Review: The Stone Secret - Amanda McKinney

Review: The Stone Secret - Amanda Tisevich - 2023

I picked up The Stone Secret from my ever-growing TBR pile, only to discover today that it's been reprinted under a new title, When I Disappear. Same gripping story, different cover - just a heads up if you go hunting for it!

This one pulled me in from the start. We meet Sylvia, whose world shattered twenty years ago when her mother was murdered. The man convicted, Rhett Cohen, was a construction worker on her mother's house renovation, and it was young Sylvia's testimony that helped put him behind bars. Now, after two decades, he's being released on a technicality and he's never stopped claiming he's innocent.

Just as Rhett walks free, Sylvia receives four chilling letters. Each one more menacing than the last, warning her that she's next. The final letter? It contains her mother's bloody necklace, the very one she wore the day she died. Talk about a cold shiver down your spine while you're curled up on the sofa!

When Rhett shows up at Sylvia's door, these two unlikely allies join forces to uncover who's really behind the threatening notes and who actually killed Sylvia's mother all those years ago. The story weaves between past and present timelines, slowly unraveling secrets that have been buried for far too long.

I'll be honest when the killer was finally revealed, my jaw dropped. I pride myself on spotting twists, but Amanda McKinney got me good with this one. I absolutely didn't see it playing out the way it did, and I love when an author can surprise me like that.

If you're anything like me and enjoy settling in with a thriller that keeps you guessing, especially one with those satisfying past-and-present timelines that eventually click together like puzzle pieces, then The Stone Secret (or When I Disappear) is definitely worth adding to your reading list.

Amazon: https://amzn.to/4bb153r