You Are Not Alone by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen

You Are Not Alone by Greer Hendricks

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

March 3, 2020

St Martin’s Press

352 pages

Edelweiss +

Fiction, ARC, thriller, digital, suspense

                            2/6/20-2/20/20

I received a complimentary digital copy of this book from Edelweiss and the publisher in exchange for an unbiased review.

Shay Miller wants what most people want, a fulfilling job, a meaningful relationship and close friends. Instead, she lives in New York with her friend Sean after she loses her job. She’s been living there for 18 months after breaking up with her boyfriend and enjoys the companionship until his girlfriend Jodi moves in.

Soon, Shay finds herself looking for an apartment as well as a new job. She has a statistical mind and hopes to impress on her interview with Global Metrics. Unfortunately, as she misses her train and awaits the next one she observes another person on the platform. Distracted by a shining object, Shay bends over to pick it up and as she looks up she sees a woman in a polka dress throw herself in front of the oncoming train.

The witnesses trauma immobilizes her and greatly affects her life. Severe panic attacks prevent her from even going into the train station let alone ride it again. Shay becomes obsessed with the mystery girl who committed suicide before her own eyes. Questions keep her awake at night and finding ways to get around New York with using the train system proves expensive and time consuming.

Shay looks for closure by finding out more about the woman and visits her apartment where a small gathering of flowers are present at the door. She leaves a bouquet of yellow zinnias and notices an invitation posted to Amanda Evinger’s memorial service. Although she was advised by Detective Williams to move on and not get involved, Shay decides it might help if she stopped by the memorial service.

From the moment Shay enters the memorial service her life begins to become more complicated than she is aware possible. She goes from being a lonely unemployed woman to a person with hope and support regarding her future. She finds it unbelievable that she would be welcomed by the intimate gathering for Amanda. Suddenly, she feels the warmth of friendship for which she always yearned.

Cassandra and Jane Moore are sisters who enjoy a comfortable life running Moore Public Relations. They take Shay under their wing when they see how distraught she appeared at their friend’s memorial service. It isn’t long before Shay begins to trust and rely on the friends for advice and help.

How well do we ever really know someone? Is a person more trustworthy if they appear affluent and polished? Do people’s physical appearance reveal their personality or values. What are people truly capable of doing if desperate?

These are questions that swirl around all the characters in this book. I highly recommend this book for those who enjoy psychological crime stories with diabolical characters and unbelievable stories.



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