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"The Day He Never Came Home" by Andrew DeYoung is a clever, and highly entertaining psychological mystery.

DeYoung masterfully weaves a tale of deception, danger, and unexpected resilience.

Regan Peters, the protagonist, believes she knows her husband, John. His dedication as a financial advisor has provided her with a comfortable life, despite the mystery surrounding his past.

But, when the FBI shows up at their door, Regan's world shatters. John has been running a Ponzi scheme, entangled with dangerous criminals, and living under an assumed identity. The little Regan thought she knew about her husband's life before her was all based on lies.

The novel explores themes of betrayal, survival, and the lengths a person will go to protect their loved ones. Regan faces impossible choices: should she reveal the lake house John gifted her, bought with cash and in her name only? Or should she forge her own path to safety?

As Regan's lies of omission raise questions, she becomes embroiled in John's crimes. The true extent of his deception unfolds, and Regan discovers her own strength. DeYoung's writing is cinematic, and the tension builds relentlessly. Readers will find themselves nodding along, breath held, as the novel hurtles toward its thrilling conclusion.

This novel is a rollercoaster ride of suspense and secrets. Andrew DeYoung's skillful storytelling ensures that this page-turner is both entertaining and thought-provoking. I highly recommend it to fans of psychological thrillers. 📚🔍

I loved it!❤️🌹

Yes read with fast chapters and they keep you interested! I’ll definitely be checking out more books by this author! This book will have you hooked from the first chapter.

Thank you Net Galley and @poisonedpenpress for this free arc. This book was entertaining but repetitive. The story needed to be told in both perspectives but at points It seemed verbatim. This is a story unique to me and was otherwise written well.

Regan was an unhappy girl who felt that her parents never loved her. John was an unhappy boy with a miserable childhood. When they met, both of their lives changed forever, and what a tangled web they weaved.

John wanted nothing more than to make his wife happy, even if he had to cheat and lie to do it. Regan only wanted a family of her own to love and wanted to feel love in return. She found that with John, until he disappeared and the FBI came knocking. Through it all, her love never waivered.

This book is a kaleidoscope of intrigue and subtlety. Even though John was a shifty dude, he was very likable and easy to root for. I loved this book and highly recommend it. Thank you, NetGalley and Poisoned Pen Press for the advanced reader copy.

This was a great read! This was a great page-turner. I liked the switch in POV in the book and giving insights into the different characters. Great read!

Thank you to NetGalley & (Poisoned Pen Press) for access to this title. All opinions expressed are my own.

This was such a great and fast paced read with good character development and a shocking plot twist!

This book quickly drew me in! It took me longer to finish due to life events but it was constantly on my mind. Easy to read and great suspense.

This is a fast paced and exciting thriller. I loved the duel POV that let us learn the motives of each of the characters, and the plot definitely moved along! It was hard to put down, and when I did I would think about the book all the time. The ending was a bit less exciting than I wanted but there weren't any big loose ends and overall I enjoyed this book. Thank you Poisoned Press for the digital ARC.

Regan is stuck at home raising two kids while John works late hours, providing for their family. Regan should be used to this since John doesn't reveal anything about his past, let alone the extent of his dealings with clients every day, but she can't help but feel resentful. That all changes when John gifts her with a beautiful lake house, and a whole lot of trouble when he disappears that same day.

This fun, easy to read thriller had me guessing on every page and working to connect the dots on John's mysterious past. Regan is multi-dimensional, and shows her teeth in the wake of John's mess. This would be a great read by the water, perhaps in your own mansion gifted to you by your quiet, mysterious husband...

Thank you NetGalley for giving me the chance to read this book ahead of time in exchange for a review. You should read it!

📚 PRE-PUBLICATION BOOK REVIEW 📚

The Day He Never Came Home By Andrew DeYoung
Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press
Publication Date: July 9, 2024

📚MY RATING: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

📚THE SYNOPSIS:

Regan Peters knows her husband John wants to give her and their children a good life. The long hours he puts in as a financial advisor prove his dedication, and despite how mysterious he is about his past, that's been enough for her to get through the hard days. Until the FBI shows up at their door looking for John, and Regan learns her husband has been running a Ponzi scheme, is mixed up with dangerous criminals, and has been living under an assumed identity all these years. Everything she thought she knew about her husband has been a lie.

That includes the outrageous birthday present John gifted her the day before he disappeared—a lake house, bought with cash, and put in her name only. With her life falling apart, Regan must make a split-second decision: does she tell the FBI about the house? Or does she buy some time to forge her own path to saving herself? When her lies of omission to the FBI agents begin to raise questions, Regan becomes inextricably embroiled in John's crimes, the true extent of which are just beginning to be revealed...Regan is learning she is capable of far more than she ever imagined. She will do anything to protect herself, her children, and their future. Anything.

