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What Have We Done by Alex Finlay

In this “top-notch mystery thriller” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) from Alex Finlay, What Have We Done is a tale about the lives we leave behind and the secrets we carry with us forever.

One of the Most Anticipated Books of 2023:• BookPage • BookBub • E! News • Go BookMart • Goodreads • PopSugar  The Every Girl • She Reads • Beyond the Bookends

A stay-at-home mom with a past.
A has-been rock star with a habit.
A reality TV producer with a debt.
Three disparate lives.
One deadly secret.

Twenty five years ago, Jenna, Donnie, and Nico were the best of friends, having forged a bond through the abuse and neglect they endured as residents of Savior House, a group home for parentless teens. When the home was shut down—after the disappearance of several kids—the three were split up.

Though the trauma of their childhood has never left them, each went on to live accomplished—if troubled—lives. They haven’t seen one another since they were teens but now are reunited for a single haunting reason: someone is trying to kill them.

To survive, the group will have to revisit the nightmares of their childhoods and confront their shared past—a past that holds the secret to why someone wants them dead.

It’s a reunion none of them asked for . . . or wanted. But it may be the only way to save all their lives.

What Have We Done is both an edge-of-your-seat thriller and a gut-wrenching coming-of-age story. And it cements Alex Finlay as one of the new leading voices in thrillers today.

Book Information:

What Have We Done by Alex Finlay
Genre: THRILLER
Publishing Date: March 7, 2023 by Minotaur Books

Jenna, Donnie, and Nico are former best friends who grew up together in a group home called Savior House. Once close, the three eventually grow apart after several girls disappear from the home and it is shut down. Twenty five years later, someone is looking for them – someone who wants them dead.

What Have We Done is the perfect choice for a thriller movie adaptation. It really took me by surprise – I started it thinking it would be heavier on the mystery & suspense, but the action kicked off right in the beginning and never really slowed down. We follow the perspectives of each of the three main characters with occasional flashbacks to the past. I liked Jenna’s story the most but the other two were off-putting and took a while to grow on me. Regardless, the mystery was compelling and the plot twists kept me guessing till the end.

Read this one if you’re looking for a fast-paced thriller with action-packed, adrenaline-filled suspense

Thank you @minotaur_books for the review copy!