PUBLISHERS BLURB
A new novel from award-winning crime writer, A. L. Gaylin. If you liked Serial and S-Town, you’ll LOVE this.
‘Right now, A L Gaylin is at the very top of her game, crafting exhilarating and audacious crime novels that are both rich in character and rivetingly told. Her books are, quite simply, not to be missed.’ – Megan Abbott
She was the most brutal killer of our time. And she may have been my mother…
When website columnist Robin Diamond is contacted by true crime podcast producer Quentin Garrison, she assumes it’s a business matter. It’s not. Quentin’s podcast, Closure, focuses on a series of murders in the 1970s, committed by teen couple April Cooper and Gabriel LeRoy. It seems that Quentin has reason to believe Robin’s own mother may be intimately connected with the killings.
Robin thinks Quentin’s claim is absurd. But is it? The more she researches the Cooper/LeRoy murders herself, the more disturbed she becomes by what she finds. Living just a few blocks from her, Robin’s beloved parents are the one absolute she’s always been able to rely upon, especially now amid rising doubts about her husband and frequent threats from internet trolls. Robin knows her mother better than anyone.
But then her parents are brutally attacked, and Robin realises she doesn’t know the truth at all..
MY REVIEW
This tale revolves around an infamous murder case, The Inland Empire Killers, April Cooper and Gabriel Leroy.
They had been on a killing spree in the ‘70s and had died in a fire, bring the horrific crimes to an end.
Quentin Garrison works on a podcast reviewing cold cases and is looking into the Inland Empire Killers case. When he finds a new lead in the case things get dark.
This is so well plotted it really keeps you guessing. As you find how the characters are linked to the original case the tension really builds.
The excellent narration by James Fouhey and Jorjeana Marie really brings the story to life and I thought their voices perfectly matched the characters and added to the tension.
An edge of your seat thriller and thoroughly entertaining.
Thank you to Tracy and Compulsive Readers for the opportunity to participate in this audio book blog tour, for the promotional materials and a free copy of the audiobook . This is my honest, unbiased review.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Alison Gaylin is the award-winning author of Hide Your Eyes and its sequel, You Kill Me; the standalones Trashed, Heartless, What Remains Of Me and If I Die Tonight; and the Brenna Spector series: And She Was, Into the Dark, and Stay with Me. A graduate of Northwestern University and of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism, she lives with her husband and daughter in Woodstock, New York.
