I wanted to love this book and the first few chapters were amazing but unfortunately after that it fell flat for me. There were to many characters and how they were related to other characters that it got confusing and made me lose interest. I never formed attachment to any of the characters because it was hard to keep them straight. The ending was a letdown and felt very anticlimactic.

first of all, I would like to say thank you to NetGalley and Poisoned Pen for providing me with an Advanced Copy of this book!

this book follows Amy who walks out of a house party, within an hour of her leaving all 5 of her friends are dead. 20 years later, 10 people who had connections to the crime have been invited to a remote location to find out who this killer is. the guests were left to race against the clock to figure out the killer and uncover all of the lies and secrets each other are hiding. there are a lot of back-and-forth arguments and accusations.

this book is a closed-circle mystery with everyone trapped inside of the house trying to figure out who is responsible, however, this book missed the mark for me. the writing style was very enjoyable but the characters felt bland and flat for me. the introduction and the ending of this book were executed beautifully however the middle felt rushed with too many characters but also slow within the storyline and plot. around the halfway mark I was confused and started to lose interest in the mystery.

this may be the perfect read for someone who is new to mystery and closed-circle thrillers but this one unfortunately would not be something i added to my regular recommendations.

Twenty years ago, Amy walked away from a party with her friends after a bullying incident. The five friends who stayed were killed that night in a brutal incident, and questions about the killer have gone unanswered for years. Now at the twenty year point, someone gathers a group of ten people with connections to the case for an interview- but they aren’t really here for an interview.

A locked room mystery with plenty of characters, She Left has a great premise. It is told mostly from Amy’s POV with vignettes from each of the other supporting characters. I was invested at the beginning of the book, but started to lose interest when the huge cast of characters was introduced and I just couldn’t keep them straight. They weren’t distinct enough for any of them to stand out for me, and I kept forgetting who was who and how they were tied to one of the victims.

The tone also felt slightly off for me. When a character was found dead, it was like no one really cared or felt more scared about the position they were in. It didn’t have the usual creepy and sinister vibes for a locked room thriller.

Thank you to NetGalley and Poisoned Pen Press for the ARC. All opinions are my own,

Locked room mysteries are my favorite trope, but I truly hated this book. Liked the main character, didn’t know anything about the supporting characters, and was totally not invested. Only finished because it was a quick read, but didn’t care by the end.

I liked this. It was a bit slow going in the beginning. We are setting up the scene, characters, motivations, etc. Twenty years ago, Amy leaves a party and some of her friends are killed. Now Amy/Therese is an FBI agent and returning to the scene of the crime due to an invitation to a secluded cabin with a journalist to be interviewed. She hopes to try and figure out what happened but there are 10 other people there who were connected to the long-ago killings. Not surprisingly murder and mayhem ensue, and we get to figure out whodunnit. Now, I did end up really enjoying the story but feel I wasn't given enough information to solve the crime. Not to worry though, still a nice twist. Anyone who likes locked-room type stories should enjoy this one.

Thank you to #NetGalley, Stacie Grey and Poisoned Pen press for this ARC. All opinions are my own.

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Thank you so much to NetGalley and the publisher, I loved this book so much and I highly recommend. It’s a 4/5 stars for me!

Five of Amy Therese Brewer’s friends were killed twenty years ago.
Amy would have also been killed but she left their party early. Now she is an FBI Agent and has received an invitation to spend a weekend in a secluded luxurious cabin to be interviewed with nine other people who were somehow either involved with the case, or were related to someone who was killed that night. But when they all arrive, something is obviously wrong. Someone has an agenda and someone among them is a killer. As bodies pile up, desperation and fighting breaks out. Theresa must ferret out the killer in this tense situation, or she may not make it out alive either.
Suspicious characters, a raging storm and the anticipation of who will be killed next held my interest. Thank you Netgalley and Poisoned Pen Press for an early copy. Comments expressed in this review are my opinion.

This was a locked room mystery and a half! Such a fast read, that I read in almost one sitting. I do love a reunion story and this is a doozy!!

20 years ago, Amy left the party early. Shortly afterwards, a bomb went off in the house and killed everyone who was there. Now, Amy is an FBI agent and is returning to town for a weekend with a journalist who is writing a story about what really happened that night.also invited are 9 other people with links to the case and the victims.

Of course, nothing goes smoothly in these kinds of stories, and the reunion soon turns deadly. And of course there is a storm. I was turning these pages so fast, not really sure if I trusted anyone at all. It is a fun but dark murder mystery, in the vein of And Then There Were None.

Thanks to Poisoned Pen Press for my advanced copy of this book to read. Published on May 14th

I really liked the plot of this thriller, a closed room mystery.

I really liked the beginning and highly enjoyed the end but the middle got a little boring at times. Each character was interesting with their own secrets and motives and I appreciate that it was told in many POVs so we could see what each one of them was hiding and help us figure who did what.

Thanks to NetGalley and Poisoned Pen Press for a digital ARC copy.

