If you like your stalker type thrillers, this is the one for you! Cassie has been recently terminated from her job as a high powered attorney to now working as a temp sorting through emails for a law firm. She ends up coming across an attorney's personal emails between his wife and himself and becomes increasingly obsessed with him. Cassie is totally unhinged stalker and it was great fun with a few twists.

This would be a good suspense thriller if you liked a slow read. I do not. I like to jump in wine be swept off my feet. At 25% I still didn’t feel like this was giving me enough while reading. I ended up skimming the rest and was not surprised the ending. I did not like this one but others will

Woah! This book had me hooked from the beginning, also gave me a little bit of anxiety throughout....in a good way! Cassie's path to being an all-star lawyer takes a drastic turn after a public incident at her prestigious lawfirm. Desperate for work, Cassie becomes a temp doing mindless work for a big law firm. She thought she would be reviewing boring documents all day, but after getting a glimpse into hotshot lawyer Forest's emails, Cassie realizes this job might not be so bad after all. With her obsession growing, Cassie tries to get closer and closer to Forest. But, she doesn't know that others may have caught up to her plans. This book has so much suspense, a lot of drama, and plenty of twists. I'd definitely recommend this book! Thank you, NetGalley!

Cassie Woodson is a hot mess…think Cassandra Bowden in The Flight Attendant — after a drama-filled breakup that led to her humiliating firing from her job as an attorney at a top-level law firm, she has been forced to take a job as a legal temp, working long hours on a mind-numbing project reviewing documents, then going home to continue her downward spiral featuring way too much alcohol. Clearly depressed, she notes “it was hard to remember ever feeling audacious enough to believe I had options, as if I got to choose how my life would turn out.” So in Lindsay Cameron’s Just One Look, we have a protagonist that is clearly unreliable — she is also unlikable, but we get glimpses of the extenuating circumstances that led to her current situation: she was grief-stricken and exhausted following the long illness of a family member.

Cassie is aware of her own traits, it seems: at a bar, she muses “I have a lifetime of practice when it comes to masking what I feel behind a plastered-on smile.” The project at work involves reviewing a mountain of boring documents, but a glitch has provided her with the entire contents of the email archive of Forest, one of the senior partners, and she becomes enthralled by the man. He is married, but Cassie still latches on to him as the fantasy figure who will change her life. She is determined to meet him, get him to fall in love with her, and live happily ever after. She researches his gorgeous wife and copies her look, including hair, makeup, wardrobe, everything. There is a lot of interplay between Cassie and her co-workers Dalton and Ricky, with the former being a classic work friend and the latter being a nitpicky supervisor who loves to micromanage the temp pool.

Cassie becomes the full-on crazy stalker in her quest to win Forest, creating a “meet cute” exchange at a juice bar, then at a real bar. She and Forest become involved, although at first he has no idea that she works at his firm or that she is somewhat wacko. TBH, I didn’t like Cassie or Forest enough to really care whether the bad situation that results after her quest to win his heart results in disaster for them. It is a clever plot, and an entertaining read — and I would read another book by Ms. Cameron, but this one just didn’t do it for me. Thanks to Random House/Ballantine and NetGalley for providing a copy in exchange for my honest review. Three stars.

“You’d be surprised how much people are willing to reveal in an email.”
This comment from a character in Just One Look by Lindsay Cameron sets the hook for this compulsive page-turner of a thriller! I read it in one sitting.
I have a soft spot for books about unreliable-narrating loners with a past, who seek to worm into more ostensibly-privileged lives no matter how illegally or morally creepy,
This was the story of NYC-resident Cassie Woodson, an ambitious woman fleeing familial trauma, who upended her blossoming big-law career after her fling coworker breaks up with her over email. What follows turns her from a successful suit-wearing lawyer into a lowly basement-dwelling law firm data scanner turned stalker.
5 delicious stars!

This is a highly entertaining read, even if I had to suspend my disbelief for some (minor) parts of it.

Just One Look was compulsively readable—the plot and pace kept me turning the pages. I also appreciated that our narrator was neither reliable, nor sympathetic, yet Cameron managed to make us care about her fate. The only drawback for me was the (non) ending, which left our heroine unchanged. Nonetheless, this was an enjoyable read.

Cassie Woodson has a past that she wants to stay hidden; that she <i>needs</i> to stay hidden. So when she takes the temp job as a cog deep in the bowels of a law firm reviewing documents, she figures she has the perfect gig. Until she reads her first email about Forest - gets her first look.

Suddenly, Cassie becomes obsessed. She needs all the information she can glean about him. His wife, his likes and dislikes, his daily activities. Anything so that she can one day become a part of his perfect life and leave her train wreck past behind her. And then one day, her life does change, in an explosive way, and Cassie has no idea what she’s gotten herself into.

