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GROUP BUDDY READ > Every Last Fear by Alex Finlay - GBR - Starting November 1st 2022

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Sarah Elizabeth (bookworm_sarah) | 90920 comments Mod


In one of the year’s most anticipated debut psychological thrillers, a family made infamous by a true crime documentary is found dead, leaving their surviving son to uncover the truth about their final days.

“They found the bodies on a Tuesday.” So begins this twisty and breathtaking novel that traces the fate of the Pine family, a thriller that will both leave you on the edge of your seat and move you to tears.

After a late night of partying, NYU student Matt Pine returns to his dorm room to devastating news: nearly his entire family—his mom, his dad, his little brother and sister—have been found dead from an apparent gas leak while vacationing in Mexico. The local police claim it was an accident, but the FBI and State Department seem far less certain—and they won’t tell Matt why.

The tragedy makes headlines everywhere because this isn’t the first time the Pine family has been thrust into the media spotlight. Matt’s older brother, Danny—currently serving a life sentence for the murder of his teenage girlfriend Charlotte—was the subject of a viral true crime documentary suggesting that Danny was wrongfully convicted. Though the country has rallied behind Danny, Matt holds a secret about his brother that he’s never told anyone: the night Charlotte was killed Matt saw something that makes him believe his brother is guilty of the crime.

When Matt returns to his small hometown to bury his parents and siblings, he’s faced with a hostile community that was villainized by the documentary, a frenzied media, and memories he’d hoped to leave behind forever. Now, as the deaths in Mexico appear increasingly suspicious and connected to Danny’s case, Matt must unearth the truth behind the crime that sent his brother to prison—putting his own life in peril—and forcing him to confront his every last fear.

Told through multiple points-of-view and alternating between past and present, Every Last Fear is not only a page-turning thriller, it’s also a poignant story about a family managing heartbreak and tragedy, and living through a fame they never wanted.



Sarah Elizabeth (bookworm_sarah) | 90920 comments Mod
Every Last Fear by Alex Finlaywill be one of our GBRs for November 2022.

Please read at your own pace, and hide any spoilers ☺ You are welcome to join at any time during the month ☺

Happy Reading Everybody!


Sarah Elizabeth (bookworm_sarah) | 90920 comments Mod
Pre-Reading Questions -

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Karen Barber | 13279 comments I’ve been meaning to read this for ages. Sounds intriguing, and I’m hoping it’s executed as cleverly as it sounds it will be.


Karen Barber | 13279 comments First quarter (view spoiler)


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Karen Barber | 13279 comments Finished. Review on home page. Entertaining thriller. I was not wholly unsurprised by the revelation, but it was certainly not expected.


❀ Crystal ✿ -  PEACE ☮ LOVE ♥ BOOKS  (crystaldc18) | 10122 comments 25% (view spoiler)


❀ Crystal ✿ -  PEACE ☮ LOVE ♥ BOOKS  (crystaldc18) | 10122 comments Karen wrote: "First quarter [spoilers removed]"

I'm not usually one to enjoy flashbacks and whatnot but for this story it works.


❀ Crystal ✿ -  PEACE ☮ LOVE ♥ BOOKS  (crystaldc18) | 10122 comments 55% (view spoiler)


❀ Crystal ✿ -  PEACE ☮ LOVE ♥ BOOKS  (crystaldc18) | 10122 comments 78%(view spoiler)


❀ Crystal ✿ -  PEACE ☮ LOVE ♥ BOOKS  (crystaldc18) | 10122 comments Finished (view spoiler)


❀ Crystal ✿ -  PEACE ☮ LOVE ♥ BOOKS  (crystaldc18) | 10122 comments Karen wrote: "Finished. Review on home page. Entertaining thriller. I was not wholly unsurprised by the revelation, but it was certainly not expected."

I was a little surprised by the guilty party but I agree this was a really entertaining read.


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