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Twenty years after Chloe Davis’ father was convicted of killing half a dozen young women, someone seems to be celebrating the anniversary by extending the list. The adaptation is currently in development. It appears that some version of the script was completed as of October 2021. Who’s in the cast?
Chloe is your classic unreliable narrator, often referencing her difficulty separating what's real from what isn't, which isn't helped by her pharmaceutical habits. She's paranoid, convinced that these new victims are someone specifically toying with her, setting her on her own amateur investigative path to find who's copying her imprisoned father's past actions, since virtually no one else believes her suspicions. In present day, Chloe is brought into the police station to be interrogated by Detective Thomas since she was the last person to see Lacey alive. Afterwards, Chloe goes to visit her mother, Mona, at the assisted living facility. Mona attempted suicide after her father's sentencing, resulting in brain damage that left her unable to move or speak. Chloe and Cooper try to visit her occassionally. Today, Chloe tells Mona about the recent missing girls. She also promises to bring by her fiancée Daniel sometime. The story requires a large amount of suspension of disbelief, which is OK if I find the writing and plotting to be stellar. However, there was a lot of repetitiveness and extraneous details that felt like filler, plus there were a few things that took me out of the story, such as staying at a cut-rate highway motel, then mentioning the chocolate placed on her pillow (really?? Motel 6 places chocolate on pillows? 🙄). To be fair, this type of protagonist pops up a lot in mystery-thrillers, and I never really like it. So, I realize my opinion on this is fairly subjective and perhaps you won’t mind it so much. All in all, a super solid debut that answered most of the questions I had. I expected some plot holes, but those gaps were filled.Yes, I predicted the who of the whodunnit, but I couldn't get to the end fast enough to see if I was right. You can imagine how her life entirely turned upside down!! As she feels too much, her brother who is 3 years older than her chose to feel nothing, turning into a stone hearted man keeping everything to himself, doing everything to protect her sister and their mother is already a lost case, committing suicide after her husband’s verdict, living in oblivion.
Thank you so much to the publisher, Macmillan Audio, for providing me with a copy to read and review. Chloe knows that the cycle is somehow repeating itself. She doesn’t know who to trust, her father is in prison, so is it a copycat? She begins to formulate theories, but she doesn’t even trust herself. The police get tired of her hunches and theories, they need some proof. I think this is definitely worth reading, and I will definitely read a book by this author in the future.I have a hard time being super enthusiastic about it mostly because I just don’t tend to enjoy thrillers focused on depressed, anxious protagonists with substance abuse problems. It just gives the whole book a kind of a tiresome, lugubrious atmosphere, which is not my favorite. Cooper admits to all the killings, plus one more (Tara King) who was the actual first girl. It turns out their father found all the jewelry hidden under his floorboards but Cooper convinced him not to say anything. However, Chloe ended up finding it in the closet. Chloe also realizes her father must have told her mother the truth before he was arrested, and her mother kept the secret but it caused her to unravel. As for Tyler, he was just a lonely person who Cooper convinced to help in his plans.
No casting details have been released yet. It’s not clear yet whether Emma Stone will be starring in the series in addition to producing the series. I’ve been hearing a buzz about this book!!! It’s a debut novel, a psychological thriller revolving around a serial killer. It has already been “optioned for a limited series by actress Emma Stone and sold to a dozen countries around the world”. Whoa! This is so impressive, spine tingling and deliciously twisty and intelligent! Let’s make some noise and clap till our hands hurt: we have a brilliant author at smart psychological thriller town : welcome dear Stacy Willingham! Stacy Willingham tells us the story of Chloe Davis, a thirty-two-year-old psychologist in private practice in Baton Rouge. Her father was arrested for killing six young girls when she was twelve. Her father is in prison now, and the history is repeating now as many girls start disappearing just like what happened twenty years ago. Who is behind the disappearance of these girls? Are the two events interconnected? The author tries to answer these questions through this book convincingly.
