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Do you ever have a book you want to love, but you don't? That is this book for me. I feel like the beginning was so slow and I struggled with all the characters that kept being introduced. The book shifts back and forth in time, it was just too much for me.

Don't Ever Forget is the first book by the author I have read so I am not really familiar with his writing style. While this one didn't wow me, I would like to read more of his work.

Don't Ever Forget
by Matthew Farrell

2 Stars

Slow to start and even slower to build tension.

It is not an easy book to finish. More consideration of the reader needed to be taken.

Police investigator Susan Adler is investigating the murder of state trooper. Following the leads she discovers cold cases and missing people. The story takes a predictable turn when bodies start emerging.

The story comes to a predictable ending. No surprises here!


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I very much either love or hate police procedural books and this one fell a little short for me.

It very much didn't seem like a stand alone but more like a subplot from other stories. There was mention to other characters that seemed unattached because I hadn't ready any from this author before.

The twist at the end seemed very over the top. The book was gritty but just not great. It took a while to get into and then by the time I did it became a little bit convoluted and over the top.

This is my third Matthew Farrell book and he keep delivering. I loved seeing the two main characters of previous books come together and take on a case. I do recommend reading the earlier Susan Adler and Liam Dwyer books to get a good understanding of the characters and their history as not a lot of detail is given in this book.

Don’t Ever Forget is a fast paced twisty thriller that will keep you on your toes. Sometimes a little too much for me as I felt like there was a character overload that took away from the plot and crime at hand. There also seemed to be some confusion about whether James had Dementia or Alzheimer's, depending on which character was speaking. I do enjoy Farrell's writing style and the short chapters add to the building intensity of the book.

I look forward to reading more of his books!

Thank you to Netgalley and Thomas & Mercer for the arc.

State Police Investigator Susan Adler has seen a lot of cases but this one strikes close to home. A state trooper has been found dead, bludgeoned when he makes a roadside stop. Enough is caught on his dash cam to see that there were two people involved in his murder; the woman driving the car and a man who was in another car.

Things get more complicated when the woman's car is traced. It belongs to a homecare nurse who is missing. Even more bizarre, her current patient, an Alzheimer's patient, is missing from his home. There is blood on the walls at his home and a search of the residence uncovers bloodchilling evidence that ties the man to a series of child murders that occurred decades ago. Was he the killer? Is his disappearance and that of his nurse tied to these events? Did someone find out his secrets and come to take revenge?

As Susan investigates, she needs additional help. She calls on a friend, a forensic investigator named Liam Dwyer to help. Liam is currently at loose ends after he was accused of a crime that he didn't commit. He was eventually cleared but it left him with some physical issues and a distaste for returning to his old unit. He is more than willing to help Susan where he can as the murders occurred in his area. Can the two unravel the mystery in time to find the nurse and her elderly patient?

This is the start of a series. Both the police characters have issues from their pasts that tend to draw them together. The action is fast and furious and readers who aren't careful can get lost in the action as there are lots of other characters to keep track of. The mystery that fuels the action is revealed in bits and pieces and it's unclear at all times if what is revealed is true or false, just another piece that fuels the suspense. This book is recommended for mystery readers.

Keep up! This book moves fast so pay attention and make sure you keep the characters straight or you’ll find yourself flicking back and forth as you read. I like books which move quickly and keep me focused as I want to get lost in the story. This did the trick. I enjoyed the story and the characters. In addition to the tension of the crimes, there was a sense of sadness, too, as we see one of the characters living with Alzheimer’s. A great book and an author whose back catalogue I am keen to explore.

I found this to be a fast paced mystery. It gets straight into the action right from the start and never really let's off. There's a lot going on and some of it was a little far fetched but overall it held my interest throughout.

Don’t Ever Forget by Matthew Farrell
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This is the first book in a new detective series that follows Susan Adler and Liam Dwyer.
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In this book a state trooper is murdered during a routine traffic stop and Susan is assigned the investigation. She soon learns that the car that was pulled over is registered to a home car nurse named Rebecca. And both Rebecca and her patient are missing. As Susan gets deeper into the investigation she finds conections to decades old child abductions.
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This book was fast paced, kept me engaged and kept me guessing the whole time. And then at the end tried to pull the rug out from underneath me! I really enjoyed it. Susan was a good investigator and I really enjoyed reading through her eyes. I hope in future books we get more of her backstory. She kept hinting at a betrayal that I really wanted to know more about.
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I gave this book 4⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ and look forward to seeing where the story goes from here. Thanks to @netgalley for this free digital book to read.

I loved other books by Matthew Farrell and this one does not disappointment. The book is filled with twists and turns that keep you guessing.

Sometimes an author comes along and just makes you smile. Matt is one of them for me.
Don't Ever Forget is the first book in the Adler & Dwyer series and authors book three for me.
As is past reads, I was hooked from the start on this fast paced, police procedural page turner.

I really enjoyed Farrell’s previous two books and was super excited to read this one, but it did not live up to it’s predecessors. This is supposed to be the first book in a series that follows Alder and Dwyer, but Dwyer didn’t show up until halfway through the book? And he also played a very small roll when he finally did make an appearance. Also I had one, big question about a pretty big part of the book and there was never an answer to it. And it definitely warranted an answer. The motive was weak and it was a very convoluted and complicated plot. But the twisted at the end?? So good! I loved it. Overall the premise was extremely promising and I did enjoy the story, but it just wasn’t as good as Farrell’s other work.

I really enjoy Matthew Farrell's books. I appreciate that he doesn't write female characters as ditzy caricatures of themselves, which seems rare these days. I enjoyed this book and I would definitely recommend it to others.

Thank you again for the advanced copy.

