Thank you Netgalley for the ARC of this book. This was a total deviation from my usual read. I was intrigued by the description and felt drawn to this story. The author did an amazing job of blending different timelines and stories. Highly recommend

Another enjoyable book from this author. Short stories don’t normally appeal however I enjoyed the threads connecting the stories and the jumps in times. Thank you to # NetGalley and the publisher for an ARC.

This was a case of misunderstanding on my part. I expected more thriller and really got more literary fiction. I reread the synopsis and realized my mistake. I expected a thrilling tale of the lives of people affected by a serial killer. Upon reading I realized this was more in the vain of Notes on an execution, and very literary.

I almost put this down as it starts out so slow. But things eventually picked up a bit and caught my interest. In the end this was a fund read, or reads.

This is a collection of short stories set in Australia, all set in different time periods and linked by some connection they have to a serial killer from the 1990s. I really enjoyed it! It had a great sense of atmosphere and I liked jumping back and forth between different times and perspectives and piecing everything together. Some of the stories I particularly enjoyed were Abroad, Chaperone, Podcast, and The Wake.

3.5. It was really satisfying to see how each story is connected and the writing was great. It was just a little jumbled and slow in the beginning. That being said, I think the characters were well developed in a short amount of time

Interesting format for a modern interpretation of a thriller! Surrounding a serial killer, the book is a collection of stories of people who have been affected by the killer one or another. The stories are the kind you would expect with a book of short stories. Overall I thoroughly enjoyed each story and could not put the book down!

I received a free advanced copy of this book through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Linked short stories about how a serial killer is Australia impacts the lives of ordinary people past, present and future, by the author of THE NIGHT GUEST.

“A man lived in Barrow once, and in the 1990s this man used to drive the same highway - up and down for hours - to find a person, any person who looked far from home, standing with a backpack at a junction or a bus stop or just walking along the road or waiting with a thumb out for a ride, and if they accepted he would kill them and take their bodies to the forest.”

We learn how this man affects two work mates, a suspicious girlfriend, the brother of a victim in Texas, the killer’s older neighbor, his sister-in-law and more. Interesting book, especially in this day of heightened interest in true crime. Crime has such long tentacles. I was particularly struck by the story of a true crime writer visiting the killer’s former neighbor on the day the killer’s former home is being torn down. Good stuff here. If it sounds like something you would like, you probably will.