She Left: A Novel

by Stacie Grey

Overview

Twenty years ago, she survived. This time she may not be so lucky.

On the night that changed everything, Amy Brewer walked out of a house party, trudging angrily away from the friends who made her feel like she didn't belong. Within the next hour, all five of those friends would be dead.

The Memorial Day Massacre, as it came to be called, rocked their small California community and Amy—the girl who had walked away just in time—couldn't escape the media circus...or the guilt.

Twenty years later, ten people with connections to the crime have been invited to a remote cliffside house by a journalist looking to do a story on the murders. But the group quickly learns the event is not what it seems. As a storm closes in and guests begin to die, Amy realizes there is someone in the house who knows more than they admit about what happened that night long ago… and they will stop at nothing to protect their secrets.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781728292922
Publisher:	Sourcebooks
Publication date:	05/14/2024
Pages:	352
Sales rank:	66,369
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.20(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Stacie Grey is the pseudonym of cozy mystery author Daisy Bateman. She lives with her husband and dog in California.

Editorial Reviews

"Deliciously twisty—Agatha Christie would be spellbound." — M.M. Chouinard, USA Today Bestselling author of The Dancing Girls

"In this engrossing mystery, a vividly drawn cast of characters, claustrophobic setting, and propulsive pacing will keep you flipping the pages until the final twist that will leave you reeling. Grey skillfully and lovingly plays within the rules of the genre while also bringing a fresh voice and perspective to the And Then There Were None premise that will delight not just Agatha Christie fans but fans of tense, clever and goosebump-inducing stories, as well. Clear your calendar for the day, because this is a one-sitting read!" — Brianna Labuskes, best-selling author of A Familiar Sight

"Knives Out meets Lucy Foley's The Hunting Party in this tense, locked-room mystery. Be wary of invitations where everyone could be a suspect." — Georgina Cross, author of One Night, Nanny Needed, and The Stepdaughter

"Readers who were raised on a steady diet of Agatha Christie will find much to love in She Left—the intriguing cast of suspects, the red herrings scattered through the story, and the sleuth who has to put it all together to get herself to safety. Grey's story is a satisfying riff on the classic mystery story structure that will keep readers guessing until the end." — Eva Jurczyk, author of The Department of Rare Books and Special Collections

"In She Left, Stacie Grey combines a clever setup with all the excitement of a classic whodunit, complete with a compelling cast of characters (and suspects). The tension grabbed me from the first page and ratcheted up relentlessly with each scene." — Elle Grawl, author of One of Those Faces and What Still Burns

"She Left by Stacie Grey, with its sharp writing, a cunning locked-room setting, and eerie atmosphere, reads like a modern-day Agatha Christie, and has all the hallmarks of a can’t-put-it-down thriller." — Ashley Tate, author of Twenty-Seven Minutes

"Immersive and hypnotizing, She Left is the effortless summer read that will enthrall you from the first chapter. Suspense and mystery lovers will find each character to be convincingly suspicious, and the decades-past crime to be full of compelling unanswered questions. Start this in the morning because Grey's taut writing will drive you to finish this book in one sitting." — Elle Marr, Amazon Charts bestselling author of The Alone Time and The Family Bones

From the Publisher

02/01/2024

When Amy Brewer was 17, she walked away from a party at a cabin, angry with her friends. After she left the party, a bomb exploded, and the survivors of the bombing were finished off with a knife. For two decades, Amy has dealt with the fallout and unspoken accusations. She even changed her name in hopes of escaping attention; now she's FBI Special Agent Therese Brewer. She's invited to a remote cliffside lodge whose other guests are all connected, in one way or another, with the cabin murders—relatives, friends, the investigating police officer. Their host doesn't show, and when they discover their cell phones and car keys are missing, one guest confesses she invited them because she wants to find the true killer—who set off the bomb, and who went into that cabin with a knife? But then the woman is murdered, and it doesn't take long for the other guests to turn on each other as they realize they're trapped with a killer. Brewer is the protagonist, but each guest gets a chance to share their story. VERDICT Unreliable narrator Brewer bases her knowledge of the case on her memories as a teen in this novel by Grey (author of A Dismal Harvest under the name Daisy Bateman). Good for fans of Rachel Howzell Hall, Ruth Ware, and Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None.—Lesa Holstine

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