I Need You to Read This: A Novel

The author of the "clever, atmospheric, and creepy" (Andrea Bartz, New York Times bestselling author) The Golden Spoon returns with a sly and addictive new mystery about an advice columnist searching for answers about her predecessor's murder.

Her most important letter might be her last...

Years ago Alex Marks escaped to New York City for a fresh start. Now, aside from trips to her regular diner for coffee, she keeps to herself, gets her perfectly normal copywriting job done, and doesn't date. Her carefully cultivated world is upended when her childhood hero, Francis Keen, is brutally murdered. Francis was the woman behind the famous advice column, Dear Constance, and her words helped Alex through some of her darkest times.

When Alex sees an advertisement searching for her replacement, she impulsively applies, never expecting to actually get the job. Against all odds, Alex is given the position and quickly proves herself skilled at solving other people's problems. But soon, she begins to receive strange, potentially threatening letters at the office. Francis's murderer was never identified, turning everyone around her into a threat. Including her boss, editor-in-chief Howard Dimitri, who has a habit of staying late at the office and drinking too much.

As Alex is drawn into the details surrounding her predecessor's murder, her own dark secrets begin to rise to the surface and Alex suddenly finds herself trapped in a dangerous and potentially deadly game of cat and mouse that takes her all the way from the power centers of Manhattan to Francis Keen's summer house, where her body was found and where the killer may just be waiting for her.

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304 pages

Average rating: 6.75

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RaissaR
Sep 12, 2024
5/10 stars
Some parts of this book pissed me off. How the heck does Alex (who isn’t really Alex) not know that Lucy wasn’t Constance’s assistant. Not only that, but how did “Alex” not know that Lucy was Brian’s sister. Lots of unbelievable story lines. And for Constance, if she’s hired to give people advice, why is she having an affair with a married man? Urgh, the whole book was frustrating lol I liked the story but hated the characters and hated how over stretched the plots were.
datewithathriller
Aug 11, 2024
9/10 stars
I really enjoyed this mystery/thriller read!!! Some of it was predictable, but there were still some twists I didn’t figure out on my own! I really loved the FMC as well!! 🙌 Highly recommend this one to mystery and thriller lovers!! 👏 Thank you to NetGalley, Atria Books, and Jessa Maxwell for the opportunity to read the eARC in exchange for my honest review!! This was my first read by this author and it definitely won’t be my last!! ❤️

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