Several reviews posted allude to the creep factor and I definitely agree. This story had it along with an interesting dual POV. The twists and reveals kept coming at a pace that kept me turning the pages.

This didn’t grab me right away like I expected it to. And that’s completely a me thing. I was a bit hung up on a part of the story that I’m not always keen to read. But once it took hold there was no looking back and had me guessing until the very end. Definitely recommend.

What a wild ride! One night Molly walks away from her life but did she? This book is a thrilling ride from start to finish! Did Molly walk away from her family? The clues say she did but her daughter doesn't believe it. Nicole is determined to find her mother no matter what! I enjoyed this thriller and it kept me on the edge of my seat while I was reading! I received an advanced readers copy and all opinions are my own.

Molly Clarke makes the long trek to see one of her son's games and never returns home. Evidence found leads people to think she walked away from her life and wants to be left alone. There are things that have happened over the years that would support Molly feeling this way. Her daughter, Nic, isn't quite convinced that her mother just up and left. Nic wants answers and heads back to Hastings, the town where her mother supposedly decided to leave her life behind. What Nic finds is more questions than answers, and different people who are either leery of telling the truth or willing to straight up lie to her face. Will Nic be able to solve the mystery of her mother's disappearance?

Never Look for Me was a wild ride! It was told from the alternating viewpoints of Molly and Nic. Suspicions are cast on several different characters and I kept changing my guesses on who was behind it all. I wanted answers and read this in two days. This is the first book I've read from this author and I'm looking forward to reading more!

Loved! Wendy Walker delivers an exciting story with plenty of twists and turns. After Molly Clarke's family suffers a terrible accident, she disappears during a storm and her daughter Nicole tries to find her. This book will definitely keep you on the edge of your seat!

Take note - THIS is a prime example of a perfect suspense novel!

This is my first read by Wendy Walker and she had me hooked from the first to last page - finished it all in one sitting.
Not only is her writing style solid, she created an excellent, emotionally charged storyline crafted through dual POV's, complex characters, and intriguing mystery. She didn't leave me hanging with unanswered questions, she went above and beyond from beginning to end and even popped in a great twist!

I highly recommend for suspense and mystery lovers.

Thank you to Netgalley for providing a gifted copy in exchange for my review.

4 stars for Don't Look for Me by Wendy Walker! Wow this book was creepy from the very first chapter and I was hooked.

Molly Clarke was ready to walk away from her troubled life. At least, that's the story that's being told. Her car is found abandoned on the side of a highway, a note with her clothes is found in a nearby hotel. The authorities are ready to give up looking, but her daughter Nicole, riddled with guilt about how cold she was towards her mother, is not. The book alternates between Molly & Nicole's chapters as the reader slowly unravels what exactly happened to Molly from her own perspective and from Nicole's discoveries. Each chapter leaves you hanging on the edge of your seat, compelled to keep reading and figure out what is going on.

I flew through this book in less than 24 hours because it was such a compulsive, addicting read. If you're looking to get wrapped up in an insane and twisty thriller this Fall, pick up Don't Look for Me when it comes out on September 15th! I am excited to go back and read more of Walker's books now and she has become an auto-buy author for me.

Special thanks to St Martin's Press, Wendy Walker and Netgalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Don’t Look for Me by Wendy Walker is an absolute page turner that tugged at every emotion I had! There is so much tragedy that’s happened to the Clarke Family but we hear the most from Molly Clarke and her daughter, Nicole, both who feel enormous guilt for the death of 9-year-old Annie 5 years ago. Their lives are torn apart, there is anger, miscommunication, lack of communication … so much dysfunction in this once happy family.

When Molly makes the long trip to watch her son play football at his boarding school, it’s during a hurricane but her guilt and feelings of unworthiness drive her to make this trip. When her son sees her standing there but completely ignores her, it’s the last straw. Molly’s car runs out of gas on the way home and as she’s walking through the rain and the wind, she thinks to herself, why not just disappear, nobody would care, nobody would miss me. Then a truck stops and she gets in. Her car is found by the police but nobody knows what happened to Molly.

Aaah! This book hit all the emotions! It’s both heart-wrenching and terrifying with the creepiest atmosphere … ever! There’s more to the story than Molly walking away and Nicole, her daughter, is going to find out what happened. Nicole herself is already spiraling downward, using booze and men to cope with her own guilt and anger. When a witness comes forward with information on the truck that Molly got into, it gives Nicole the fuel she needs to move forward with her mother’s case. I’m going to stop myself here because I don’t want to risk spoilers but this is a complex and convoluted story with twists and red herrings that kept me wondering all the way to the end! Insidious, disturbing and unputdownable!