📚MY REVIEW:

This is a really fun domestic thriller, with layer upon layer of truths and untruths being uncovered as the book goes on. The book is divided and each part shares a different perspective from one of its characters. The depth into each character's history left me cheering for them - despite their mistakes. For much of the book, there's a sense of an unreliable narrator, as @andrewdeyoungauthor does a fantastic job of keeping the reader in the dark as mysteries are unraveled.

Ultimately, this story was a captivating adventure of twists and turns, with an ending that felt really satisfying to me. If you are a fan of domestic thrillers, you will love this book - and I definitely recommend it!

Thanks to NetGalley and Poisoned Pen Press for this copy in exchange for my honest review!

John works long hours as a financial advisor with a mysterious past. His wife Regan, a stay at home mum of 2 children left to do most of the parenting while John is working long hours…. Is there more to what John is doing? A twisty crime thriller with a lot of story and I feel the characters are quite well developed for the most part. This book had me turning the pages, although a bit of a slow burn in places, it was a good story that kept me intrigued. I enjoyed the mysteriousness regarding John and his background. This was cleverly done and the story was gripping. It’s well written and is easy to follow and read! This would make a great summer thriller read. I rate this book 3.5 stars. Rounded up to 4 for Goodreads.

Let’s start with the positives. The story moved fast, the end was not predictable and there weren’t too many characters to keep track of. Now the negatives. The story was boring. It did have potential but it never never really got there. This book was about a Ponzi scheme but yet there was barely a storyline in regards to it. I usually enjoy stories being told from two points of view……but this simply repeated the same point of view…just told by the two different characters. Like the author just copy and pasted to fill space.

Regan is shocked when her husband gives her a beautiful new lake house as a birthday present, but the fairytale birthday turns into a nightmare when, the next day, he never comes home. Instead, Regan is surprised to find FBI agents with not only a search warrant of her home, but also a warrant for the arrest of her husband.

This is an outstanding mystery! At almost 400 pages, the book flew and I read it in a little over 24 hours. The pacing, plot twists, and author’s writing style kept me completely intrigued until the very end. I’ll definitely recommend near publication. Thanks so much for the opportunity to read!

the day he never came home✨ | ARC review

this thriller was more steady than a faced past one (which i enjoyed) and it had a really good plot! there’s also nothing i love more than a dual perspective and really getting into what makes each character tick. this one did it exquisitely. sometimes you can catch mistakes or things that are slightly off, but that was not the case here. i could clearly see and understand each character’s pov for the same situations. there were also some well delivered twists, and the writing style was very smooth. overall this was a four star read for me!

A slow paced thriller with twist and turns that will blow your mind and keep you guessing until the very end. The characters are well developed and the story unfolds slowly but surely. I liked the dual POV’s as John’s story from his POV was important to the plot but it did get a bit boring at times and it dragged, other than that I really enjoyed this book, and especially the epilogue.

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

I really enjoyed this thriller! It was very engaging, I didn't want to put it down. The end was crazy!

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for allowing me to read this arc in exchange for an honest review!

I've heard of this author before and always heard great things so I was very excited to get to read this one and it lived up to the hype

I really liked this book and would recommend checking it out for yourself! It's about a man who always wanted to be rich. He ended up starting a Ponzi Scheme. This thriller is full of shocking twists, and makes you continue to wonder what will happen next. Does anyone catch onto what he is doing? Will he stop before he gets caught? If you want the answers you will have to read this book for yourself!!

Regan’s husband John works long hours as a financial adviser. He often comes home late and he's always been mysterious about his past. One random day John buys Regan a beautiful lake house and Regan puts all of her annoyance at the late nights at the office aside because she sees how him working so hard is paying off now they have this beautiful lake house!

BUT… the next day, John doesn't come home from work. The FBI shows up soon after, and they’re looking for John!

As Reagan uncovers more about John she becomes entangled in his web of lies that have been going on his entire life and she realizes she didn't know John at all

This book did something very interesting - it switched POVs midway through the story and it gave some background on John that I think was essential to the plot. I really enjoyed how the author added in John's POV.

Overall, I think it was a really good twisty domestic thriller and I'm excited to read more from this author. It was beautifully written!

If this sounds interesting to you, definitely check out The Day He Never Came Home by Andrew DeYoung which is coming out July 9th 2024! Thank you to Poisoned Pen Press for the eARC!