Where They Found Her By Kimberly McCreight

 My Rating: 3.7

Winter in Ridgedale, New Jersey and the body of an infant is discovered in the woods near the town’s university campus. No one knows who the baby is, or how her body ended up out there. 

Freelance journalist, Molly Anderson is unexpectedly called to cover the story. Molly is still dealing with the severe depression that followed the loss of her own baby. Soon Molly is unearthing some very dark secrets including a twenty year old death in the same spot.

This is told from various perspectives and shows how their lives are more intertwined with what happened to the baby than they ever could have imagined.  

I have read and loved some of McCreight's other works so I wanted to like this one as well. Unfortunately, the characters didn't feel well developed and some were very grating. By the end of the book, I was glad when it was over.

The Outliers by Kimberly McCreight

 My Rating: 4.7

Wylie hasn’t heard from Cassie in over a week, not since their last fight. But that doesn’t matter. Cassie’s in trouble, so Wylie decides to do what she has done so many times before: save her best friend from herself. This time it’s different, though. Instead of telling Wylie where she is, Cassie sends cryptic clues. And instead of having Wylie come by herself, Jasper shows up saying Cassie sent him to help. Trusting the guy who sent Cassie off the rails doesn’t feel right, but Wylie has no choice but to ignore her gut instinct and go with him.

I read The Good Marriage by this author and enjoyed it so that is what made me pick this one up. I think this was even better! I could tell it was Young Adult but, it was well written. The perfect suspense thriller to curl up with on a chilly night. Love the build up of suspense, the characters and the short chapters that kept me flipping the pages for more. I was thrilled to find that this is a series so I am hoping the library will have the second book in this series. In the meantime, I am going to definitely read more by McCreight.

Friends Like These by Kimberly McCreight

 My Rating: 4.4

Five friends go the Catskills. They have been friends since college, back before what happened to Alice all those years ago. They are a complicated group with so many personalities, secrets and history (dysfunction).

Lots of "who dunnits" but, I figured out the 'who' about 2/3 of the way in. I didn't get all the 'why' or other details till the end. This was a fast paced light, easy thriller. 

A Good Marriage by Kimberly McCreight

 My Rating: 4.8

Lawyer, Lizzie Kitsakis works a lot of hours. Until recently, she was doing her dream job of being an underpaid federal prosecutor but, thanks to her husband, she had to sell her soul to the Corporate law firm of Young & Crane. She is working late at night and gets a call from an old college friend, Zach Grayson, who tells her he is in an inmate at Rikers. Zach is desperate: his wife, Amanda, has been found dead at the in their Brooklyn brownstone and Zach is the primary suspect.

I do NOT recommend this book if you have to but up in the morning. I literally kept reading thinking "one more chapter". It kept me thoroughly engaged. I loved the legal aspects, the character development, the twists and turns and most of all, the not knowing!!!  Don't read too much about it. Just get it....when you can stay up late reading till you are done 😁