Publisher: Thomas & Mercer
Strangers Series Book #1
Haley (19) lives with her sister, Becky (15) and their depressed mother. Their father died in a gruesome accident about 7 months ago.
Then Haley’s best friend, Tiffany Perron (19) goes missing without a trace in rural Grand Trespass, Louisiana. Some people wonder if she has run away or has just decided to leave town. But Haley knows that something is wrong. The town launches a search to find her, but few clues are found. Tiffany’s boyfriend, Charles is looked at as a suspect, being one of the last people to see her before she goes missing. Also Tiffany had an affair with married man, Tom Anderson. Tom and his wife, Rachel are the talk of the town as locals wonder if they had anything to do with Tiffany’s disappearance. The Anderson’s then begin to notice someone in their backyard a few times and report it to the police. Locals continue to vanish, and they begin to wonder if they can trust those that are closest to them.
Haley and her boyfriend Mac have a really good relationship. Mac is always worried about Haley and her family. He is the perfect boyfriend. As things in Haley’s life begin to change, with her father being killed, and her best friend going missing, the only one thing she can count is Mac.
And then Mac tells Haley a small lie, and Haley wonders if she can trust Mac anymore. She decides to stop seeing Mac. She begins drinking and hanging out with her friend, Erica from work at the Luke’s diner. Erica then sees Mac’s truck at the Anderson’s house in the middle of the night while the husbands away.
Meanwhile, there is a twisted killer on the loose, whose mother was murdered only four years earlier. He has been forced to raise his mentally disturbed teenage sister.
He is terrified of women, including his sister. He develops a fear and a obsession about them.
I rate this book 5 stars. This book was a fast paced, well-written novel. An excellent psychological thriller. I definitely recommend that you read it! It will keep you guessing until the very end. I can’t wait to read Ugly Young Thing, which is book #2 in Strangers Series.
This is the second novel by Jennifer Jaynes that I have read, and I love her style of writing. Her characters come to life, and her books are so hard for me to put down.
April's Reviews 