Title: What Have You Done
Author: Matthew Farrell
Genre: Psychological Thriller/Mystery
Pages: 303 (Hardcover)
Publisher: Thomas & Mercer
Publication date: October 1st, 2018
Synopsis from What Have You Done's Goodreads page
When a mutilated body is found hanging in a seedy motel in Philadelphia, forensics specialist Liam Dwyer assumes the crime scene will be business as usual. Instead, the victim turns out to be a woman he’d had an affair with before breaking it off to save his marriage. But there’s a bigger problem: Liam has no memory of where he was or what he did on the night of the murder.
Panicked, Liam turns to his brother, Sean, a homicide detective. Sean has his back, but incriminating evidence keeps piling up. From fingerprints to DNA, everything points to Liam, who must race against time and his department to uncover the truth—even if that truth is his own guilt. Yet as he digs deeper, dark secrets come to light, and Liam begins to suspect the killer might actually be Sean…
When the smoke clears in this harrowing family drama, who will be left standing?
Synopsis from What Have You Done's Goodreads page
When a mutilated body is found hanging in a seedy motel in Philadelphia, forensics specialist Liam Dwyer assumes the crime scene will be business as usual. Instead, the victim turns out to be a woman he’d had an affair with before breaking it off to save his marriage. But there’s a bigger problem: Liam has no memory of where he was or what he did on the night of the murder.
Panicked, Liam turns to his brother, Sean, a homicide detective. Sean has his back, but incriminating evidence keeps piling up. From fingerprints to DNA, everything points to Liam, who must race against time and his department to uncover the truth—even if that truth is his own guilt. Yet as he digs deeper, dark secrets come to light, and Liam begins to suspect the killer might actually be Sean…
When the smoke clears in this harrowing family drama, who will be left standing?
THOUGHTS
Thank you so much to Thomas Allen & Son for sending me an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review!
I really enjoyed this book! Another psychological thriller (which I know I do read and review a lot of, however I absolutely love them all).
I found the beginning of this book to be a bit slow. I struggled through the first 50-75 pages, and I debated if I wanted to finish it. I got confused as to the backstory versus real time events, however I am very, very glad that I kept reading and didn't put it down, because I FLEW through the rest of it and I loved the rest of the story!
I found the overall story itself to be interesting and entertaining, which is what you hope to get out of a book. I don't read a lot of serial killer type books, however after reading this one I may just go and find more to read!
I found the plot line itself to be a little predictable at times, and I realized who the killer was quite ahead of the final end scene and the big reveal. However, I still wanted to keep reading and I did want to find out exactly why and how they did everything. I found the plot moved at a good pace past the first 50 or so pages, and it starts to really pick up near the end, which made the book much easier to read, and much more intense and enjoyable.
The characters of this book I absolutely loved. Every single one of them was wonderful in their own ways (even the evil ones!!). I adore evil characters being perfectly evil, and this was definitely one of those cases! I really enjoyed the back stories of the characters, and I really like how the events from the past of all of their lives were described and how instrumental they were in creating the actual story itself. I would actually really enjoy just a short story on the backstory of Liam and Sean from when they were younger, and just how and why what happened (no spoilers - you'll have to read the book to find out!) happened.
I really enjoyed this book! Another psychological thriller (which I know I do read and review a lot of, however I absolutely love them all).
I found the beginning of this book to be a bit slow. I struggled through the first 50-75 pages, and I debated if I wanted to finish it. I got confused as to the backstory versus real time events, however I am very, very glad that I kept reading and didn't put it down, because I FLEW through the rest of it and I loved the rest of the story!
I found the overall story itself to be interesting and entertaining, which is what you hope to get out of a book. I don't read a lot of serial killer type books, however after reading this one I may just go and find more to read!
I found the plot line itself to be a little predictable at times, and I realized who the killer was quite ahead of the final end scene and the big reveal. However, I still wanted to keep reading and I did want to find out exactly why and how they did everything. I found the plot moved at a good pace past the first 50 or so pages, and it starts to really pick up near the end, which made the book much easier to read, and much more intense and enjoyable.
The characters of this book I absolutely loved. Every single one of them was wonderful in their own ways (even the evil ones!!). I adore evil characters being perfectly evil, and this was definitely one of those cases! I really enjoyed the back stories of the characters, and I really like how the events from the past of all of their lives were described and how instrumental they were in creating the actual story itself. I would actually really enjoy just a short story on the backstory of Liam and Sean from when they were younger, and just how and why what happened (no spoilers - you'll have to read the book to find out!) happened.
Overall - ★★★☆☆.5
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