If you like Psychological thrillers then this one is for you. You will not be able to put this one down so be prepared to have the time to finish it all at once.

Megan finds out that her sister, Harley, that has been in rehab has died and have told her that it was death by suicide. This news is unbelievable so Megan goes to the clinic to see if she can get her questions answered. Megan is dealing with issues of her own with addiction and this is how she is able to get in, by admitting herself. The question is, will Megan be able to get the answers she need or will she have to believe this was suicide.

Thank you Netgalley and Sourcebooks for the advance read. Very impressed with Cate Quinn and will be on a look out for her next book!

This book was soooooo good. Makes you look at how trauma has affected you. This book keeps you on your toes and constantly guessing but never quite getting it right. A thrilling and thoroughly entertaining page-turner. I finished in only a few hours because I just couldn't put it down

The Clinic follows Meg as she admits herself into a luxury rehab clinic after her sister died by suicide while in treatment at the facility. Meg isn’t convinced her sister would die by suicide so she admits herself to the clinic in an effort to investigate. Meg’s sole purpose for being at the clinic is to investigate her sister’s death, but Meg is addicted to alcohol and oxy which hinders her investigation.

Meg is unreliable because of her addiction. She’s constantly losing time and fixating on her need for oxy to the detriment of the investigation at times. However, Meg is an incredibly compelling character. She’s flawed, brash, and singularly focused. Her journey is one of self-discovery as she begins to engage with the program at the clinic while the investigation unfolds. Cate Quinn balanced portraying Meg’s addiction, the rehab program/process, and the mystery beautifully. Each feels independent from each other while also being intricately linked.

While reading, I was struck by how genuine and authentic Meg’s addiction and rehab experience was portrayed. In the acknowledgements, Quinn is forthcoming about her own addiction and explained that Meg’s experience was loosely based on her own. This gave The Clinic a level of authenticity I was not expecting and the reason I rated the novel 4 stars


The Clinic is full of twists and turns as Meg investigates all the patients at the clinic. I had a lot of theories throughout the novel that all turned out to be wrong. I’m not a person who studies the text looking for the foreshadowing, but Quinn was able to engage me. So much so that I was discussing the story with my husband and coming up with theories.

Overall, The Clinic is an excellent mystery that will keep readers guessing while also providing an intimate and authentic look at addiction and its recovery process.

I was hoping for more history and background on the Clinic setting; I really enjoy books that take place in settings like this. I wasn't a big fan of many of the characters and I ended up feeling a little underwhelmed over all. Still a worthwhile read for people who enjoy the clinical setting and who want to try to solve a whodunit.

First, let me start by saying that if this book doesn’t get turned into a movie or a Netflix series one day, I am going to be absolutely disappointed. Wow! This book is one of the best thrillers and suspenseful reads that I have read in a while. There are so many twists and turns in this book, every time I thought I knew what happened, BAM! I was wrong.

Meg lives life on the edge. She’s an undercover agent in a casino that catches loan sharks and illegal gamblers and arrests them. But, she has a dark side. And is struggling with addition to pain pills. Her sister, Hayley, lives life on the edge too, but in the limelight as an internationally known singer. Hayley too struggles with addiction and it’s a shock when Meg receives a devastating call. Hayley has died in rehab. Meg feels something is sinister and not right, so knowing she needs to get clean herself, she checks herself into the same rehab Hayley was in so that she can try and figure out what really happened to her sister.

Get ready for a roller coaster of twists and turns and epic plot twists. The Clinic is a psychological thriller… literally, and an absolute MUST READ!

I thought this was a good book but it was kinda out there in the plot. With that happening it made me not as interested as I would have been. I am not saying it couldn’t happen because in todays times who knows but it felt a little too out there. The book itself was a very interesting read and was suspenseful for sure. There were high paced moments in the book which helped to get it moving. I liked it some.

Meg, an addict herself, decides to go undercover in the luxury rehab clinic her sister died in. She doesn’t believe the story of suicide she’s being sold. While there, she encounters more and more mysterious people and events, and realizes that the situation may be far bigger than she ever imagined.