A big thank you to Macmillan Reading Insiders Club, St. Martins Press and Wendy Walker for gifting me this DRC in exchange for my review.

This is the third of Walker's books I've read and they're always solid thrillers. I wasn't sure what to expect based on the description, but oh wow did it get twisty. I've been reading a bunch of thrillers recently and have started to crave something different than an unreliable narrator with a murder that maybe happened. I really enjoyed the narrative structure - you're getting different facets of the story at different points in time. I did guess some of the twists, but not all. I particularly appreciated how Walker really delved into the psychology of grief and how it can change family dynamics. It made this book more than just a standard thriller.

This book was so freaking good. I love this author. I can never figure out the ending in advance, which is absolute gold for authors in this genre.

Molly runs out of gas during a storm and then is picked up by a stranger.
Fourteen days later, her daughter Nicole receives a new clue despite the fact that the missing persons case has been closed since they found a note from Molly stating that she was leaving and not to bother looking for her.
Did Molly really leave? What will Nicole do to get her back?

This is so good. I definitely recommend it.

Tragedy and sorrow lead a family on a path of self destruction; an interloper can take what is needed from this crew to solidify a dastardly plan. Molly suffered a great tragedy and her family is falling to pieces.. Why wouldn't she leave it all behind? Why wouldn't she want to start over where she doesn't have to remind her family of what she did? Why can't a little girl have a mommy that loves her? What happens when someone decides that's what needs to happen?

This book hooked me from the first page and I raced through it to see how it would end! It had the perfect amount of creepiness (lots of chills without being downright terrifying or gruesome). I didn’t completely love the ending which is the only reason I didn’t give it five stars. But overall, I really loved this!

A car abandoned in the middle of a small town. A note that was found at a nearby hotel. It looks as if Molly Clarke has walked away from her life. Is that what happened?

This was my first Wendy Walker book, and love her writing, I can't wait to read more by her. This was one twisty read! The pacing was perfect filling you with suspense and dread. So many questions and you try to make sense of whats happening, who, and why? The twist was great one I really didn't expect. I narrowed down to the people I thought it was! I was close but I had no idea what really going on.

Are you a good Mommy?

A family torn apart by tragedy and each withdrawn from the others and out of feelings pushing blame.

Molly Clarke, the wife of John and mother to Nicole, Evan, & Annie. Molly drives hours to the boarding school to attend her son's football game, despite Nicole telling her mother that he doesn't want her there.

Molly can feel her daughter's hatred, her son's indifference, and her husband's lack of love, but for every game Molly still makes the long drive to watch her son play.

This is one night, that Molly should've stayed home. There is a hurricane on the way, and after the game Molly begins the drive home, only to run out of gas. The gas station, she has walked to, is closed due to the storm.

Molly being despondent thinks about just walking away and starting over. A credit card charge and a note left behind lead to a search, but it's as if Molly walked off the face of the earth. Police have concluded that Molly walked away.

When Nicole gets a call from a woman telling her a few things as a witness, Nicole must follow up and heads back to Hastings. Holes are poked into the woman's story, and in a short time, Nicole realizes everyone she has spoken to has holes. She doesn't know who to trust, not even her own father, and things are not adding up, but she is not going to give up until her mother is found.

This was an amazing thriller! I was pulled into the heartache of the tragedy, and how each family member was trying to cope followed by the twists and turns of Nicole's need to learn more, and her coming to grips with her own guilt and the parting last words said to Molly, that became the drive to find her mother. Also, trying to decipher who was trustworthy and who was lying.

I would like to thank NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for providing me an ARC. I have voluntarily reviewed this book.

Molly Clarke goes missing. Does she want to be found, or does a note left indicate that she does not? Her daughter Nicole tries to find her after most others had given up. It turns out that Molly had been targeted for a kidnap and was quite well-hidden. The novel is about the search and finding out who the kidnapper is. Author Wendy Walker does a good job of unfolding those events to maintain excitement The writing is good, and the terror that the victims felt feels very real. I recommend this novel.
Thanks, Netgalley, for the ARC.

