Not So Perfect Strangers: A Thriller

One fateful encounter upends the lives of two women in this tense domestic thriller, a modern spin on Alfred Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train that flips the script on race and gender politics.

"I'm a big believer that women should help each other, Tasha," she says. "Don't you think?"

Tasha Jenkins has finally found the courage to leave her abusive husband. Taking her teenage son with her, Tasha checks into a hotel the night before their flight out of D.C. and out of Kordell Jenkins's life forever. But escaping isn't so easy, and Tasha soon finds herself driving back to her own personal hell. As she is leaving, a white woman pounds on her car window, begging to be let in. Behind the woman, an angry man is in pursuit. Tasha makes a split-second decision that will alter the course of her life: she lets her in and takes off.

Tasha and Madison Gingell may have very different everyday realities, but what they have in common is marriages they need out of. The two women want to help each other, but they have very different ideas of what that means . . .

They are on a collision course that will end in the case files of the D.C. MPD homicide unit. Unraveling the truth of what really happened may be impossible--and futile. Because what has the truth ever done for women like Tasha and Madison?

Master of psychological suspense L. S. Stratton has written a gripping murder mystery about two perfect strangers whose lives become dangerously entangled, a must-read for fans of crime thriller books.

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320 pages

Average rating: 6.87

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Ginger Snap
Jan 26, 2025
7/10 stars
The character development and the narrative are commended with a score of 6.5, but the plot twist warrants a recommendation and a total score of 8. There was a hint about Tasha's 17-year-old son becoming physically abusive. So I was not at all surprised to learn he assaulted his high school girlfriend. My initial prediction was that Tasha confessed to Arson only to protect her son, who was the real culprit. I was somewhat off track, but not too far from the truth as he was on his way to harm or possibly kill Madison, but unfortunately, he didn't quite reach his goal. I wish Madison was arrested for the murders she committed, but sadly, she escaped true justice when she was killed by her own brother or should I say her husband. I'd recommend this book because it was well written. The torment of domestic violence within a marriage, trauma bonds, and the self sacrificial love that only exists in motherhood were portrayed well. I would read parts of this book again, but not in its entirety, if that makes sense.
Leanna.romeo
Nov 18, 2024
8/10 stars
Great twist at the end
3_Stackzz
Oct 16, 2024
6/10 stars
Everyone is crazy if you ask me. Overall, I enjoyed this book.
Ms.KeriBaby
Aug 13, 2024
10/10 stars
Without reading what this book would be about, I took a chance, it being a thriller & I’m glad that I did! This was a page turner. Unpredictable & Immersive.
Kait_Jackso
Apr 01, 2023
4/10 stars
It was a good book, but i believe mistakingly classified as a thriller. The thrill aspect didn’t come until the last 70 pages or so. Still a good story though

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