So here’s the thing. This book is really intriguing and mysterious to start. But then it seems to go completely off the rails. However, in her author’s note, Quinn explains how a lot of it is actually from her real experiences in rehab. Unfortunately, I couldn’t get her newsletter to work which would have given me even more info on this. So this book may be far less off the rails than I originally thought.

While I liked this book, I didn’t love it, for the reason described above. I was definitely invested in the characters though. I would say give this book a try and form your own opinion (just know there are a lot of trigger warnings).

If you judge a book by its cover then this is definitely one that applies. It’s just that a mysterious read that will make you want to cuddle up with a blanket and not stop reading!

🔍 THRILLER TUESDAY but make it ATMOSPHERIC, TWISTED, CLAUSTROPHOBIC and UNSETTLING 🔎 … “The Clinic” by Cate Quinn will punch you square in the gut with a TWIST that you will never see coming!

BOOK REVIEW: 🖤🖤🖤🖤/5

The Clinic is an exclusive remote rehabilitation clinic on the Pacific Northwest coast that caters to a celebrity clientele. When a famous country singer (Haley) mysteriously dies, her sister Meg enters The Clinic posing as a patient in order to dig into what happened to Haley. Much like Haley, Meg is no stranger to addiction and has a serious problem with alcohol and popping pills.

The Clinic is deeming Haley’s death as a suicide, but Meg does not believe that for a second. Meg checks herself into rehab with a mission to investigate and find out the truth. But of course along the way she must face her own personal demons … and figure out what her nightmares and notes written by Haley will reveal about their past. WHAT else will Meg find out about The Clinic?? And WHAT really happened to her sister??

For fans of Sarah Pearse’s “The Retreat” and shows like White Lotus and Nine Perfect Strangers, this rehab thriller is exactly up your alley!

Thank you kindly to @catequinnauthor @bookmarked @netgalley for my advanced digital copy in exchange for my honest reviews! This book releases on January 23, 2024!

3.25 Stars
I wasn’t the biggest fan of this book, a lot of over predictable thriller tropes in this book. The Main storyline with the character Meg had this whole part of her story that ended up being nothing but it WAS SO HYPED UP! I ended up enjoying the second POV of Cara more, as well as the connection that was created between all the patients in the clinic.

I really like how Cate Quinn took her experience and used it to write this book. It feels real and I appreciate the discussion with mental health and sobriety. I had really high hopes for this story, but it ended up being a little disappointing. Meg was a hard character for me to like and I think that made the book less enjoyable.

Unfortunately this book was not for me. I actually DNF'd it about 30% in because I could not get connected with the characters at all and it failed to hold my attention.

This was an interesting thriller, I wouldn't say it was heart pounding but more of a locked-room mystery. The book is almost entirely set within a drug rehab, The Clinic, and focused a lot on addiction and detox. The amount of chapters in this book is overwhelming but they are VERY short. The switching of the POVs also really helps with keeping the pace up, while not entirely fast paced there were times the story moved quickly. I enjoyed the dual POVs, one is Meg, who's sister died at the rehab, and enters herself to solve her sisters suicide/murder. The other POV is Cara, the clinic's manager who starts to question what is really going on behind the scenes of her workplace. The end was a bit lackluster for me, I felt like the story built up so much and it just kind of fell flat. That said, this book was full of twists and you never know what is going to happen next.

Thanks to NetGalley and Sourcebooks Landmark for an ARC in exchange for my honest review.

I had high hopes for this and unfortunately it was aggressively mid. Set in a rehab clinic, we follow Meg, a patient “undercover” trying to unravel the mystery behind her famous sister’s death at the same clinic, and Cara, the manager of the clinic.

While I appreciated that this book dealt with mental health and addiction (and seemed personal to the author), it just couldn’t hold my interests. All of the big reveals felt very implausible to me as well.

More about this book:
📖short chapters
🌧secluded setting
🌀twists and turns
🧐no one is who they seem

Meg's sister and singing star supposedly commits suicide at an exclusive rehab center. Meg can't imagine this isn't murder and goes to investigate. Perfect as she battles her own drug and alcohol addictions! But nothing at the Clinic is as it appears (of course), and what is actually happening is so much worse than anything one can imagine. At 448 pages, it is a bit too long as the author squeezes out every detail resulting in a bit of a lagging story in the middle. But it is worth sticking around for the dramatic ending.

