Book Review | Right Behind You by Lisa Gardner - An Interesting Crime Thriller

Right Behind You was one of my many charity shop buys, as you may be able to tell by now I love buying books from charity shops. I was instantly drawn in by the blurb but I had no idea what to expect from the book itself, and I was very pleasantly surprised. 

Sharlah and Telly had a traumatic childhood, growing up with abusive and alcoholic parents, and after one fatal and confusing night both their parents end up dead and the siblings get separated into the childcare system. Eight years later, Sharlah is settled with her FBI profiler foster parents when suddenly two people are murdered and Telly is identified as the killer. Is Telly after Sharlah? Is this revenge for what happened eight years ago? Can they track him down and stop him before more people get hurt? The hunt is on!

I read Right Behind You slowly over the Christmas period. I was super busy with family and socialising so struggled to get any reading in but this was the perfect book for that. At the end of each chapter I was always left curious but there was no burning urge to not put the book down. Therefore it ended up being the perfect slow read, I was able to pick it up whenever I had the time and fully remembered everything that was happening but was also able to put the book down when needed and leave it for days.

This is one of the few crime / murder books I have read that focuses heavily on the profiler side of things and I loved this. I have always been interested in profiling and getting into the mind of criminals, I think I have maybe watched every tv show that does it, and if I had a list of the top three jobs I would love to do a profiler would certainly be included. 

The overall story plays out really well. There are twists and shock reveals but they aren’t unrealistic or really in your face which I feel other books sometimes are guilty of. I felt like I was excited to find out how it would all play out and thats always what I want from a book, I want to feel a sense of excitement and wonder. By the end, all my questions were answered and nothing was left unresolved or forgotten about which makes my brain very happy. And most importantly, I liked how the book ended and how everyones stories played out. 

Right Behind You was a book I had never heard of before I picked it up in the charity shop but it is certainly going to be a book I tell everyone about!