ARC NetGalley: A Familiar Sight by Brianna Labuskes

My Rating: 5 stars

Synopsis from GR:

Psychologist and criminologist Dr. Gretchen White is a specialist in antisocial personality disorders and violent crimes. She’s helped solve enough prominent cases for detective Patrick Shaughnessy that her own history is often overlooked: Gretchen is an admitted sociopath once suspected of killing her aunt. Shaughnessy still thinks Gretchen got away with murder. It’s not going to happen again.

When a high-profile new case lands on Shaughnessy’s desk, it seems open and shut. Remorseless teenager Viola Kent is accused of killing her mother. Amid stories of childhood horrors and Viola’s cruel manipulations, the bad seed has already been found guilty by a rapt public. But Gretchen might be seeing something in Viola no one else does: herself.

If Viola is a scapegoat, then who really did it? And what are they hiding? To find the truth, Gretchen must enter a void that is not only dark and cold-blooded, but also frighteningly familiar.

It's been a while since I liked a book so much!!!!

A Familiar Sight has such a captivating story and such freaking interesting characters that I was hooked right from the start.

Gretchen by herself could have me interested, but what really clinched it for me was her interactions with Marconi and Shaughnessy.
When I finished the book I was both happy and sad about it, the last part mostly because I'd already long for to read more about these characters.

The mystery part of the book was equally enthralling.
I liked how the author switched between present and past in the two different point of views.
Reading this story felt like building a quite complicated puzzle and most often than not I ended second guessing my theories.

I can't probably express just how much I liked this book...believe me, it's very very much.
I can't recommend it enough but I sure will try!

At last, I'd like to thank the author Brianna Labuskes for the chance to read hes book for free through NetGalley and I hope she appreciates my review as I sure appreciated her book.

ARC NetGalley: Far Gone by Danielle Girard

My rating: 4 stars

Synopsis from GR:

When a North Dakota couple is shot down in their home in cold blood, the sleepy town of Hagen wakes with a jolt. After all, it’s usually such a peaceful place. But Detective Kylie Milliard knows better.

Despite not handling a homicide investigation in years, Kylie is on the case. A drop of blood found at the scene at first blush promises to be her best evidence. But it ultimately only proves that someone else witnessed the murder—and the results are shocking: the DNA reveals a familial match to a crime involving local nurse Lily Baker from over a decade ago. This unveiling stirs new nightmares for Lily as she’s forced to reckon with the most traumatic time in her life.

Haunted by their pasts and hunting the killer, Kylie and Lily uncover hellish secrets and impossible truths, finding answers that put both their lives in jeopardy.

*ARC generously provided by NetGalley*

Far Gone is the first book I read by Danielle Girard and it was a nice discovery.

I both liked the storyline and the main characters (all females) even if Hannah sometimes made me want to shake her quite a bit.

There were very few clues about the who and why along the way so the reader have to wait for the heroines to put together all the pieces. Trust me, it's worth it!

Far Gone the second book in the Badlands Thriller Series but I feel it can be read as first since I did not have problems following the story. Although it made me very curious about Lily's past and I'm sure planning to read White Out to find out more ;)

At last, I'd like to thank the author for the chance to read her story through NetGalley and I hope she appreciates my honest review.