Thank you Atria Books, #partner, for the advanced copy of Keep This for Me in exchange for my honest review.
Publisher: Atria Books
Published: October 7, 2025
Summary:
The acclaimed author of the “chilling, mesmerizing debut” (Rachel Harrison, author of The Return ) Beneath the Stairs returns with a gripping, atmospheric suspense novel about a woman investigating a serial killer’s connection to her mother’s disappearance—for fans of I Have Some Questions for You and Notes on an Execution.
One hot August night in 1993, a young couple go to a party. When their car breaks down, they are picked up by a truck driver who attacks the man and abducts the woman. She is never seen again.
That woman was Fiona Green’s mother.
When the trucker, Eddie Ward, is caught, a mass grave of bodies is discovered in his backyard but Fiona’s mother isn’t there. Thirty years later, on his prison deathbed, Ward insists that he didn’t kill her, so Fiona finds herself back in the small town where her mother disappeared. Fighting demons of her own, she’s shocked when history repeats another woman, another roadside breakdown, and another disappearance. Only this time the primary suspect is Jason Ward, Eddie’s son. Desperate, Fiona hunts down answers, unaware that she is being drawn into a dangerous trap.
With Jennifer Fawcett’s signature “suspenseful and immersive” (Library Journal) prose, Keep This for Me is a fresh, spellbinding exploration of what we unwillingly inherit from our parents and how one random act can send ripples years into the future.
My thoughts:
When I saw what this book was being comped to, I immediately requested it…I loved both books, especially Notes on an Execution. That is one of my all-time favorite books and whenever I see a book likened to it, I know it’s for me…and this one absolutely came through in every way that satisfied me as a thriller reader and more!
There is something darkly delicious about this one…it’s not so much a story about serial killers as it is about generational trauma and how loss, grief and violence aren’t the singular events we would like them to be. There’s layers to them and they come out when we least expect them to.
This might start off slow but boy does it pick up! It’s a complex story with so many layers and one I know I will be thinking about for quite some time. A perfect book for #spookyseason, I cannot recommend this one enough!
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Hi Kristin,
Thanks so much for reading Keep This for Me, and for writing this review. I’m delighted you liked it, of course, but also very appreciative that you take the time to do this, not just for me but for all writers and readers. Thanks!!!
~ Jennifer
Author
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