I Died on a Tuesday is a weird book title here. That aside, this was a pretty straightforward account of a hit and run. There are a lot of other things thrown in that just bogged down the flow of the book. But the plot itself was pretty easy to follow. I usually give a lot of thought to books in the day/days after I read them before giving a review. There isn’t anything to think about here.

stars Kindle Copy for Review from NetGalley Penguin Random House Canada and Doubleday Canada..

I received a free, advance copy of this book and this is my unbiased and voluntary review.

A tragedy occurs when an eighteen year old girl is trucked and killed by a white van. Tweenty years kater a rock starid visited by the police at his home. He is charged with attempted murder. Yjis could ruin his marriage and the life he leads. No one believes him or should they? IWhat really happen that night and what is the real story? Did he had something to do with the eighteen year old death or not? It’s a case oto ponder.

Ugh I had hopes for this book since I have enjoyed previous titles by this author.

I felt it started off interesting enough and kept me hooked but somewhere along the way it started getting messy the story wise & introductions of more characters. There really wasn’t any big plot twists happening like I expected there to be.

I’m not sure why how the title is supposed to tie into the story. There were characters I felt weren’t necessarily required. This book could’ve been shorter and still wrapped up the way it did.

There’s no pondering and rehashing what I read to think about the plot twist or what just happened in the book because it just kinda fell the second half.

Unfortunately this book was a miss for me. I really was hoping for more.

Thank you NetGalley and Penguin Random House Canada for this opportunity to read this advanced copy. Do

Interesting storyline although at limes, it felt a bit disjointed. Woud have enjoyed it more if the parts came together more seamlessly.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

First off thank you to NetGalley and Penguin Random House for the ARC.

This mystery/ thriller surrounding 3 characters and their seemingly interconnected world was an interesting, wild ride with many sub plots. Got a little long there, took a hot minute to realize how it all panned out and intertwined.

3/5 ⭐️

4.5 Stars. This was mainly a compelling, fast-paced, easy-to-read story with intriguing characters. For most of the book, I was engaged and had no idea where it was going or where it would end up. Unfortunately, the last part of the book was convoluted, muddled, and rushed. The author seemed to keep adding unnecessary new twists, theories, information, and subplots. There were loose ends. For example, a mix-up of days was hinted at but went nowhere.

Janie White, age eighteen, had been in a tragic accident 20 years earlier. She was heading for a bright future. She was accepted as an editorial assistant in London. Her mother suffered from emotional problems and disappeared. Her father insisted she committed suicide. Janine did not accept this and hoped to find her alive and well. She had been cycling home from the beach, and a large white van smashed into her. She was left alone on the side of the road. Her heart stopped but was restarted by medics, and she spent months in a coma with life-altering injuries. We meet her again twenty years later. She is in a wheelchair, has suffered multiple strokes, and is partially paralyzed. Janie never regained the ability to speak; she lost a leg, and her memory is unstable. She is to testify in court against the driver who hit her. Instead of talking, she has learned to sing her responses. She can type with one finger on an iPad. Once a pretty girl, her present appearance is a shock. She is starting to remember the accident.

Robbie Manning is a famous, beloved pop singer who also writes lyrics. He was part of a band, and his bandmates were with him in the van when Janie was crushed on impact. Robbie has been arrested, something he had been expecting for the two decades since the accident. He is accused of leaving the scene and persuading his bandmates to do so. After the band dissolved,, he became even more successful as a solo artist. He is wealthy and lives in luxury with his wife and two children. He is regarded as a loving, steady family man. While in prison, facing trial, he receives plenty of hostility from the guards and inmates and is despised by his former fans.

