Strangers We Know by Elle Marr

Item: Strangers We Know
Rating: 5
Author: BaronessMom

Posted May 1, 2022 by BaronessMom in Mystery, Review / 0 Comments

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Strangers We Know

by Elle Marr

Published by Thomas & Mercer on May 1, 2022
Genres: Serial Killer Thriller
Pages: 283
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The search for a serial killer leads a woman into the twisted tangle of her own family tree in a chilling novel by the #1 Amazon Charts bestselling author of The Missing Sister and Lies We Bury.
Adopted when she was only days old, Ivy Hon knows little about her lineage. But when she’s stricken with a mystery illness, the results of a genetic test to identify the cause attract the FBI. According to Ivy’s DNA, she’s related to the Full Moon Killer, who has terrorized the Pacific Northwest for decades. Ivy is the FBI’s hope to stop the enigmatic predator from killing again.
When an online search connects Ivy with her younger cousin, she heads to rural Rock Island, Washington, to meet the woman. Motivated by a secret desire to unmask a murderous relative, Ivy reaches out to what’s left of a family of strangers.
Discovering her mother’s tragic fate and her father’s disappearance is just the beginning. As Ivy ventures into a serial killer’s home territory, she realizes that she may be the next victim of poisonous blood ties.

Strangers We Know by Elle Marr is a mystery for the best of us. I was on the seat of my chair for the whole story.

Will Ivy find out her family’s medical history? Will she find that the Full Moon Killer is also part of her family?

Ivy Hon

Ivy was adopted when she was just two days old. Now, both of her adoptive parents are gone and all she has is questions and a brother that she is estranged from. I was rooting for Ivy from the beginning. However, all she could see were her weaknesses and none of her strengths. She isolates herself because she feels unworthy of love. Then she gets the results from her DNA search and she finds a cousin in Washington and Ivy begins to change. She has quite a bit of growth in the couple of weeks that she is in the Pacific Northwest.

However, there is still the fact that the FBI thinks that one of her birth family members is the Full Moon Killer that has been plaguing the area for over thirty years. Who could it be and who could kill her mom as she is believed to be murdered by the Full Moon Killer too? Ivy asks her newly found family some really hard questions and she loses her welcome status. Now she is in the sights of the Full Moon Killer and she has nowhere to run.

The Mystery

We have multiple points of view. Some of them in the past, some in the present. From each point of view, we learn more about the Full Moon Killer’s victims. Or do we, they share what is happening to them in those moments but do they know who the Full Moon Killer is? Oh, and the victims are numerous. There are lots of suspects too, but the actual Full Moon Killer caught me completely off guard. I clearly wasn’t suspecting it.

Five Stars

My rating for Strangers We Know by Elle Marr is five stars. I was so engrossed in the characters, the plot, and the settings that I couldn’t put the book down, and when I did it was in my thoughts constantly. I had to know what happened to Ivy’s birth mom Tatum. If you love a good thriller this is one for you. I highly recommend Strangers We Know by Elle Marr.

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Until the next time,

About Elle Marr

Elle Marr strives to tell powerful and compelling stories of women who demonstrate resilience in the face of great obstacles. She is the author of two thrillers, THE MISSING SISTER (2020) and LIES WE BURY (April 2021).

THE MISSING SISTER was a #1 Amazon bestseller, #1 in the Kindle Store, an Amazon Charts bestseller, featured in Woman’s World, and named one of PopSugar’s “31 Thrillers of 2020.” Marr’s essays have been published in CrimeReads and Criminal Element.

Originally from Sacramento, Elle Marr graduated from UC San Diego before moving to France, where she earned a master’s degree from the Sorbonne University in Paris. When not working on her next book, she enjoys watching French Netflix shows with the subtitles off, in Oregon, where she lives with her husband, son, and one very demanding feline.

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