The Survivors

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Average rating: 6.93

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Khris Sellin
Jul 05, 2024
6/10 stars
A quick, easy read. A thriller without a thrill though, and a somewhat implausible ending.

Kieran Elliott and his girlfriend Mia return with their baby daughter Audrey to the seaside town where they grew up. It's been years since they've been back, and for Kieran it stirs up old memories of a tragic day 12 years earlier, when a huge storm took the life of his brother and his friend. A teenage girl (Mia's best friend at the time), Gabby Birch, also went missing during the storm and was never seen again. Now a new tragedy strikes, and it raises even more questions about the past and what really happened.
Karen
May 25, 2024
6/10 stars
This book will keep you guessing until the very end. Honestly, I did not see the ending coming.
TheCleverReader
Feb 03, 2023
8/10 stars
*Thank you to Netgalley for approving me for the audio of The Survivors in exchange for an honest review*

Kieran decides to visit the small town he grew up in and is quickly reminded of the tragedy that took place just over a decade before when a body is discovered along the beach. Kieran still carries the guilt of what happened to his brother and his friends and it doesn't help that the body they've found on the beach is reminiscent of the young girl who went missing on the same day as their deaths.

As the investigation unravels Kieran realizes there is more to what happened that day than he remembers and that the person responsible for the deaths of both girls may be closer than he ever imagined.

I really enjoyed this adult mystery. I honestly did not see the ending coming and the person responsible was a surprise to me. There were twists and turns and I often found myself flipping between suspects. I liked that all three cases were woven together through flashbacks of what happened in the past and what was happening in the present. I would recommend this to anyone looking for their next mystery read.

I really enjoyed the audio as well. I thought the narrator did a great job!

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