WHAT HAVE YOU DONE

Shari Lapena has done it again. Her domestic suspense is fast-paced, descriptive and incredibly thrilling. This novel is no different.  I think this one might have been her best one yet. 

A small New England town gets thrown into turmoil when a teenage girl is found naked and strangled in a field. Several narrators, including possible suspects, give hints but also throw red herrings into the mix. Readers will go back and forth trying to decide whodunnit. This is a fast-paced and thoroughly enjoyable read. It’s my favorite Shari Lapena book to date. Once I started it I wanted to finish it, but, life got in the way! The twists along the way make it a roller coaster ride. 

Diana Brewer is a beautiful, seventeen-year-old girl in her last year of high school. Smart, and caring, she is well-liked by the entire community. The unthinkable happens... one morning, a local farmer, Ressler, finds her naked body in one of his fields - being scavenged by vultures!

The Vermont town reels with shock. Who could have done this? Well, it turns out there are several suspects. Cameron, the 'jock' boyfriend was getting too clingy and controlling. The creepy guy who used to hover near Diana's checkout when she worked part-time at Home Depot. The lecherous gym teacher who liked to 'watch' young girls in the school changing room...

Just when you think you know who the mystery murderer is, there is a huge curve ball and the reader is shocked again. I could not put this down. I was unable to sleep till I knew who killed the innocent girl. This was by far my favorite mystery of the year so far!