Vanessa, age 69, is a retired store detective. We read about an incident where she caught a female shoplifter. This woman becomes a vital character many years later. Vanessa now works as a witness support officer. She offers support and encouragement for witnesses and those going to trial. She is a deeply unhappy person. There is a great emptiness in her life. After a fall, she miscarried and was not allowed to see her dead daughter, and there were no more children. She misses her late husband and often speaks to him. He was over-protective and controlling, to which she was oblivious. She does not fit in with her peers, who discuss their children and grandchildren. Her husband was a police officer who found the badly injured Janie. She is now pleased to be supporting Janie in court. She has a platonic relationship with the judge, a secretly troubled character. These flawed characters become intertwined in the case of Janie versus Robbie. There are some vile characters, namely Jacob and Lewis. Do they get the punishment they deserve? What happens in Vanessa's life is fascinating, but not entirely in a good way.

This is a story of lies, deceit, secrets, truths unsaid, blame, guilty consciousness, blackmail, embezzlement, and threats to individuals and their families. Thanks to NetGalley and Penguin Random House Canada for the much-appreciated advance copy.

I requested this after reading and enjoying the authors previous novel. I really enjoyed this. Even when I wasn't reading it was on my mind, guessing motives and wondering where Jane was leading us. She is such a talented writer I'll be sure to get her next book too!

Twenty years ago a life altering accident impacted many lives. Janie, 18 years old, had planned to move to London to start her dream working for a publishing company. Raised by her father and abandoned by her mother, she dreamed of a better life. As she rode her bike, she was involved in a hit and run accident and left for dead. Revived, but left in a comatose state, she faced a long recovery.
Robbie, a family man and famous singer hides a secret deep inside for 20 years. When the evidence implicates him in the accident, he can no longer hide.
Vanessa works for the court system. Her deceased husband was on the accident case. As she fights for justice for Janie, she realizes her husband hid the truth.
This is tense and has a multitude of mixed emotions. It also spreads a heartwarming story that comes with a multitude of twists and truths. The characters are meshed with the plot as likable and true. I can't say enough about this story but thankfully I didn't miss this one.
Thank you NetGalley and Penguin Random House Canada | Doubleday Canada for this ARC in exchange for my review.

there were a few parts that i found a bit clunky. Overall, I liked the story and how all of these people's lives intertwined.

Thanks to NetGalley and Penguin Random House Canada for this advance reader’s copy, in exchange for an honest review. “I Died on a Tuesday” has an expected publication date of December 17, 2024.
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In 1977, Meat Loaf released the mega hit “Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad.” That philosophy may work in some life situations, but it’s not what I expect when I read a novel. And in the case of Jane Corry’s “I Died on a Tuesday,” two out of three comes up short – especially when the missing third is in the latter stages of the book.
The book has a powerful flashback opening to twenty years prior. Janie White is an 18-year-old about to embark on a potentially bright future in publishing. While riding her bicycle after an early morning swim, a van plows into her and leaves her for dead in the street.
Fast forward to the present, where music megastar Robbie Manning is arrested for the assault on Janie that happened two decades ago. He has a wife and two young children, and we quickly learn that he has been dreading this day since the morning of the devastating crash.
The third main character we meet early on is Vanessa, 69, a witness support officer who is haunted by events in her past.
These three perspectives make for a very interesting and lively narrative. Janie’s thoughts while lying in the street are compelling as they’re interspersed between the chapters. Robbie’s recall of the morning in question as well as the events leading to his rise to stardom give light to the dilemma he faces. And Vanessa’s position as a witness support officer, combined with being the widow of a local police officer, offer a unique vantage point from which aspects of the mystery unfold.
I was pulled in from the get-go.
Then I got to Part 3 and it was like falling off a cliff. The narrative that flowed and easily captivated quickly unraveled and confused. Plot twists are fine; in fact, they’re welcome. But Corry seems determined to throw as many wrenches in the works as possible. At times I experienced whiplash at how quickly the story changed direction.
It didn’t help that parts of the narrative, like the court room scenes, are glossed over, making them seem unrealistic. And the connections offered up between the myriads of characters introduced late in the story are faulty. It all becomes too convoluted too quickly, coming in the latter third of the book and almost wiping away the positive anticipation I had early on.
I’m not down on the story. I’m just disappointed at being let down at the point in the narrative where I expected more. Instead of holding together, it frays badly.
Three out of five stars for “I Died on a Tuesday.” If you check it out, perhaps you could let me know the significance of that day of the week. I’m still trying to figure that out.