<i>Just One Look</i> hooked me from the start. Cameron’s debut novel is a cross between <i>You</i> and <i>The Girl on the Train</i>. Fast paced towards the end, everything you think you know about this novel, think again. Cameron writes a class act psychological thriller that leaves you guessing - and wanting more!

Cassie is starting a new job. After she is fired for cause from her high-flying career as a lawyer, she finds herself starting a temp gig sifting through emails for relevance to a large trial. Occasionally, a personal email falls through the filters - and before Cassie knows it, she finds herself becoming more and more obsessed with a certain partner and his stylish wife. What will "just one look" at a personal email lead to?

I found this a new take on the psychological thriller genre, and the plot didn't disappoint! The typical stalker read was definitely explored in a new way here, and it was more terrifying than I could've imagined. Just think - what do you put out there in cyberspace? What could people learn about you that you willingly give up every single day? I know this premise will stick with me for a long while!

I was surprised at the end, which is always a treat for a seasoned suspense reader, but I would've liked to have seen the twist fleshed out a little earlier in the novel. It felt like an entire new plotline was dropped on me in the final few dozen pages, and it didn't really seem to connect to the rest of the book in any meaningful way.

I would definitely recommend this for a quick, entertaining, "suck you in" book! Looking forward to what thriller-newcomer Lindsay Cameron writes next!

Thank you to to the author, publisher, and NetGalley for my ARC. All opinions are my own.

"Eyes aren't the windows to the soul. Emails are."

Cassie Woodson takes a job as a temp during a time of career transition in her life. We aren't yet sure why, but she was recently terminated in her job as a lawyer at a prestigious law firm. So now, honestly, the work she agrees to do is beneath her, examining documents for a client at another prestigious law firm. But then she comes across personal messages from the inbox of Forrest Watts to his wife, Annabelle. The relationship between Forrest and Annabelle seems perfect and Cassie jumps from idolizing their relationship to declaring it hers, going full-on stalker mode (complete with a binder of information she compiles) and begins inserting herself into their lives. But what exactly has she gotten herself into? And are things as perfect as they seem?

I loved the suspense of this novel, and especially enjoyed the extra information that was presented as text conversations or newspaper articles. This was a fun way to share context and create a desire to see what would happen next. I definitely suggest reading this book, as I devoured it in two days. At times it seemed contrived and predictable, so that is why I give the 3 star rating. But overall, an enjoyable, thriller read with characters you will love and love to hate.

Thank you to NetGalley for providing an ARC in exchange for my review.
*All opinions expressed are my own.*

I enjoyed this psychological drama. Very well written with an extra emphasis on the creep factor! Great characters all the way around.
Thank you NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this book.

Just One Look is about Cassie, a lawyer who used to work in a big New York firm, but now is working as a legal temp due to unknown circumstances. While reviewing emails for her job, she comes across personal correspondence from one of the firm's partners. She's sucked into this window of another life and starts becoming obsessed with the partner. The story follows her actions and what happens once she finally meets him. I enjoyed this read, it was fast paced and gripping. However, I couldn't help feeling that everything seemed somewhat extreme...all the characters' reactions, for example, seemed exaggerated, including Cassie's own behaviour. The story is from Cassie's POV so I guess it could be how she's viewing everyone. I did like the way the author teased out the back story, it didn't feel too long or rushed. The whole twist was predictable, but nevertheless it was fun to read the full unravelling. A good thriller overall. Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC!

He has no idea that I have access to every corner of his life.

Cassie Woodson was once an up and coming lawyer in a big-shot law firm. After an unfortunate incident, she has found herself working at a temp job doing small work for even smaller pay. She, and the rest of the temp lawyers, are tasked with scanning the firm's emails for information that may help the current case. After reviewing the personal emails of a "higher-up" in the firm, Cassie becomes obsessed. As in, has a binder filled with the man's likes and dislikes and stalks him in public, obsessed. As Cassie slips deeper in the madness of stalking, her past finds a way to rear it's ugly head.

As far as thriller/mysteries go, this was an easy read. I thought this might take a "Girl On the Train" turn with an unreliable narrator due to Cassie's drinking habit, but I'm thankful it didn't go down this route. I think the best part of this book, is that it was hard to find one truly decent character. Everyone was just so deeply flawed, that it felt like there was no "good guys". Just a bunch of bad people doing bad stuff to each other.

4.5 stars

This book checks every box I have for a great story and a few boxes I didn't even know needed checking!

Completely dazzling and original, I absolutely loved it. I am such a sucker for a well-written story told from the POV of someone completely off their nut. Lindsay Cameron nailed it utterly and totally.

I couldn't stop reading it even though I knew I'd be crushed when it ended...

