery and worked in the rest of the story. Don’t worry character’s do not lack at all. I absolutely could not put this book down at all. I am kind of meh on thrillers but this one should go straight to the top of your lists if you enjoy this genre.

Thank you NetGalley and William Morrow for an Advanced Reader’s Copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Cassie Larkin is driving home from work and sees a woman being assaulted. She quickly dials 911 but also jumps out of her vehicle to try and deter the assailant. Turns out, it might have been a good day to leave work early, take a different route home, or, oh yes, stay in the car! She is trying to be a good samaritan, but it seems that no good deed goes unpunished, and Cassie will come to regret her decision. When the attacker takes off in Cassie's vehicle, he now knows not only who she is, but where she lives.
The next day, her husband Sam takes their daughter trick-or-treating, and never comes home. Relief at finding her daughter unharmed, soon turns into a nightmare, as the husband she thought she knew, has secrets she never imagined. As Cassie tries to find Sam, it appears the attack she witnessed wasn't random at all, but rather involved people who seem to know her well, and just might have taken Sam.
This one was one roller coaster of a story! At one point, close to the end, I found myself a little lost because so many characters were introduced. I took that as a sign to just slow down and pay close attention to the details, and with a little re-reading, everything came together and made sense. There are many twists and turns, and my guesses regarding the whodunit and why were completely wrong. No Bad Deed was a page flipper and I look forward to Heather Chavez's next book!

I received a DRC from William Morrow through NetGalley.
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I received a free ARC of this book from NetGalley in exchange for a fair and honest review.

I have read a lot of thrillers and this one does not at all read like a first time author. Chavez has done a great job of weaving a multilayered story that keeps you at the edge of your seat and has unexpected surprises at every turn.

When you you think you know whats going on....everything changes and you see it a new light.

Highly recommended and I will definitely look forward to reading more Heather Chavez books in the future.

What.just.happened? THIS BOOK WAS INCREDIBLE. True story, at one point I locked myself in my bedroom and told my husband and kids not to talk to me until I was done!
This is Heather Chavez’s debut novel and she knocked it out of the park! A couple of parts are a little bit far fetched but hang on and keep reading because this is a gripping, epic, edge of your seat suspenseful thriller and you don’t want to miss out!
The only part that slightly bothered me is that towards the end it gets a little confusing because there are a lot of characters in play but nothing to keep me from giving it 5 stars! Can’t wait to see what else Chavez has in store for us!

Thank you to NetGalley and William Morrow for the advanced copy in exchange for my honest review.

No Bad Deed is a SHOCKING book filled with twists and turns that make your head spin! WOW! I wasn't expecting this book. I knew it would be a thriller, but I didn't realize how CONSUMING it would be. The best way I can describe it is an "epic novel of solid twists". I highly recommend it!

This was a fast pace and exciting debut thriller. It kept me guessing and there were a lot of good twists. I would definitely recommend this to anyone who is looking for a quick and thrilling read. I look forward to reading more by Heather Chavez. I received a digital ARC from NetGalley.

In No Bad Deed, Cassie stops on the side of the road to help a woman during a domestic dispute. After that fateful stop, her life goes all topsy-turvy and wild in just one night. There are affairs and murders and stalkers and a lot of secrets.

No Bad Deed had been floating around my Goodreads for the past week or so and it caught my eye. Then I received an email from Netgalley/the publisher (thank you!) offering a review copy. It was like it was meant to be!

But alas, I could not really get into this book. I liked the author’s writing and the characters, but the pacing was off for me. It dragged in the beginning and by the middle I wasn’t feeling it. Then by the last third picked up, but it was a little too jumbled, with too much going on at once. It got a bit confusing/messy with the all of the sudden reveals.

This was a solid debut, just not my favorite.
I seem to be in the minority in my opinion, so I would suggest picking this book for a fun thriller if you can suspend disbelief.

I would check out the author’s work in the future

No Bad Deed really reminded me of a Harlan Coven style book. It was a page turner and suspenseful, but not quite what I expected. I was expecting some more depth to it but it was pretty campy at certain points and extremely implausible and confusing at others. It's a good thriller but it's one that you'll read and enjoy, but forget.

Very tense thriller! I loved the story-line and the gasping, seat-clenching moments. There was a certain part I didn’t understand but it didn’t ruin the book for me, I still enjoyed it! I highly recommend it

This a a debut thriller about a woman whose husband goes missing after she stops on the roadside to assist a stranger being attacked.

There were a lot of things I liked about this book:

- Fast pacing. I finished this in 24 hours
- it wasn’t a long book
- it surprised me a few times. I thought one thing was happening but it turned into something else.

There were a few things I didn’t like about the book.

- Way to many characters to keep track of. I was often confused it seemed there were so many.
- The ending wrapped up to pretty for me. It was hard for me to believe all the trauma that Cassie went through just resolved itself at the end.

All in all I liked the book. I look forward to reading more from this author. Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the book in exchange for an honest review.

3.5 stars

3.5 stars. Thank you to @NetGalley and @HarperCollins for the advanced reader’s copy of No Bad Deed by Heather Chavez in exchange for my honest review. Cassie is driving home and sees a woman near a deserted building being assaulted by a man. Cassie without hesitation stops her car and resolves to help this woman and intervene, saving her life but earning the malicious vengeance of the man. The man threatens Cassie and escapes the scene. The very next night, Cassie’s husband disappears while trick-or-treating with their young daughter. She thinks either he is having an affair or his disappearance is in some way connected to the incident from the prior night.

Let me just say I am barely even scratching the surface with my summary of the synopsis above. This story is very complicated and there is a lot going on - one can argue there is almost too much going on. There are loads of characters to keep up with and the second half of the book can get a bit convoluted if you don’t pay close attention to detail. I would say at times the book stopped captivating my attention because the story was way too complex and the characters fell sort of flat for me. I wasn’t invested in them, especially not in Cassie. Something about her just didn’t strike my interest.

There are a lot of moving pieces in the story. Some of the twists came out of left field and did not embed well in the storyline. Also, the ending was a bit too stretched out, and I found myself getting a bit exasperated with it. There were unanswered questions at the end, and they nagged me. The creepy factor also wasn’t there, even though the entire premise of the book and what was happening should have creeped me out and made me scared to look over my shoulder while reading.

I’m conflicted because if you are looking for a book that is difficult to put down, this was it. There was action from start to finish and it’s suspenseful in a way where you would never be able to guess the ending unless you are *really* dang good. However, I think the characters and overall storyline could have used a little more finesse.