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Where to even start with this book? Chloe Davis, the human equivalent of hold music, is very deeply damaged. She's the daughter of a notorious serial killer, and she's done everything she can to separate herself from that life. Those efforts include the following: not changing her name, moving an hour away from her hometown, giving an interview on how her serial killer father inspired her career, ETC. Girlfriend, have you heard of Google? Everybody knows you. Your Ken-doll fiancé - yeah, you didn't have to reveal nothing, because other people know how the internet works. There are many ways to find out whether a person is emotionally unstable. The author is sharing a few of them in this book. Daniel also admits to visiting Chloe's father Richard n prison, since there were parts of the story that didn't line up for him. In doing so, he learned that Richard wasn't the killer. Is history repeating itself? Is there a copycat killer? Or is Chloe imagining similarities that don’t exist? I was super anxious while reading this. I’ve never had so many guesses for how a book was going to end. Some of my guesses ended up being right, and that is why I’m being a bit petty with the extra .5. I personally like my mysteries to be completely unpredictable. Is that too much to ask? It probably is, but I can’t help what I want. It was still an amazing book because I kept switching my guesses. So what I’m saying is, some reveals were kinda obvious but also not really. Don’t ask me to explain. It came to a point I just kept internally screaming “I need answers, now!”
Reader, my eyes closed in pain. I'd like to call this an editorial error, but I think the main character is actually this stupid. I have a master's degree. I also have a doctorate. Which one do you think came first - the doctor designation, or the dusty, useless piece of paper my mom put in a frame? Hmm. I hardly guess the bad guy correctly. I did this time, so please let me brag. 😂 It didn't take long, I thought it was a little obvious, although, Ms. Willingham had me doubt myself because Chloe becomes unreliable so I start thinking it could be He #2, He #3, or He #4. Hell, Chloe is losing it too. Sometimes beautifully descriptive: “I remember wandering by myself through the fairgrounds, the sounds and smells of Louisiana permeating my skin . . .the scents of crawfish being prepared in every possible way; fried, boiled, bisque, boudin”. When Chloe Davis was 12-years old, her father was arrested for the kidnapping and murder of six teenage girls, based on evidence that Chloe herself had uncovered. You do everything right – you come home before dark. You avoid the ‘bad’ crowd. You get straight-As. You text your parents when you’re leaving. You want to bleach your hair, but you don’t. You never sneak out. You’re good.Stacy Willingham tells us that psychological novels are not just for entertainment but also for education. She tells us how one of the characters in this novel reads psychological novels. Then, revelation time. Chloe has solved this puzzle! The dang murderer is obviously taking these girls to Chloe's childhood home. She also apparently used to know him, because he's from her home town. EYE ROLL. She is going to drive right to the house and not tell anyone about it. She is also going to leave her phone in the car because why would you need that? (Aside: a famous serial killer's house has been sitting empty for 20 years and it's somehow completely intact, not vandalized, burned down...?) In what world? Chloe has tried to move on, with her practice, which reminds her too much of the past, and with her upcoming wedding to Daniel. Really, though, Chloe is a mess, self medicating with prescription drugs and alcohol. She rarely visits her mother, who lives in a care home after trying to commit suicide. Her older brother, Cooper, is dealing with their past in his own way, staying close to Chloe but also adding more stress to her life. For some reason, he's disliked her fiancé from the first time they met and he's always at her that Daniel isn't who she thinks he is. And now, it appears that there is a copy cat killer, going after a girl who was last seen by Chloe. I guessed a major twist early on, so I’m tooting my own horn (Btw, has anyone else considered how wrong that sounds? Or is it just me?🤷). However, there is plenty of deflection and red herrings that had me second guessing my suspicions. On top of that, there were other welcome surprises in store. Chloe Davis is a psychologist in Baton Rouge and engaged to Daniel. What haunts her in the last twenty years is her family's past. At twelve, her father was arrested for multiple missing girls in their small town of Beaux Bridge. After her father's confession, and has gone to prison, the family starts to fall apart Chole, her brother Cooper, and their mother eventually ends up in a care facility.
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