This author is the real deal with another twisty, fast-paced thriller that had me glued to each and every page. Highly recommend this great read!

Special thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for a free, electronic ARC of this novel received in exchange for an honest review.
Molly Clarke hasn’t been the same since the death of her youngest daughter, a death she feels responsible for. A death her husband and two remaining children blame her for. So when her car is found abandoned with her cell phone inside, along with hotel room charges on a credit card, everyone assumes she up and left. Especially when the police find a note in the hotel room, written in Molly’s handwriting. A note that says “Don’t look for me”. But Molly’s eldest daughter, Nicole, knows her mother never would have just left them. Nicole’s quest for her mother leads her to the small town where her mother was last seen, where Nicole discovers that another young woman also disappeared ten years ago. Are the two connected? Did her mother really disappear and leave her family?
Wendy Walker’s “Don’t Look for Me” comes hot on the heels of “All is Not Forgotten” and “Emma in the Night” (books I was also given the oppourtunity to read and enjoy). This novel almost reached five-star status for me (as these other two novels did) but I had to drop it half a star toward the end. Read on…………..
This novel is told in alternating narratives, from the perspectives of Molly and Nicole. Molly narrates in the first person, and Nicole in the third person, alternating chapters. This makes the plot line easy to follow and helps the reader understand both protagonists from a deeper perspective. The mother-daughter bond is highlighted in this novel, both between Molly and Nicole, and between Molly and Alice (although in a very skewed and damaged way) .
This book reads a little bit like “You” or “Room”, but it is different enough to earn credit all on its own. I thoroughly enjoyed how it played out, and the ending provided a satisfying conclusion. As mentioned above, there was one moment toward the end of the novel that caught me off guard and had me re-reading a few pages as I felt I had missed something. The story had been narrated by Molly at this time, and then it abruptly changed and another character was introduced with very little warning. This threw me for a bit of a loop and I would’ve liked a little bit more of a lead up, since the character ended up being so pertinent to the entire story structure.
I love Wendy Walker and I definitely enjoy her pulse-pounding, gripping novels. They provide everything needed to satisfy my psychological thriller desires. Walker has not slowed down in her ability to provide suspenseful novels, and I cannot wait to see what she releases next.

Ms. Walker has done it again!

This book gave me chills, thrills, and bumps! I was on the edge of my seat throughout the entire book. Try not to read anything going into this one, as it is best to go into it blind (of course you can read my review)! I won't give anything away. All I can say, is you won't be disappointed in the least. This book has its share of surprises, as well has twists. In addition, the characters are both relatable and unpredictable. You definitely can't seem to get into their heads.

Psychological thriller fans will rejoice! This one is a winner!

As soon as I started this book, I was sucked right into the plot. This is a story about a family suffering from a terrible tragedy. They are broken and unsure how to connect with each other. When Molly disappears on her way home one day, the police are convinced this mother couldn't deal with her grief and simply walked away. After a note is discovered saying, "don't look for me", her daughter Nicole is not so sure her mom would simply leave.
So begins a fast paced, suspenseful tale of the search for Molly. I was riveted to this book. Wasn't sure who the good or bad guys were until the very end. This book would definitely appeal to someone wanting a mystery with twist and turns!
I received a complimentary ebook from Netgalley.com

An unputdownable, highly suspenseful thriller that will surely be on my top 10 year-end list!

This is the story of a woman named Molly, who after a family tragedy, seemingly decides to walk away from her current life to start anew. The only thing is, when her family and the police find a note from her, it doesn’t necessarily close all doors...but opens new ones.

I was hooked from the very beginning and could feel the pain Molly felt when she decides to walk away. From there, I was blindsighted by a twisted plot that I did not see coming. The story is told from the day Molly walks away from going back to her family, as well as from her daughter, Nic’s, perspective...two weeks after the fact.

I was gripped by every aspect of this novel due to the clever writing, and both of the perspectives are equally suspenseful and gripping. I highly recommend for those that like a fast-paced thriller with amazing character development, emotions, and a need to soldier on when you’re finished with the chapter you just finished!