Thank you so much to the publisher for gifting me a copy. It is my pleasure to write an honest review.

Lindsay Cameron is a new author to me, but it became almost instantly clear when I started reading her new book, Just One Look, that the author, a former attorney, knows the world she is writing about very well.

Her main character and first person narrator, Cassie Woodson, was a big law firm associate but took a huge step down into the world of law firm temps after encountering some "problems" at her former firm. Her days are now spent in a small room crammed in with a group of similarly-situated temp attorneys conducting a massive document review project on computer. Life isn't very exciting until one day a personal email from one of the partners catches her eye. Interest quickly morphs into out of control obsession.

This book took off like a roller coaster from page one and didn't let up until the very last page. The ending totally blindsided me -- in a good way. I really enjoyed spending time in the crazy and dysfunctional world the author created and can't wait to see what she has to offer in her next book.

Thank you to Random House Publishing Group - Ballantine and NetGalley for providing me with an advance copy in exchange for an honest review.

When you finish this book you may be tempted to erase your online presence! Cassie works as a temp after being fired from her law firm for assault. She quickly becomes enamored with Forest, a handsome but maybe-married lawyer. She does everything she can to attract him (including snooping through his emails during her temp job) and it appears to work as he seems to appreciate the attention. But when a friendly co-worker disappears and is found dead, she has questions that are not easily answered. What lies beneath the surface? Cassie is determined to find out but she has battles with her own mental health that get in the way. So this is what happens when you attempt "just one look" at someone's private life. Be prepared for information you may not like!

Thank you to NetGalley and Random House- Ballantine for the arc of this book. All opinions are my own.

I got an email about this book because I read You Love Me and I’m so glad I did. I haven’t gotten to read a lot of thrillers lately, but I am so glad I’ve started. This was SO GOOD. It definitely gave me a lot of Joe/You vibes but in its own way. There was so much mysterious little nods in this and I loved it!

Cassie was such an interesting main character. With the way the book is set up, you really go in thinking that there’s so much more to her mental state than those little tidbits. Lindsey was great at dropping little nuggets of information that leaves you wanting more. Cassie is complex, has a wild array of emotions and despite her obsession with Forest you grow to like her. The way this story was structured really lends itself to her story and how you grow to like her. I liked that there was more to her than meets the eye and it was fun to find out.

The dynamic built between Cassie and Forest, Cassie and Ricky and Cassie and Dalton was really well done. I enjoyed watching her emotions and reactions change from person to person. I loved watching her become more aware and when she finally put all the pieces together. WHEW. What a book! If you love thrillers, i highly recommend this one! It’ll leave you guessing up until the end!

From the outside looking in, Cassie Woodson steals an accidental glimpse into what she believes to be the perfect marriage. An unabashed, forbidden interest--coupled with envious longing--quickly morphs into a stalkers’ obsession and an overriding desire to insert herself into that life she so desperately craves. Almost immediately, things don’t go exactly as Cassie planned, and when fantasy and reality ultimately collide, Cassie finds herself grappling to untangle herself from a web of unfathomable deceit.

Despite the slow pacing, “Just One Look” drew me in right from the get-go and continued to hold my interest all the way up until its delectably unexpected ending. I can’t say that I actually “liked” Cassie’s character, but I did feel some empathy towards this psychologically-damaged woman who was frantically chasing her idealized version of HEA. As for the secondary “work” characters, they were spot-on, adding some much-needed dimension to the story, as a whole. There’s a twist to the story that I hadn’t seen coming, which turned an otherwise predictable stalker story into something just a bit more interesting.

Cassie now is working as a temp at a law firm- her job is to read through emails. She stumbles on personal emails and can not stop reading.
This book kept me turning the pages and I loved the stalker/obsession theme, definitely wouldn’t recommend this one for fans of domestic suspense.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for my advanced ebook copy.

Cassie Woodson is temping at a law firm in a research pool of similar temps, all assigned to monitor corporate files for key words that might trigger a lead into the firm’s investigations. After discovering the personal e-mails of corporate partner, Forrest Watts, she quickly becomes obsessed with him and his wife, Annabelle, and their luxurious lifestyle.

Cassie is no heroine and her obsession makes for poor judgment. She doesn’t cover her tracks well, gets caught up in her lies, and risks numerous incidents of exposure. You learn she has a violent incident in her past that led to her being fired from her firm where she was an attorney. The temp job is a big downgrade, but she’s trying to escape her notorious past, which went viral on social media. Her spontaneity for vengeance is alarming, though it’s not clear if she’s a full sociopath.

After a slow start where I thought I was reading another stalker story, the plot takes a twisted turn and not everything is as it appears. The suspense ramps up, the pace quickens and I was more eager to get to the reveal at the end.

Thank you, NetGalley for giving me the opportunity for this early read.