Missing White Woman, Kellye Garrett
Missing White Woman, Kellye Garrett
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Missing White Woman

Author: Kellye Garrett

Narrator: Ariel Blake

Unabridged: 12 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/30/2024


Synopsis

A "propulsive page-turner" (Alyssa Cole) and "thriller not to be missed" (Michael Connelly) from the award-winning author of Like a Sister, in which a woman thinks she’s waking up to a romantic vacation—only to find a body in her rental home and her boyfriend gone.

The truth is never skin deep.
 
It was supposed to be a romantic getaway weekend in New York City. Breanna’s new boyfriend, Ty, took care of everything—the train tickets, the dinner reservations, the rented four-story luxury rowhouse in Jersey City with a beautiful view of the Manhattan skyline. But when Bree comes downstairs their final morning, she’s shocked. There’s a stranger laying dead in the foyer, and Ty is nowhere to be found.
 
A Black woman alone in a new city, Bree is stranded and out of her depth—especially when it becomes clear the dead woman is none other than Janelle Beckett, the missing woman the entire Internet has become obsessed with. There’s only one person Bree can turn to: her ex-best friend, a lawyer with whom she shares a very complicated past. As the police and a social media mob close in, all looking for #JusticeForJanelle, Bree realizes that the only way she can help Ty—or herself—is to figure out what really happened that last night.
 
But when people only see what they want to see, can she uncover the truth hiding in plain sight?

"Fantastic. Only Garrett could craft a tale so adroitly attuned to our everyday fears." —S. A. Cosby, New York Times bestselling author of All the Sinners Bleed

“Taut, suspenseful, and packed with heart.” —Meg Gardiner, New York Times bestselling author of Heat 2

"Expertly mixes sorrow and grief, humor and identity, with the chaos of social media." —Rachel Howzell Hall, New York Times bestselling author of What Never Happened

"Bree is unforgettable . . . you are in for such a ride." —Rachel Hawkins, New York Times bestselling author of The Villa
 

About Kellye Garrett

Kellye Garrett is the author of the suspense novel Like a Sister. She also wrote the Detective by Day lightweight mysteries, which have won the Anthony, Agatha, Lefty and IPPY awards and been featured on the TODAY show as a Best Summer Read. Prior to writing novels, Kellye spent eight years working in Hollywood, including a stint writing for Cold Case. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for Sisters in Crime and is a co-founder of Crime Writers of Color. Learn more at KellyeGarrett.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Laura on May 21, 2024

This book felt all too real, I had to double check it was fiction. Imagine going away for a romantic getaway with your boo and the whole time spent he is busy working and giving you half assed attention, but you try not to let it get to you because he is a hardworking man and your just such an unders......more

Goodreads review by Linzie (suspenseisthrillingme) on June 26, 2024

It was supposed to be a romantic getaway weekend in New York City. Breanna’s new boyfriend, Ty, took care of everything—the train tickets, the dinner reservations, the rented four-story luxury rowhouse in Jersey City with a beautiful view of the Manhattan skyline. But when Bree comes downstairs thei......more

Goodreads review by Jessica on February 19, 2024

The pieces were all there but this never gelled for me. Disliked the boyfriend from the jump, which really didn't help matters. The central mystery was much less interesting than the friendship drama, but then the friendship drama gets mostly dropped near the end.......more

Goodreads review by Dennis on March 22, 2024

Kellye Garrett is an auto-read author for me through and through. I fell in love with her storytelling after her previous novel, LIKE A SISTER, was released so I knew that I needed to read MISSING WHITE WOMAN. If you aren't on the Kellye Garrett train, all aboard!! The story is centered around Breann......more

Goodreads review by JanB on June 27, 2024

This was smart, fun, and a wild ride. Breanna is supposed to be on a romantic vacation with her new boyfriend Ty in a luxurious rented house. Everything is great until she wakes one morning to find Ty gone and a dead body in the living room. In recent days, the disappearance of a young woman, Janell......more


Quotes

“Garrett is at the top of her game with this propulsive page-turner that interrogates the intersection of true crime fandom, social media sleuthing, and race in America. Sharp and incisive prose, tight plotting, unexpected twists, and a poignant exploration of friendship and family make Missing White Woman a must-read.”—Alyssa Cole, New York Times bestselling author of When No One Is Watching

"Missing White Woman is a compulsive page-turner with plenty of twists and turns you won't see coming. Kellye Garrett is a rising star, and Missing White Woman is her best one yet."—Harlan Coben, New York Times bestselling author

"Only a writer like Kellye Garrett could craft a tale so adroitly attuned to our everyday fears while also tapping the zeitgeist of infamy and identity facing all of us but especially black women in a world that so often puts them on the bottom rung of society's ladder. A fantastic thriller and amazing book!"—S.A. Cosby, New York Times bestselling author of All the Sinners Bleed, Razorblade Tears, and Blacktop Wasteland

“Kellye Garrett has done it again with Missing White Woman—she’s given us a heroine that could easily be our BFF, sister, or daughter, as well as a twisty plot and relationships that are complicated and authentic. Garrett expertly mixes sorrow and grief, humor and identity with the chaos of social media, making this suspense novel a propulsive read. Garrett remains a writer to watch.”—Rachel Howzell Hall, New York Times bestselling author of We Lie Here

“You never know what’s coming next in Missing White Woman. Kellye Garrett writes with an unstoppable momentum and cultural edge that makes this a thriller not to be missed.”—Michael Connelly, New York Times bestselling author

“With Missing White Woman, Kellye Garrett raises her already sky-high game to a new level. Taut, suspenseful, and packed with heart, devious twists, and unforgettable characters, this novel grabbed me tight and wouldn’t let go. A single-sitting read.”—Meg Gardiner, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Heat 2

Like A Sister ensured Kellye Garrett will always be on my autobuy list, and I guarantee that Missing White Woman will shoot her to the top of yours, too. Bree is an unforgettable heroine, the kind of character you're invested in from her first line, and Garrett's take on the toxic blend of social media and true crime is maybe the best and most nuanced look at this particular phenomenon I've read. You are in for such a ride!” —Rachel Hawkins, New York Times bestselling author of The Villa

Praise for Like A Sister:

“Kellye Garrett is impressive on paper and, in conversation, a force of nature… [Like a Sister is a] briskly plotted, socially astute new thriller.”—The Los Angeles Times

"A mystery that has everything I love most about the genre: an intriguing set up; an absorbing storyline that kept me guessing; a satisfying ending; and most of all, incredibly well developed characters that I kept thinking about long after I finished the book. I want everyone I know to read it so we can talk about it.’”—Jasmine Guillory, The Today Show