As someone who is looking to dive into more mystery/thrillers this year, this was a great way for me to dive in and I will definitely be reading any Cate Quinn books I can get my hands on.

Cate Quinn had me hooked from the beginning with her choice of location, descriptive writing, and her diverse (and often secretive) cast. Her ability to set a scene, dropped me right alongside our cast, and I felt more invested in these characters than I have previous thrillers that I have read. The short chapters (which I love) allowed the pacing of this book to remain constant and engaging.

Watching everything unfold from Cara and Meg's perspectives provided insight into our entire set of characters. Cara, who is the Clinic's manager, allows us to see both the professional and personal sides of the staff, while Meg, our patient who believes her sister was murdered and has checked herself in, gives us a glimpse into the lives of our patients and the more professional side of the staff. Even with the insight we get, the constant tension amongst the characters and revolving door of secrets had me guessing and in the dark the entire time.

I am only knocking a star because so much of this book dealt with such real issues and I was unable to suspend my belief of reality for the ending.

If you are looking for a psychological thriller set in a innovative and pristine yet still creepy facility full of characters with unclear motives that will have you on your toes the entire time...this is for you!

Special thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for a free, electronic ARC of this novel received in exchange for an honest review.
Expected publication date: Jan. 23, 2024
Cate Quinn’s “The Clinic” is a locked-room mystery, with a twist!
Meg works in a casino in Los Angeles, helping to catch those who try to cheat. She’s good at her job, maybe too good, but it takes its toll on her and she resorts to alcohol and opiates to cope. Her sister, Haley, is a famous pop star and although they’re estranged, Meg suffers a blow when she discovers her sister is dead, taking her own life during her stay in the secretive rehab clinic for the rich and famous. Meg is convinced her sister would not commit suicide and she is determined to find out what happened- even if it means checking into rehab and dealing with her own demons. At “The Clinic”, everyone is a suspect and no one is who they claim to be but Meg is convinced that at least one of them is a murderer.
“The Clinic” is a remote estate tucked away in the countryside. This is not an entirely unique location and a suspicious death among the select few residents is also not new. But what Quinn manages to do with this? I was beyond impressed.
Meg narrates part of the novel and Cara, the Clinic manager, narrates a portion. Both women are tied to the Clinic in very different ways and both are hiding terrible secrets. Cara is a far more subtle character than Meg is as readers know right from the start who Meg is and what she’s searching for. Cara’s character serves to help readers understand the inner workings of the rehab facility, and the who’s-who of the administration, which comes in handy as the story progresses. Both women are very different and yet they both have their own individual charm that serves to make them relatable and likable.
Nothing is as it seems from page one and once the twists start coming, they don’t stop. Everyone has a secret and Quinn keeps the tension high until the final pages. The conclusion was unexpected, and slightly less believable, although it was thoroughly satisfying.
I loved the inside look at the devastating and traumatic world of addiction (as well as learning about the surprising effects of the Blowfish poison). Quinn has taken an overdone trope and an overused setting and somehow managed to make “The Clinic” refreshing, unique and deliciously unique! Quinn is now moved swiftly onto my radar and I will be keeping an eye out for her future works!

3.5 stars

Main Characters:
-- Meg – works undercover at casinos catching cheaters
-- Cara – manager of an upscale rehab center for the wealthy called The Clinic, former manager for Beaumont Hotel Group
-- Max – award-winning psychologist, therapist at The Clinic
-- Dr. Lutz – designer and founder of The Clinic
-- Jade – an up-and-coming English actress, in rehab so she won’t lose custody of her child
-- Madeline – actress famous in particular for a Diet Coke commercial
-- Sierra – famous lead singer of a girl band
-- Dex – famous front man to a rock band
-- Tom – legendary Hollywood actor

Trigger Warnings: suicide, substance abuse

Talk about an unreliable narrator and a myriad of suspects….

