A missing persons, serial killer thriller from two POV- starting in the mid-90’s the popular girl Jules and the brooder Quinn – we follow them until 2011.
Big on nostalgia, I appreciated the pop culture and current event references to set the tone with each time jump.
They are in Nebraska and each May 1, a girl is abducted and killed. It takes them a very long time to solve this mystery, but as the time jumps it is a really fast paced novel. Alex Finlay is a master of storytelling, spending just the right amount of time in character building, plot reveals, and building suspense.
It was creative and clever to see things from both Quinn and Jules’ POV and how they came together at the end. The ending was also very satisfying.
Thanks to NetGalley and Minotaur Books for the ARC. Book to be published May 11, 2026.
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