With the weather the way it is, if it weren’t for the colder temperatures, it could very well be an April showers day. So the timing is perfect!
Thank you to Harper Collins for the gifted copy in exchange for my honest review
APRIL STORM – Leila Meacham (Released November 12th, 2024)
This is a posthumous release from Leila Meacham.
Book Description:
A seemingly perfect suburban housewife is being pursued by a private detective . . . and hunted by a murderer in this riveting, much-anticipated posthumous novel from the beloved author of Roses and Dragonfly.
Katherine Walker enjoys an enviable life. Her husband is an accomplished doctor, her children are bright and successful, and she devotes herself to charity work that uplifts her Suburban Colorado community. Settling into a new year, her life couldn’t be better. . .
Until April.
For Katherine, April has always rained trouble—but this time may be even stormier than the fraught past she’s trying to overcome. Already distraught over the child she miscarried in this same cursed month many years ago, the emotionally fragile woman isn’t ready to consider the overwhelming evidence that someone may be trying to take her husband—and her life.
My Thoughts: 3.5/5 stars
Having one stalker is enough to turn your world into chaos, but a private detective AND possibly a murderer? Well, that’s just bad luck, and this is now Katherine’s reality.
Katherine has the life that everyone envies – doctor husband, smart and successful kids, and she’s active with charities and her little suburban community. We all know that things are never as they seem in the domestic suspense genre.
April is a hard month for Katherine, and you learn why as the book continues, but this year seems to be no different. It’s clear someone is following her. The paranoia consumes her. Is someone trying to take her husband? Is someone trying to ruin her life? How far will they go?
The pace was perfection. It pulled me through the entire book without a lull or disruption. I applaud that. And even if some pieces felt too coincidental and fit together a little too well, I really did enjoy this posthumous novel!
Jessicamap Reviews 