About the Book
Six friends.
One college reunion.
One unsolved murder.
Ten years after graduation, Jessica Miller has planned her triumphant return to her southern, elite Duquette University, down to the envious whispers that are sure to follow in her wake. Everyone is going to see the girl she wants them to see—confident, beautiful, indifferent. Not the girl she was when she left campus, back when Heather Shelby’s murder fractured everything, including the tight bond linking the six friends she’d been closest to since freshman year.
But not everyone is ready to move on. Not everyone left Duquette ten years ago, and not everyone can let Heather’s murder go unsolved. Someone is determined to trap the real killer, to make the guilty pay. When the six friends are reunited, they will be forced to confront what happened that night—and the years’ worth of secrets each of them would do anything to keep hidden.
Told in racing dual timelines, with a dark campus setting and a darker look at friendship, love, obsession, and ambition, In My Dreams I Hold A Knife is an addictive, propulsive read you won’t be able to put down.
My Review
This debut novel was eerie, addictive and entertaining. With Duqeuette University as the setting, a group of college friends is drawn together for their ten-year reunion. Once called the East House Seven, the now six friends gather again and relive some of their glory days – and worst moments. Heather Shelby’s murder might have been a decade ago, but the friends have surely not moved on from her unsolved death. Each character we meet is actually a bit unlikeable, but that feature seemed to carry the novel throughout the chapters, uncovering more and more about each friend, what their lives looked like post-graduation, and if one of them could really have been responsible for killing a member of their group. I read with anxious anticipation and more than once squeezed one eye shut like I was watching the thriller play out on my TV. Full of plot twists and surprise moments, the ending had me thoroughly chilled. If you enjoy a psychological thriller, add this to your 2022 reading list.
4.5 stars
Definitely adding this one to my TBR. I’ve heard nothing but good things! Sounds similar to Shiver by Allie Reynolds which I read recently, also a debut.