But through self-discipline, mental toughness, and hard work, Goggins transformed himself from a depressed, overweight young man with no future into a US Armed Forces icon and one of the world's top endurance athletes. Tension builds and relationships threaten to fall apart as Karen and Tom try to piece together what happened that night and what it means for their future, if they even have one. I had already guessed the ending at the halfway point so the twists didn’t deliver the tension or excitement I would expect from a psychological thriller.

But, at the end of the day, if I don’t give a shit about the characters, I won’t give a shit about what happens to them. Tom leads him into the living room and collapses onto the large white sofa as if his legs have given out, not looking at the officer's face. A volcanic eruption is quite another, for, as the journalist who does a framing voice-over narration for Brooks’ latest puts it, when Mount Rainier popped its cork, “it was the psychological aspect, the hyperbole-fueled hysteria that had ended up killing the most people.

Brigid had wanted to talk to Tom about a strange man who had been snooping around their house the morning of the accident. The last sentence was, no doubt, intended to leave the reader feeling a slight shiver down the spine, but honestly, I thought it was wickedly funny.

Such out of character behaviour for his respectable wife of nearly two-years confounds Tom, however a prologue has already shown Karen fleeing an abandoned restaurant in a panicked and confused state, so clearly Tom might not know his wife quite as well as he thinks. But for all its faults the novel is an undemanding read, Lapena’s prose is engaging and the action brisk as she poses the now all too familiar question of whether we can really know or trust those people we choose to let into our lives. Sir Michael Caine knows a thing or two about gangs: whether that’s joining one as a kid, or playing them in movies for over 50 years. Thrillers on IMDb tend to be evaluated by standards appropriate either for Orson Welles or Hitchcock, or for contemporary high-budget endeavors.This life-changing Audible Original features a powerful mix of one-on-one life-coaching sessions and a personal narrative with vital take-aways that you can start using immediately. A bitter and greedy retired businessman is killed in a mysterious fall, and his adult daughter blames his manipulative and creepy but seductive new wife, Samantha. The house, complete with a two-car garage, is set behind a generous lawn and framed with beautiful old trees. But we accept these tidy endings because we want the best for our characters – except for these characters because, as previously established, I give zero fucks about pretty much all of them.

It tells the story of Karen Krupp, who got into a car accident after, as witnesses have claimed, she fled from home unexpectedly.From 1945, more than four million British servicemen were demobbed and sent home after the most destructive war in history. The author skillfully employs red herrings and revelations that had me reevaluating my theories with every new chapter.