Anything for a Friend
Psychological Thriller/Women’s Fiction
by Kathleen M. Willett
For two old friends with so much to hide, playing catch-up is a dangerous game in a propulsive novel of suspense by the author of Mother of All Secrets.
Writer Carrie Colts hopes a move to Montauk will be a rejuvenating change of pace for her family. The last thing she expects to see is her former college roommate on her doorstep. Newly widowed, and with a daughter of her own, Maya would love to reconnect. As a gesture to an old friend in mourning, Carrie extends an invitation to stay. Just for a few days. After all, there are reasons that Carrie and Maya are estranged.
Carrie soon regrets her impulsive offer. Someone has taken a pair of scissors to her college yearbook. Her herb garden is destroyed. She’s starting to receive sinister texts. And Maya is making herself a little too much at home. What does Maya really want? What is she hiding? Carrie’s afraid to ask. Because Maya knows all her secrets, and exposing them comes with a price Carrie can’t afford to pay.
REVIEW
4 out of 5
This was an eerie book, full of secrets, flashes of memories, and a lot of tension. Although the characters have a lot of depth, and Willett does a great job building tension, there’s just something…off for me. I don’t get quite as immersed in the story as I’d like, and although I’m curious, I don’t feel that level of urgency that makes this impossible to put down. I think that might be because within the first few chapters we’re just given the same teases over again instead of new ones. That said, this was a fun read, and I was very curious about what was in their pasts, both distant and recent, that had everyone so on edge, and warranted the wave of disruption and destruction. The curiosity is what really pulls you through cover to cover, and once things ramp up, it’s easier to lose yourself in the story. Definitely recommend if you like thrillers with dark secrets between old friends.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Kathleen M. Willett is an English teacher who grew up in New Jersey and London. She lives in Manhattan with her husband, two daughters, and a cat named Mr. Sparkles.