What did I just read? This is not a compliment. Last year, I listen/read to Farrell’s book I Know Everything and absolutely loved it. I also love reading from detective perspective and police investigator Susan Adler was really good. So when I saw that Netgalley had Don’t Ever Forget I had to read it.

What I liked:
- Reading from Susan Adler perspective
- Reading from he bad people perspective

What I didn’t like:
- Every was going well until about 81 percent of this book that changed everything for me and left me super confused.
- I understand the point of James because he has Alzheimer. I am not a doctor but I pretty sure you can’t manipulate someone with Alzheimer's to remember something.
- Also, dementia and Alzheimer's are not the same things. Yes, Alzheimer's is the most common type of Dementia but Alzheimer's is a disease while Dementia is a syndrome.
- The more I read on the more the plot got muddier and unbelievable.
- Many scene or conversation was too long for no reason.

Thank you @netgalley and @Thomas & Mercer for a copy in exchange for an honest review

Very different read. I found parts of the story a little far fetched but overall the book kept my interest. This is the first time reading this author & will try his next book in the series. Thanks to NetGalley & Thomas & Mercer for a copy of this book.

I enjoyed the mystery of this book. I wanted it to suck me in a little more and have a couple more twists and turns. Farrell is a great author and did a good job of twisting together two characters from previous novels.

Don't Ever Forget by is a super fast-paced, what the hell is going on, who can I trust, kind of read. If you enjoy police procedural books, I highly recommend checking out his books. At times there was a lot going on, but it just made the puzzle that much harder to put together. I really struggled with solving this case along side Susan, because this was just one twisted story. Honestly guys, there was like A LOT going on, my head is still spinning alittle, but in the end, all the pieces fit together perfectly. Every time you think you have it solved, you're probably going to be wrong, nothing is answered, until the very end.

My thanks to Thomas & Mercer, Matthew Farrell and Netgalley.
Sadly, I have forgotten a bit of this book, but not all.
I enjoyed it because it was a quick read, and no clues were to be found. However, everything was so convoluted at the end. Even the ending I expected had a twist. But, it wasn't a great twist. Just kind of a "hey, I'm the author so sue me" kind of twist. For me it ruined a fairly decent plot.
I don't think I'll be reading this author again.

I received a free in corrected prof copy of “ Don’t Ever Forget” by Matthew Farrell from Net Galley to read and review.

I read Matthew Farrell’s previous mystery novels and thought them very good , so I was looking forward to reading this one. It was a bit of of a disappointment, not because that it lacked in tension or plot twists or due to not having an intriguing premise. No, it was because the plot was a bit too confusing and there so many characters , often referred to by first name that it was easy to lose track of events.
The book begins well. A woman is driving down a dark, lonely highway in a rainstorm, when she sees headlights coming up fast in her rear-view mirror. She is already distraught, for reasons at this point not yet clear to the reader, and she speeds up, dangerously so on the rain-slicked road. Then the red/ blue flashers that can only be from a police car, appear in her mirror.That is the worst of all possible outcomes because not only was she speeding and driving too fast for conditions, but because there is a body in her car’s trunk. After pulling her over, the officer asks for her documents, and when he lights up the inside of the car with his flashlight, he sees blood and her hands and clothes. Just as he steps back to draw his weapon, a hooded figure appears behind the cop and bludgeons him to death.
Now , you must admit that that is a gotcha opener for a novel, just what I expected from Mr. Farrell’s exciting style of writing.
So now, we have two crimes to investigate- the dead police trooper and the body in the trunk.
Concurrently , and as yet unrelated to other events in the book, we have Susan Adler , NYSP investigator , assigned to a case of a missing private duty nurse Rachael Garland. Also missing is James Daniel an elderly Alzheimer’s afflicted man who is in her care. His house has been ransacked and there are signs of violence. Both people, or their bodies, are gone.
Then the second investigation comes into focus with the car with the body in the trunk is found in a nearby wooded lake. Police suspect that the body is the missing nurse- but where is the elderly man? So far so good.
It is from here on that the story line becomes complicating and confusing.
We find that the Alzheimer’s patient, James Darville, is being held in a basement room. ( Rachael ‘ s whereabouts yet unrevealed )He is being questioned by a man, Trevor and a woman, Cindy, who are his jailers. They try to get their captive to respond to persistent questions : his name, his date of birth, his family ties , but everything is lost to his disease. They also ask him if he recognizes some names and pictures. Why? Because these two suspect him of being a serial abductor and murderer of young children. The questions loom: where did these captors come from , why are they doing this , how are they related to James? Answers are slow in coming, leaving me wondering and going pages back to see if I had missed something important.
It seems that a mysterious man named Hagen has set the plan in motion . He kidnapped Trevor’ s wife and child and threatened to kill both unless answers are forthcoming. Cindy, the woman is there because her sister is missing . That relationship was never adequately explained for me, though I checked back to see what I had missed. A third captor then appears on the scene. His mother needs a liver transplant that Hagen could provide if her son David a third captor, gets results. If your head is spinning from this review, just imagine me, flipping back through digital pages to find connections. In fact, by mid-book I was writing down names and links between people like a detective with a whiteboard.
Moreover, Detective Susan Adler’s family problems, the cause of which the author barely sketches in, slow her perceptions into the case . If you have not read previous books, you will not know why her children are traumatized , why her mother recovering from wounds, nor why she does not have a detective partner and refuses offers of one. That investigation involves some road trips that seem to be inserted in order to build some romantic possibilities between Susan and a character form a previous novelI know that the sudden plot twist meme is the thing in thrillers nowadays, but it’s usually one per novel at the end, but in this book there were many sudden reveals. The big one at the end is quite enough. “ Don’t Ever Forget” needed plot tightening and definition of character. I still think that the author is one to read, though.