Don't Forget Me by Rea Frey

 

My thoughts

Another WOW book. I think this is the best book Rea Frey has written and I've enjoyed a few of her books. This one literally caught me off guard. Up to the very ending I did not know who the killer was. I did have few guesses but I was wrong every single time. Good work. Well written. A must read for anyone who loves a good thriller.

This is the story of one messed up family. Mother, Ruby. Dad, Tom. Daughter, Lily. Three messed up people. And a neighborhood of victims and messed up neighbors. 

Tom moved them to a new neighborhood. A new area. A bit away from where they had lived. It was his dream place to live regardless of whether his wife and daughter liked it or not. Needless to say I disliked Tom. He was an abusive husband. He thought he was sneaky about it though. That no one knew. Until they did.

Ruby wanted a stable home more than anything. She had been raised in a very abusive home and promised she would never put up with that. Her dad had brutally abused her mother for years. She was not going to live that kind of life. Until she did.

Ruby was the daughter. She had problems of her own. Problems that Ruby tried so hard to help with. She went behind Tom's back and got help for Ruby. Ruby had some mental issues that were controlled with medication. Until it wasn't.

There are several key players in this story but the three most important are in the Winslow family. There are five murders and one killer. Until there are more. I love how this story plays out. The drama that leads up to a great ending that I hope is possibly a beginning for another book. That would be the best. Because someone did have to help. One person could not have done all of that one his or her own...

Thank you #NetGalley, #ReaFrey, #Thomas&Mercer for this ARC. This is my own true thoughts about this book.

Five huge stars and I'd give it more if possible. A true edge of your seat thriller from start to finish.

About

When a body is presumed to be her missing husband’s, a woman must unravel the secrets of her own past to clear her name, find the truth, and put her conscience to rest once and for all.

All Ruby wanted was a fresh start. But after an early retirement and a relocation to a tight-knit community with her husband, Tom, and her daughter, Lily, her new beginning takes a turn.

First her troubled daughter and then her husband disappear without a trace. Unsure how to cope, grief-ridden Ruby turns to her neighborhood friends to find a way forward with new hobbies, including a murder club where they try to solve cold cases.

But just as unexpectedly as her family vanished, a body floats to the surface of the nearby lake.

And everyone is sure the body belongs to Tom…everyone except Ruby.

Determined to find out what happened to her family once and for all, Ruby digs into her neighbors’ lives, and her own, only to uncover secrets that raise more questions than they answer. And the biggest question of all—why doesn’t she recognize the body?