Genre: Psychological Thriller
Debut Novel
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Release Date: March 2, 2021
Preorder Link: Amazon
My Rating: 5 Fearful Hearts
A special thank you to Minotaur Books for an arc of this book. #minotaurinfluencers #readinginsidersclub
In one of the year’s most anticipated debut psychological thrillers, a family made infamous by a true crime documentary is found dead, leaving their surviving son to uncover the truth about their final days.
Review:
A debut novel? Are you kidding me? I devoured Every Last Fear from cover to cover in one sitting. There is no stopping once you read the first line: "They found the bodies on a Tuesday." From that point on, I burned through pages seeking answers and the truth - just like film student Matt Pines after learning his vacationing family has been found dead in their motel room in Mexico. Matt's last words with his father were spoken in anger and now he and his incarcerated brother Danny are the lone survivors of a family made famous via a true crime documentary that questions Danny's guilt in the murder of his girlfriend. Now Matt must visit his estranged brother in prison to deliver the news of their parents and siblings deaths and make a trip to Mexico to sign papers to have the bodies released and flown home for burial. What happened to the Pine family? Was it an accidental death from a gas leak as Mexican authorities state . . . or is something more sinister happening?
The story that ensues is smart, twisted and highly compelling. Through multiple points of view and past/present chapters, Finlay delivers an edge-of-your-seat thriller that captures your attention and holds it throughout. Every character is well-fleshed out and necessary to the brilliant rendering of this story. There are no wasted words or passages - just a highly entertaining thriller with hidden clues that kept me questioning who and what to believe until the final shocking reveal. The family aspects of this story play out through past chapters delivered through the voices of the dead family members as they unknowingly live out their last hours. It adds an element of sympathy, anguish and intrigue to Every Last Fear - revealing a family both held together and torn apart by tragedy and fate. Beyond that, this is a story of a family fighting for a loved one - fighting to prove what they believe to be a truth . . . and doing it in the lime-life of unwanted fame. A killer pace carries readers through all the twists and turns to deliver an ending many won't see coming. I highly recommend Every Last Fear to fans of intelligent, highly addictive suspense thrillers.
Synopsis:
“They found the bodies on a Tuesday.” So begins this twisty and breathtaking novel that traces the fate of the Pine family, a thriller that will both leave you on the edge of your seat and move you to tears.
After a late night of partying, NYU student Matt Pine returns to his dorm room to devastating news: nearly his entire family—his mom, his dad, his little brother and sister—have been found dead from an apparent gas leak while vacationing in Mexico. The local police claim it was an accident, but the FBI and State Department seem far less certain—and they won’t tell Matt why.
The tragedy makes headlines everywhere because this isn’t the first time the Pine family has been thrust into the media spotlight. Matt’s older brother, Danny—currently serving a life sentence for the murder of his teenage girlfriend Charlotte—was the subject of a viral true crime documentary suggesting that Danny was wrongfully convicted. Though the country has rallied behind Danny, Matt holds a secret about his brother that he’s never told anyone: the night Charlotte was killed Matt saw something that makes him believe his brother is guilty of the crime.
When Matt returns to his small hometown to bury his parents and siblings, he’s faced with a hostile community that was villainized by the documentary, a frenzied media, and memories he’d hoped to leave behind forever. Now, as the deaths in Mexico appear increasingly suspicious and connected to Danny’s case, Matt must unearth the truth behind the crime that sent his brother to prison—putting his own life in peril—and forcing him to confront his every last fear.
Told through multiple points-of-view and alternating between past and present, Every Last Fear is not only a page-turning thriller, it’s also a poignant story about a family managing heartbreak and tragedy, and living through a fame they never wanted.
After a late night of partying, NYU student Matt Pine returns to his dorm room to devastating news: nearly his entire family—his mom, his dad, his little brother and sister—have been found dead from an apparent gas leak while vacationing in Mexico. The local police claim it was an accident, but the FBI and State Department seem far less certain—and they won’t tell Matt why.
The tragedy makes headlines everywhere because this isn’t the first time the Pine family has been thrust into the media spotlight. Matt’s older brother, Danny—currently serving a life sentence for the murder of his teenage girlfriend Charlotte—was the subject of a viral true crime documentary suggesting that Danny was wrongfully convicted. Though the country has rallied behind Danny, Matt holds a secret about his brother that he’s never told anyone: the night Charlotte was killed Matt saw something that makes him believe his brother is guilty of the crime.
When Matt returns to his small hometown to bury his parents and siblings, he’s faced with a hostile community that was villainized by the documentary, a frenzied media, and memories he’d hoped to leave behind forever. Now, as the deaths in Mexico appear increasingly suspicious and connected to Danny’s case, Matt must unearth the truth behind the crime that sent his brother to prison—putting his own life in peril—and forcing him to confront his every last fear.
Told through multiple points-of-view and alternating between past and present, Every Last Fear is not only a page-turning thriller, it’s also a poignant story about a family managing heartbreak and tragedy, and living through a fame they never wanted.
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