This review was commissioned by Harper Collins.

The premise of this book, teenage siblings who do a podcast with their grandmother, Maggie, didn’t seem like the kind of book that would take me on a twisty ride with lots of questions, a healthy dose of suspense, and a few surprising reveals but damned if that isn’t exactly what it did.

Because Savannah and Thomas are written in a way that makes you remember, painfully, what it was like to be almost grown but still so young and these two are doing it under public scrutiny, without the anchor of their mother who is long gone, while trying to find the father they have never known and never got around to asking their mother about when she had the power to give them an answer.

Maggie is the kind of grandmother who has her grandkids call her by her first name and is tough, and honest, and so deeply loving that she helps us all remember the beauty there is in being real and vulnerable and how deeply trust is anchored in allowing the people we love to see us as our truest selves.

This book is a perfect summer read for anybody looking for a mystery minus the blood and guts.

5 stars.