Fractured by Catherine McKenzie

Fractured

by Catherine McKenzie

Welcome, neighbor!

Julie Prentice and her family move across the country to the idyllic Mount Adams district of Cincinnati, hoping to evade the stalker who’s been terrorizing them ever since the publication of her bestselling novel, The Murder Game. Since Julie doesn’t know anyone in her new town, when she meets her neighbor John Dunbar, their instant connection brings measured hope for a new beginning. But she never imagines that a simple, benign conversation with him could set her life spinning so far off course.

We know where you live…

After a series of misunderstandings, Julie and her family become the target of increasingly unsettling harassment. Has Julie’s stalker found her, or are her neighbors out to get her, too? As tension in the neighborhood rises, new friends turn into enemies, and the results are deadly.

Reviewed by Sam@WLABB on

4 of 5 stars

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While I was reading this, I kept thinking how it had shades of many great books I have read, where the author does such a wonderful job weaving different characters' lives together. I really enjoyed the different POVs, and thought that alternating between "before" and "after" really contributed to the tension buildup. The build was slow, but once I reached that point, that boiling point, I had trouble putting the book down. As with every other time I read a thriller/suspense type book, I admonish myself for not reading more of them. I loved collecting and assembling the pieces. I loved feeling that thrill of being "right" or of being so wrong, I had to slow clap for McKenzie. I had a lot of fun reading this, and would recommend it for anyone who liked a little mystery with their drama.

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