The Stranger Inside by Lisa Unger

When Rain Winter was 12, she and her friends experienced something horrific: she was nearly abducted by a deranged man, and when he couldn’t get her, he took her friends. Then, after the abductor is released from prison, someone murders him.

Many years later, Rain is living a nice suburban life with her husband and daughter, when another man is murdered—a man who may or may not have “deserved” his ending. Rain, who is now a journalist, is drawn to the story for some unexplainable reason. But why can’t she let it all go? Why?

My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

My thoughts

I thought The Stranger Inside was great, and it may actually be my favourite of Lisa’s books. And it’s funny because it’s one of her earlier books, and I’ve read a bunch of her more recent ones in the last couple of years.

The beginning of this book is so attention-grabbing that I was hooked from the jump, but then it all slowed down when the narrative POV changed to a different character. So that was a bit sad for me while reading. I feel like the flow was killed and it was hard to bring it back up.

There are some great twists in this book, and though time jumps around without warning from the present to the very long ago past, I still enjoyed the book quite a bit. If you haven’t read this one yet, I’d recommend it!

Question of the day

What grabs your attention right at the beginning of a novel? What are you hoping to read that will propel you forward?