A bit of a slow start setting up the story but once it got going I was hooked! ( )

Wow, if this is S.L. McInnis' debut novel in the suspense genre, look out the world we are about to see the start of a vast oeuvre to come. Five spellbinding (blew my freakin mind) stars! I haven't stopped thinking about the book since I finished it—a book club must-read for any fan of the psychological suspense thriller genre. ( )

Beth Montgomery seems to have the perfect life: a beautiful house in the hills above Los Angeles, a handsome, ambitious husband, and plans of starting a family. So it doesn’t occur to her to worry when the news breaks of a quadruple homicide across town, a botched drug deal that leaves an undercover officer among the dead. Beth certainly would never think to tie the murders to the sudden reappearance in her life of wild, sexy Cassie Ogilvy, the estranged best friend she hasn’t seen since they were college roommates.

This story had interesting characters that kept me turning the pages. Wild Cassie had no regard for her friend or the husband, she just wanted a place to hide after being involved in the botched drug deal. I kept wanting to tell Beth to get rid of her. Well, Cassie was not the only one with a secret and there were a couple of twists and surprises. I was quite drawn into the story and I smiled at the ending, despite everything I knew. ( )