The Clinic revolves around the death of famous singer Haley Banks while she’s in rehab, and the book shifts perspectives between Meg and Cara. While The Clinic reports Haley’s death as a suicide, Haley’s estranged sister Meg refuses to believe that Haley would inject heroin (although we never find out why) and thinks Haley has been murdered. Under the pretense of getting clean herself, Meg checks herself in to The Clinic to investigate Haley’s death. What she discovers are unorthodox treatments focused on past trauma that, in Meg’s case, she does not want to relive.

An addict and alcoholic herself, Meg knows she won’t be able to drink, but she sneaks in oxycodone in her bra. I felt like this was a bit of a plot hole. I find it more than a little unbelievable that a rehab clinic wouldn’t completely search patients because, as is referenced several times in the book, addicts tend to be untrustworthy when it comes to talking about their drug use.

It also didn’t ring true that Meg was able to sneak in powdered urine for the drug tests she knew she would have to take. Even if The Clinic doesn’t search the person, I would expect them to search the bags for contraband. Finally, the other patients at one point mention that Meg didn’t seem to go through the physical symptoms of withdrawal like they all did, but the staff didn’t seem to notice. Wouldn’t that be suspect enough to really look into what Meg brought with her when she checked in?

On the flip side, we have Cara, recently recruited by Dr. Lutz after an adulterous scandal resulted in her leaving the Beaumont Hotel Group. Cara waffles between believing everything Max tells her about what a great person Dr. Lutz is (to be fair, he seems a bit of a whack job) and being suspicious of what The Clinic is doing because of what she is or is not able to see in the patient files. In one moment, she seems ok with being kept in the dark about how The Clinic is run (even though she’s the manager), and in the next moment, she snoops into files that she’s told she doesn’t need access to and questions everything.

Cara gets a lot of information from Max throughout the book, and I was a little confused about their relationship. Actually, I think I was just most confused about Max. Sometimes he acted cold and a bit suspicious, sometimes forthcoming, and he was always a bit awkward. I wasn’t sure if he was a good guy or a bad guy. There are books where that uncertainty works, but I didn’t find it effective here.

Everyone is a suspect, with the exception of Meg. I appreciated the twists. I figured out a couple of things early on, but there are definitely surprises I didn’t expect. I went with 3.5 stars on this one because I felt it was a little bit more than “just ok” but not anything I would call a great read.

Meg works in a casino catching cheaters. Her estranged sister, Haley, an actress, is currently in rehab for drug and alcohol abuse. When Meg learns that her sister has committed suicide while at the treatment facility, she immediately goes on alert because, although they haven’t been close in years, she knows her sister would never commit such an act. Meg, also an addict to both drugs and alcohol, gets herself admitted to the same rehab facility to try to figure out what happened and how Haley really died.

Strange things are going on at the rehab facility and Meg doesn’t trust anyone. Can she figure out what happened on her own or is she in over her head?

An intense and entertaining novel by a new-to-me author.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

If you're looking for a mystery/thriller with a strong plot and character points of view, this book is for you! We follow Meg, a poker player who works at a casino to catch cheaters, and Cara, who works at the office of a rehab facility that Meg's sister Haley was staying at. Things go awry when Haley ends up dead and Meg takes the opportunity to check herself into The Clinic, where not everything is what it seems.

Cate Quinn does a great job going between both point of views. I was never confused going back and fourth with them. It is clearly stated at the top of the chapter which character it is. Both have different personalities and the writing flows very well! Seeing both points of view of a person working at the Clinic and a person checked in was really interesting to read. It has a medium pace, which was great for a book over 400 pages! It does not take too long to get to the actual point of the plot. The chapters are short, but precise. I really got into the characters and was interested to see how everything would fall into place.

There were some twists and turns that I didn't think were the greatest. The build up to the end was so good that I was a bit disappointed with how it ended. It just wasn't something I would have went with. I do think that the beginning and middle of the book more than make up for the end. However, that made it more of a 3.5/4 stars for me instead of a solid 5. I do think this is a good read! There have been many other books in this genre with nearly the same type of plot/location and this is definitely a better read than those.

Thank you to Sourcebooks Landmark and Netgalley for this eArc in exchange for an honest review!