Thank you to author Wendy Walker, St. Martin’s Press, and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This was GREAT!! i don't want to give anything away so I am just gonna say, go into this BLIND!! The less you know, the creepier it is! Told from 2 POV's in short chapters. Each chapter ends very ominously, then switches to the other POV, which will also end ominously......and back and forth like that until you get to one of the CRAZIEST finales I have ever read! Wendy Walker just jumped to the top of my list of Read With No Questions Asked!

Thank you to NetGalley, Wendy walker and St. Martin's Press for this fantastic ARC!!

I am having a hard time with this one - 3.5 rounded down to 3..

A mother is not supposed to lose a child. I could feel the pain in Don't Look for Me. Molly Clarke has lost her daughter, and if that's not bad enough, she's lost her in the most agonizing way possible. I cannot imagine what it must feel like to lose a child, but I could feel Molly's pain throughout this novel. The gut-wrenching guilt and hatred that consumed her from page one was sometimes overwhelming. It was easy to understand why she might want to run away without a trace. But, did she? She's gone, but was it by her own volition?

I liked the story line of Don't Look for Me quite a bit, but I read a lot of mystery novels and unfortunately, this one didn't necessarily stick out from the rest. I was actually hoping the book would go in a different direction - for a second, you think it's going to go one way, but then it goes another. I think if it had gone the way I was hoping, I would have been more intrigued.

I appreciated the family dynamics and how impossible it can be to keep a family together when you have such a horrible loss. I wish we would have dug a but more into the dynamics of a broken family and how each person handles what loss means to them. I felt like this part didn't get touched on as much as I would have liked.

Yes, there was a pretty big plot twist towards the end of the book that I wasn't really expecting, and yes the book was a good time, but it didn't leave me thinking, it didn't leave me wishing for more. The book was a good time but that's about it. I really think those new to mystery will love this novel but because I have been around the block a couple of times, I didn't find myself as shocked as I would have liked.

Overall, it was a good book that I would recommend.

Be prepared to have time for reading when you pick up Don't Look for Me. Once I started it, I did not want to put it down.

So many twists and turns, you never knew what would happen next. Wendy Walker has done an amazing job with this book. It was one I couldn't wait to finish to see how it all ended but enjoyed it so much that I hated to see it come to an end.

Thank you to NetGalley, Wendy Walker and St. Martin's Press for allowing me to read Don't Look for Me in exchange for my review.

This was my second Wendy Walker book and she did not disappoint. I flew through this book because it was such a page turner. Some parts were predictable but there were some surprises. I kept trying to figure them out and couldn’t. This is a must-read to add to your TBR list! Thank you to netgalley and the publisher for providing me with this ARC in exchange for an honest review!

Thank you NetGalley for an advanced copy of Don’t Look for Me!

Holy sh*t, this BOOK!!!!! Wow! I literally couldn’t put this down. I started reading two days ago and picked it up today at about 40%... 4 hours later and I’m done! Molly Clarke is a broken woman, feeling unloved by her family and guilt for the death of her youngest child. When she disappears one night while driving through Hastings, her family is concerned... Until they find charges on her credit card at a local casino and a note signed by Molly telling her family she just had to walk away... but Nic, her oldest daughter, isn’t buying it and when a tip comes in she’s brought back to the town of Hastings to find her mother, dead or alive! The POV switches from Nic to Molly; the former going through her attempts at finding her mother and the latter discussing her experience with the man she knows as Mick and his daughter Alice. The twists in this book seriously had me re-reading the page thinking to myself “wait, WHAT??” and I think I actually said holy sh*t out loud at one point! I really enjoyed Wendy Walker’s other book, The Night Before and will now be adding all of her others to my TBR pile!! Fantastic job Ms. Walker!

I've never read Wendy Walker before, and I was NOT disappointed! If anyone remembers Under the Beetles Cellar by Mary Willis Walker, the pacing and tension are reminiscent of her great books. Love it, fan for life! Thank you!

