This is the third book I have read by this author and he has captivated me with each story.
Crime thriller is a tough genre to write because you have to get that emotional and psychological intensity for the reader to become addicted to the story. This author knows exactly how to write his stories to captivate. Impactful and imaginative, Finley has not let me down.
Continue on for the full review of this new release.
If Something Happens to Me by Alex Finlay
Publisher: Minotaur Books (May 28, 2024)
ISBN-13: 978-1250863799
OVERVIEW:
For the past five years, Ryan Richardson has relived that terrible night. The car door ripping open. The crushing blow to the head. The hands yanking him from the vehicle. His girlfriend Ali’s piercing scream as she is taken.
With no trace of Ali or the car, a cloud of suspicion hangs over Ryan. But with no proof and a good lawyer, he’s never charged, though that doesn’t matter to the podcasters and internet trolls. Now, Ryan has changed his last name, and entered law school. He’s put his past behind him.
Until, on a summer trip abroad to Italy with his law-school classmates, Ryan gets a call from his father: Ali’s car has finally been found, submerged in a lake in his hometown. Inside are two dead men and a cryptic note with five words written on the envelope in Ali’s handwriting: If something happens to me…
Then, halfway around the world, the unthinkable happens: Ryan sees the man who has haunted his dreams since that night.
As Ryan races from the rolling hills of Tuscany, to a rural village in the UK, to the glittering streets of Paris in search of the truth, he has no idea that his salvation may lie with a young sheriff’s deputy in Kansas working her first case, and a mobster in Philadelphia who’s experienced tragedy of his own.
If Something Happens to Me by Alex Finlay Review
This book is a trip.
With three intersecting stories Finley has a knack for intertwining all of the bits and pieces that seem random in one moment, yet become a critical piece of the overall mystery. Finlay has crafted a story filled with layers of detail and intensity that grab your attention.
Written in a fast-paced manner, this book is one I could not put down! You will be drawn into the story from the very first page. If Something Happens to Me is an addicting read!
This book is intense, gripping, and filled with unexpected twists, secrets, and action, plus an awesome ending. The best of 2024 read for me!!
5 STARS!!
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