3.5 stars.*

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This was a fun read and I certainly had to keep guessing who I thought the killer was. I didn’t figure it out until the end but it wasn’t very obvious and I appreciate that. I was able to enjoy the story d mystery because there were so many potential scenarios it kept me in my toes. The only thing I didn’t love is it was hard to keep up with the characters as there were 10 guests in the lodge and 5 victims in the previous mass slaying, it was a lot to remember. Overall, I would recommend this for anyone looking for a fast paced murder mystery!
Thanks NetGalley and Poisoned Pen Press for eARC of this book for my honest review. Comes out everywhere May 14!


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This was just too slow a burn for me. I like more things to be happening and the plot to be constantly progressing and this just dragged a bit too much for me. The ending was the best part but it didn't make up for such a slow death march to get us there

Amy is a survivor after she walked away from a party with her friends and they all ended up massacred
Now 20yrs later she is invited to a get together in a remote cottage where the guests are getting murdered one by one.
It started out interesting but went downhill for me with it going so slow and not one likeable character. But it did have a twist at the end.

Thanks to the publisher and to Netgalley for the ARC and I give my honest review.

✨ARC Review✨

Twenty years ago, Amy walked out of a house party, away from her five friends who made her feel like she didn’t belong. Shortly after, those five friends end up dead. Flash forward twenty years, ten people with connections to that night are in a remote house to help a journalist write a piece on those murders….or are they? Nothing is as it seems….

Even though I finished this book, I really should have DNFd it. It was a “whodunnit” with a failed execution. I liked the creative point of views, but we didn’t get much backstory into the “why” all those years ago until there was less than 10% of the book left, so the plot of bringing all these characters together, was ultimately a downward spiral crammed into 10% of the book. I held out hoping this book would grip me eventually, but it didn’t.

✨Rating✨
⭐️⭐️/5

Your classic reunion after a tragedy. What actually happened that night years ago? Why were these certain people brought together years later? Who is responsible for the murders?

I was intrigued and interested in the premise of this book from the blurb. It did fall flat for me though. There were a few exciting moments in the story, but I was kind of bored for most of it. The reveal at the end wasn't expected, I had someone else pegged for the killer. What I did enjoy was how all the characters were chosen for the get together, and how they were involved with the teens who died. Overall, it wasn't bad just wasn't a favorite.

This was a really enjoyable whodunit and then there were none style book. I am a sucker for a good can you solve it mystery and I enjoyed this.

Could I have solved it based on the information given to the reader? No. But I felt like it carried me to the end well enough I wasn’t too bothered by that. While the ending isn’t exactly satisfying, it wraps it up enough I was okay with it.

It’s a quick read and you want to know what happens at the end, a great beach read vibe. Thank you NetGalley!

Review: Thank you to @netgalley and @poisonedpenpress for my advanced copy of this book. This book was just meh for me. While I was surprised by who the killer was at the end of the book, everything leading up to that point didn’t really capture my attention. It wasn’t until the last couple chapters that I was really interested in what was going to happen. All in all, this book just wasn’t for me…

Amy Brewer left a party and that made her the sole survivor of what came to be called the Memorial Day Massacre. Twenty years later, Amy (now an FBI agent) is among ten people with connections to the five victims who have been invited to a remote location by a journalist proposing a story on the murders. But as a storm closes in, guests are picked off… apparently somebody intends to kill to keep their secrets.
She Left is a locked-house mystery. Finding many of the characters unlikeable impacted on my care factor, however, it’s an enjoyable and easy read. 3.5 stars

***A big thank you to Poisoned Pen Press and NetGalley for providing me with an eARC copy of this book.***

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Get ready for an electrifying ride with this twisty mystery! Picture this: 10 folks, all linked by a chilling mass murder from 20 years back, suddenly find themselves trapped in a remote mountain mansion. And guess what? Someone starts knocking them off, one by one! It's like a real-life game of Clue, where everyone's a suspect and trust is as rare as a unicorn!

Enter Therese Brewer, the ultimate survivor of a Memorial Day massacre that still haunts her dreams. Now rocking it as an FBI agent, she scores an invite to a mountain lodge memorial shindig with the same nine unlucky souls. But here's the kicker: the party quickly turns deadly as they drop like flies!

With more twists than a rollercoaster and enough suspense to make your heart race, this tale had me on the edge of my seat, begging for more with every page turn. Trust me, you won't be able to put it down!

Therese receives an invitation, along with several others connected to a mass killing that happened 20 years ago, to a lodge under false pretences. Murders start happening at the lodge and they need to figure out who's behind it all.

There were a lot of characters and because they didn't really have any defining or distinctive traits, I found it difficult to distinguish between them. They felt quite bland, lacking personality and I wasn't invested in any of them. This made it hard to care about the outcome of the plot.

I’m always eager to read any and all And Then There Were None-inspired books, but I’ve never read anything that was as good as the original. That is, until She Left. While it was no Agatha Christie, it was the very best modern take that I have read.