This book was one crazy ride! It had many twists and turns that had me on the edge of my seat. Definitely one twisted read and I loved it! The vibe is dark. I LOVED that I didn’t figure out the ending! It’s refreshing not to figure out who did it or how it would end before the actual ending. Very well done, Miss Walker. The characters were pretty good. Some I felt for and some I wished they had gotten theirs. There’s a lot of emotional scenes. I did tear up at some of them. This was such a smashing and thrilling read! I was thoroughly engaged and didn’t stop reading till I got to the end. Fabulous! I look forward to reading more books by this author. I give this 5 stars.

A good mystery thriller that kept me guessing. There were enough twists that I didn’t figure it out immediately, and I finished reading it in one sitting because it was compelling enough.
I wish the end had given a better view of what the characters’ lives looked like, and a more detailed picture of how things were resolved. Overall I enjoyed the book.

Don't Look for Me by Wendy Walker sucks the reader in from the very beginning. What happened to Molly Clarke? Did she just walk away from her family or has something more sinister happened? This book was a little creepy at times and had a few twists and turns. Overall, I liked it; I'm just not sure if the ending worked for me. I would definitely recommend this book to fans of the thriller/suspense genre. Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC. All opinions are my own.

Oh, my gosh! Wendy Walker’s book kept me on the edge of my seat. Just when I thought I knew who was behind the whole thing, another clue would pop up.
Molly Clarke has had a bad few years. She has to live with the fact that she hit and killed her young daughter with the car. Never mind that the police have cleared her completely, Molly feels guilty. All of this has impacted her relationships with her husband, son and other daughter.
Molly is on the road returning from watching her son’s game (he’s away at school), when she realizes she has waited too long to get gas. There’s a huge storm going on, and the power is out in the area, so the gas station is closed. Her cell is not working, and she is unsure about what to do, when a man and his daughter stop to check on her. Molly reluctantly accepts a ride — and the story begins.
You can’t go wrong with this book.

great book. good plot, interesting characters. interesting cover. never figured out the bad guy. recommend this book.

I absolutely loved this book. There were many unexpected twists to the plot that I just didn’t see coming. I will definitely look for more from this author!

I truly felt for Molly, the mother in this story.  Years ago she accidentally hit and killed her 9 year old daughter, Annie, five years prior, and nobody in her family has let her forget it.  Not her husband, her son Evan or her oldest daughter Nicole. So when she feels like running away and never returning I don't really blame her.  When she runs out of gas on her way home from her son's college she hitches a ride still with the feeling of leaving it all behind....until the doors lock when she gets inside the vehicle.

When Molly doesn't come home, her daughter and husband go to Hastings Pass where her car is found not far from the little town.  After a search, Molly is classified as a walk-away. Thankfully Nicole doesn't buy it especially after she receives a phone call from a lady that claims she saw her mom that night.  Giving her a detailed description of the vehicle sparks new hope inside Nicole. Unfortunately her dad was already distancing himself from Molly so life was business as usual, and he didn't go back to help Nicole follow the new lead.  Gosh I disliked the dad/husband so much! So what if your marriage is spiraling! You don't have to act like it's just another day when your wife is missing.

The chapters alternate on days.  For Molly it's how long she's been away from her family, and for Nicole it's how many days her mom has been missing.

I will say there are a lot of players and it was hard to keep up with at first.  I can't say anymore or that would be spoiling it! Grab your copy September 15, 2020!

Thank you St. Martin's Press, Wendy Walker and NetGalley for the ARC.

Book Rating: 4/5

For the grand finale this would pair nicely with The Collection Cabernet Sauvignon.

This was a good one! 😍 it might be my favourite of hers! This one was thrilling and heartbreaking all at once.

It was also a different kind of thriller in terms of the plot which I found so refreshing!

Comes out this September!

A compelling quick mystery. Told in alternating, parallel voices. A bit implausible but well written, creepy and exciting.