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No Bad Deed by Heather Chavez

No Bad Deed was published by William Morrow on February 18, 2020.  I was given a copy through NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. Driving home one rainy night, Cassie Larkin sees a man and woman fighting on the side of the road. After calling 911, the veterinarian makes a split-second decision that will throw her sedate suburban life into chaos. Against all reason and advice, she gets out of her minivan and chases after the violent man, trying to help his victim. When Cassie physically tries to stop him, he suddenly turns on her and spits out an ominous threat:  “Let her die, and I’ll let you live.” Everything hits the fan after that.  Cassie can't just let the woman die.  The man steals her minivan, granting him access to all of her personal information.  A day later, her husband and 6 year old daughter disappear.  Cassie goes on her own manhunt to find them, risking all to save her child and her marriage. The synopsis had me hoo...

Looking back on the June book club selection-Before She Knew Him

Before She Knew Him was released 03/05/19 by William Morrow.  Written by Peter Swanson, this was a recent BOTM selection.  This was only the third BOTM I've read (behind Queenie and Daisy Jones and the Six). Hen and her husband Lloyd move into the suburbs outside of Boston, and they think they've finally found a quiet place to grow old.  When Hen spots a sports trophy in the house of her next door neighbors after dinner one night, that sense of security quickly disappears.  The statue looked exactly like one who went missing from a young man's room years ago...a young man who had been murdered.  Hen then begins to stalk her neighbor as she battles her intuition against her history of psychotic breaks that keep her husband and the police from believing her.  One night they make eye contact in a parking lot, and Hen realizes Matthew has been aware that she has been following him all along.  Can she escape the dangerous force that is her neighbor? ...