1⭐️ I am so sorry but this book was not for me. I really wanted to like it, but after 15 very long days of powering through I finally finished. I kept finding myself not wanted to pick this book back up. I found it confusing and jumbled I spots (I’m not sure if that’s just the arc that I got) and I to go back a reread a lot to try to make it make sense in my head.

This book is about a pop star named Robbie who gets arrested for a crime he committed when he was a teenager. He and his bandmates at the time were driving and his friend brother was drunk and high and was all over the road so Robbie grabbed the wheel, but what the thought was going to help ended up ruining Janie White’s life. She happened to be on that same road the boys were on and tragically got hit by there van. Robbie wanted to call the police but Jacob (the driver) threatened him into silence.

This book has a lot going on you have 3 main story lines in play. With a total of 5 different characters perspectives (Robbie, Vanessa, Janie, Judge and Jacob gets a small section). It was a lot, I think it has potential to be a great book, it just wasn’t for me.

This was OK. For the most part, it kept my interest, but there really wasn't a character with whom I identified (or even liked), so it was hard to feel invested in the story. The timelines changed without notice, the narrators changed pretty regularly, and by the end, there were a whole lot of loose ends that needed to be wrapped up. It felt a little convoluted and rushed.

The lyrics of the end song were, how can I say this, juvenile.

I didn't regret the time I spent reading this.

I received a complimentary copy of the novel from the publisher and NetGalley, and my review is being left freely.

I really enjoyed this book! I found myself invested in the characters and their stories and how they all played out. The book is written in the perspective of three main characters Janie, who is in a terrible accident and is left mentally challenged as well as permanently disabled and in a wheelchair. Vanessa, who is a widow who has had her own share of much heartache and works as a witness support officer for the courts and Robbie a pop singer who is very well-known for his music.

As the story goes along, we are introduced to other characters as well; some very dark and a few that I came to like very much. I thought the story was very well played out, and I found myself even teary-eyed at times.

This was the first book that I have read by this author, and I definitely will be reading others.

Thanks to Netgalley, Jane Corry and Penguin Random House for an advanced copy of this very well written book.

The story started off great. I was invested and wanted to see how each character was connected with each other. There are multiple POVs, so you get a little bit of info from each character but more so from Robbie and Vanessa. The story opens up with Janie's POV of what happened the day she got hit. Then straight to Robbie's POV which instantly makes you think he's the culprit. Then to Vanessa's life which only ties to the main plot because her deceased husband used to work on the case. As the story continues to unfold, I start questioning how these characters are entertwine. From the judge to Robbie to Vanessa. But to no avail, nothing has yet been revealed. Then to throw everything into more chaos, almost EVERY character has a secret going on. Once I got to the end, I was disappointed. I thought they all were connected in a special way but, nope. It's the most obvious way that they are connected. Which is the lamest. Also, Vanessa and Judge's connection aren't even sufficient. I was hoping Ian was secretly Jack, but no. They aren't even connected in any way other than they worked on the same case and instantly 'became' friends. Don't even start on Jacob and Lewis and their connection other than being cell mates. Where's the creativity? I'm not sure there is any. I finally get to the end and then am thrown with another twist or should I say two to three more twist. Which I felt was irrelevant to the story, esp the 'missing mother' part. Like yes, I get it, it was what started the down spiral of Janie's life, and yes I get it, everyone's decisions played a part in Janie being disable, even Janie's decisions put her at where she is but it's so irrelevant because the point was that the group that ran Janie over left her to die. That's the biggest crime and the point of the story, 'who done it?' The story was just too all over the place for me. There were minor grammar mistakes that bothered me a bit. I think this book had so much potential and too much ideas that just couldn't tie everything in smoothly.

Thank you Netgalley and Penguin Random House Canada for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I liked that this book had a unique and different plot - following the unsolved mystery of a hit-and-run accident from 20 years prior, which left victim Janie largely paralyzed and unable to speak. Overall it was a good read but I felt like there were "too many dead people" which made the plot hard to believe - between key characters Janie, Robbie, Vanessa and the Judge, it just felt like there were too many dead spouses, siblings and friends, which made the plot line start to get a bit hard to believe. But overall I definitely recommend this book!

