Synopsis

Recently ghosted and sick of watching her friends fade into the suburbs, thirty-something Hannah finds community in a true-crime forum that’s on a mission to solve the murders of four women in Atlanta. After William, a handsome lawyer, is arrested for the killings, Hannah begins writing him letters. It’s the perfect outlet for her pent-up frustration and rage. The exercise empowers her, and even feels healthy at first.

Until William writes back.

Hannah’s interest in the case goes from curiosity to obsession, leaving space for nothing else as her life implodes around her. After she loses her job, she heads to Georgia to attend the trial and befriends other true-crime junkies like herself. When a fifth woman is discovered murdered, the jury has no choice but to find William not guilty, and Hannah is the first person he calls upon his release. The two of them quickly fall into a routine of domestic bliss.

Well, as blissful as one can feel while secretly investigating their partner for serial murder…

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Review

Hannah and this book are one hot mess!

I wasn’t sure what to expect when I started this book, but I discovered a character who becomes obsessed with some murders and then the man who was arrested as the serial killer. Now, she doesn’t live anywhere close to where all of the murders took place, but she dives in to try and help solve the murders remotely. Once the killer is caught, she starts writing letters to him. They start out innocuous enough, but at some point, they become love letters.

There are three sections, and at the beginning of each section, there is a chapter that has Hannah in a precarious situation. How did she get there? Who is holding her hostage? You’ll have to read the book to find out.

There is a lot to love and hate about the characters in this book, but you will have to form your own opinions about them. And the whole premise of the book? It is like a train wreck you can’t stop looking at. It boggles the mind!

This book was a surprisingly good read, and we give it 4 paws up.

About the Author

Tasha Coryell’s debut novel, Love Letters to a Serial Killer, is forthcoming from Berkley (US) and Orion (UK) in 2024.

Her book of short stories, Hungry People, was published by Split Lip Press in 2018. Purchase Hungry People here.

Tasha holds an MFA in creative writing and a PhD in composition and rhetoric from the University of Alabama. She currently lives in St. Paul, Minnesota, with her husband, son, and greyhound.

In her spare time, Tasha likes to run, cross stitch, and watch copious amounts of television.

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