Wow. Just wow. The shock and emotions that flowed through me while I read this book are deep and varying. I don't even know what to say. Every time I thought I knew what was going to happen, I was so completely wrong, but yet, close enough, that it was a shock that hit close to home. This book was heartbreaking, stressful, and a million other things, to read. But more than anything, it was one of the best books I have ever read. It reminded me slightly of "Girl Last Seen" where the main character is similar to Nicole, one of the main characters of this book. in many ways. However, this book, while being slightly reminiscent of others, was still so unique I can't imagine anything like it. Wendy Walker has created a masterpiece by writing "Don't Look For Me" and I can't imagine how she did it. I have already frantically messaged several friends telling them that they have to order this book or borrow from the library after it comes out, as I need to talk to someone about how much these plot twists threw me for a loop. I'm still reeling. I also love how well everything was tied together at the end. It didn't feel rushed, and despite giving closure, was able to leave some to the imagination. This book is one that will be on my favorites list, and I hope it will be as enjoyable to others as it was to me.

Wow, a lot of grief, heartache and terror throughout this whole story, and the bad stuff just keeps on keeping on. An enjoyable psychological experience, with many different victims, because all the twisted roads were made by each person personal pain, other than the true evil at the center. Edge of your seat read. Add this to your TBR list.

Don't Look for Me by Wendy Walker is an incredible thriller! I have been a fan of all of Wendy Walker's novels and this one did not disappoint.

The author does an excellent job of telling the story of a missing mom and her grown daughter's journey to find her.

The story is written in multiple timelines and points of view.

I was holding my breath reading this book, it was exciting and thrilling with twists that left me shocked.

I’ve been on a bit of run lately reading thrillers. For some reason I’ve increased my reads in this genre since the pandemic began. I can’t really figure this out given that I’m already feeling stressed and a good thriller puts me into tachycardia. Having just finished Don’t Look for Me, I’m certain my heart rate won’t be decreasing any time soon.

There are so many things happening in this book. Molly Clarke is a woman trying to survive after the death of her youngest daughter five years ago. This tragedy is compounded by the fact that Molly ran over her in a horrible accident. The guilt she lives with is beyond imagination and her life has never been the same since that time. Sadly, her relationships with the rest of the family are severely strained as they blame her for this inevitable accident. Her husband doesn’t speak to her, and her daughter Nic has been kicked out of school. Molly makes the effort every two weeks to watch her son play football - something he doesn’t understand given it’s a three hour drive each way. It’s during one of those trips that Molly runs out of gas in the midst of a hurricane on her way home. She is given a ride by a man and his daughter who happened to be driving by. But Molly doesn’t return home after the hurricane. Is she fleeing the family who no longer love and respect her or has something more nefarious happened to Molly?

Told from a two perspective (Molly and Nic), dual time frame, the true events of what happened to Molly slowly unfold. This psychological thriller is well crafted, and delivers the chilling impact that only great authors provide. It is well organized, meticulously presented and highly engaging. The story is memorable and the conclusion satisfying. I will be reading more from this author.

Thanks to Netgalley and St Martin’s Press for the ARC of this book in exchange for the honest review provided here. 4.5 stars.

DON’T LOOK FOR ME is an atmospheric psychological thriller with a tone that is, at times, dark and claustrophobic as it follows unusual and unforeseen circumstances that literally derail Molly Clarke when she runs out of gas on a dark and lonely road and is given a ride by a helpful stranger and his little girl.

The narrative is terrifyingly thought provoking ands author Wendy Walker toys not only with the minds of her compelling characters but the reader as well. This is more than just a mystery. It is a meditation on family and identity related in such an alluring way that it keeps you hooked as it delves into the darkest corners of the human heart.

This book will appeal to both those who like a tough edge to their mysteries as well as those who prefer a softer, gentler touch.

4.5🌟
What am completely insane, intriguing book!
In the beginning, I wasn’t quite sure if I was going to 1) like this story 2) continue reading it 3) finish it. Well, I did end up getting pulled into the story and what a roller coaster ride!
The main character, Molly, mysteriously disappears one night driving home....what happened???? Her daughter, Nicole, searches for the answer to what happened to her mother.
If you are looking for a suspenseful read, Don’t Look For Me should be the book you pick up. Definitely a thriller to the end. And, the twist at the end is quite intriguing.
Wendy Walker is a new author for me and one I hope to read more from.
Thank you to NetGallery, the publisher and author for the opportunity to read and give my honest review about this book .