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Published by Grand Central Publishing, a home of such authors as David Baldacci, Harlan Coben, Sandra Brown and Nicholas Sparks.
This is the psychological thriller that made me the Colleen Hoover fan that I am. VERITY is the first of Hoover’s books I ever read. I plan to read it again, and again.
I love mysteries, love a little romance, love MG and YA, and, I live for suspense. Tension? Won’t read without it. But I usually don’t like to be scared or pushed into s studying the shadows on my walls, or to force my dog to walk everywhere with me all through the night. But I did, after and during this book. (Poor, Teddy!)
Character Lowen is a novelist who isn’t doing too well, career-wise, and she’s not big on self-promotion or marketing. Add to that a few other circumstances, and she takes a job finishing a few planned novels for the well-known author—Verity—who was in an accident and is now unable to complete her series. Verity’s husband, Jeremy Crawford, convinces Lowen that she is the best writer for the job, because Lowen’s writing style matches Verity’s.
Sounds like the perfect scenario. And possibly, it is, until Lowen finds a manuscript that may not be meant for the public. It’s personal and horrifying. It’s an autobiography.
Lowen convinces herself to read the secret pages by telling herself that knowing Verity’s story will help her understand the woman whose writing she’s trying to emulate. It will help Lowen in finishing the series. That’s her job, after all. But naturally, unexpected relationships come into play, as well as a wealth of unexpected discoveries.
Twists and surprises await you in this haunting reality that will surely stay with you and make you, too, a Colleen Hoover fan. Happy reading!
I do love a psychological thriller and this one sounds good.
ReplyDeleteIt really is. Well worth the reading time.
DeleteI really like books where the main character is a writer. And suspense novels even more. Stephen King's Misery is one of my favorites.
ReplyDeleteI haven't read MISERY, but my husband and daughters have. I've watched the movie a few times, and that's scary enough. The book would most likely be even more detailed.
DeleteI love suspenseful/thriller mysteries, but have found over the years that the term thriller is used too broadly to cover stories that i didn't find thrilling... But this one sounds good, if it was making you check shadows, i'm adding this to the growing list.
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean about some thrillers not being thrillers at all. This is a good one; I didn't have it figured out the first chapter.
DeleteLike so much of what you review, it sounds very intense and best read in the daylight.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely. I actually read this one twice, two weeks apart.
DeleteIt's the same book I reviewed for this letter :-)
ReplyDeleteRonel visiting for V: My Languishing TBR: V
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