I was intrigued by the description of this book and had high hopes for an engaging story. This fell short - limited character development and just didn't have a great flow for me.
Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for access to this eARC.

This is the first book I have read by this author.

I was intrigued by the cover and synopsis of the book, so I went into it with curiosity and high hopes.
I was disappointed.

I thought the characters were not well developed. I couldn't get a sense of who they really were, as they were just described and not allowed to develop on their own merits.

I found the dialogue to be shallow and unbelievable.
Especially the conversations with Robbie and law enforcement.

The writing was very choppy to me.
I kept wondering why words were thrown in that made no sense to the paragraph or the context. Maybe this was a word count issue?

I really wanted to like this story, based on the synopsis, but I found it to be very awkward writing.
I thought that each story line contained behavior that was just too hard to buy into.
Situations that should have been wrought with emotion were left to just lie there, flat.

One good thing that came from my introduction to this author is that it introduced me to more of her books. While this one was not to my liking and I cannot recommend it, I will definitely look into more of her work.

A sincere thank you to Netgalley and Penguin Random House Canada for the ARC in exchange for an honest review. The opinions expressed in this review are 100% my own.

I wanted to like this book but I couldn’t get through it. Nothing grabbed me and made me want to stay. Thank you to NetGalley for allowing me to read and review this book.

I would like to thank NetGalley and Penguin Random House Canada for allowing me to read an ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.

I was initially intrigued by the premise of this book, but it turned out to be even better than I was expecting! The book started off a little slow, but once it picked up, I was sucked in and found myself needing to find out what "really" happened.

The story is about Janie, who is involved in a terrible accident, and no one knows who did it until 20 years later when someone tips off the police as to who was driving. The story also follows Robbie - a famous popstar who has been harboring his secret involvement in the tragic accident for all this time, and Vanessa - a court-appointed witness support volunteer who finds herself sucked into the case when it goes to trial. Her late husband, Jack, was one of the cops tasked with solving Janie's original hit-and-run case. Now Janie's case seems to have come full circle.

As Vanessa gets pulled deeper and deeper into the case, she realizes not everyone is trustworthy or who they say they are. While her intentions are pure, Vanessa is about to find out how close is too close. Robbie's story is equally as tragic. He is being pinned for Janie's accident, but is he really guilty? Are there other, more dangerous people involved, pulling all the strings? Janie's physical and emotional struggle through the story is heart wrenching, and you find yourself rooting for her to somehow get a happy ending, or at least, justice.

The book did a great job of telling the story from the different perspectives -- Janie, Robbie & Vanessa. I enjoyed all the character-building and really felt connected to all 3 of them. It was also interesting to find out all the secrets and connections between everyone, and watch everything come together into the epic finale of finding out the truth of what happened and who really did it. There were a few red-herrings and subplots that muddled the waters a bit, but the ending really wrapped everything up nicely.

If you like thrillers that keep you guessing, then this book is for you! I definitely recommend checking it out or reading it for your book club! You won't be disappointed!

I Died on a Tuesday - Jane Corry
When young Janie White is in a tragi accident, no one could have expected the lives that this accident would affect.
Robbie Manning lives a comfortable life as a Rockstar and proud father. It took alot of work to attain his status, but when the cops show up at the door, everything he worked so hard, just went down the drain. He was waiting for the truth to catch up to him someday.
Vanessa, a witness service support office, is eager to assist the witness in the Janie White case. A case she remembers her late husband worked so hard to solve, but never made much headway. Is Vanessa too close to this case? Was Robbie guilty of a hit and run?
I had mixed feelings about this book, but in the end I decided I quite liked it. With the mixed pov, you get a better glimpse into all the possible connections and have multiple theories as you go! I never could have pieced this one together and was caught off guard numerous time. If you're looking for a thriller that will keep you guessing until the very end, give this one a read! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5!
Thank you Netgalley for the ARC!