Every Last Fear: A Novel

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Explosive! A knife-edged thriller that explores the true meaning of family, including love, loyalty, and lies. --Lisa Gardner, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author

"They found the bodies on a Tuesday." So begins Every Last Fear, a twisty and breathtaking novel from Alex Finlay 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, Alex Finlay's 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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368 pages

Average rating: 6.76

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JHSiess
Feb 03, 2024
8/10 stars
Alex Finlay is the pseudonym adopted by a lawyer who has penned law-related books. His first novel published under that name, Every Last Fear is an absorbing, heartbreaking thriller, at the center of which is a young film student who has to come to terms with the death of his parents and two siblings. Finlay describes it as a tale that is, at its heart, a story about a family torn apart and brought back together by tragedy.

On a chilly April morni...read more
Anonymous
Apr 26, 2023
6/10 stars
This was pretty middle of the road for me. I didn't hate it. I didn't love it. It took me over three weeks to read, which should not happen with a thriller.

I liked the multiple POVs. Call me a weirdo, but I almost always love multiple POVs in a book.

(WEIRDO)

The pace was good. There were twists and turns. The writing was fine. I felt several pangs of sadness, which either means I'm too emotional or that the author managed to manipulate my emotion...read more

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