Bonfire by Krysten Ritter Book Review

I love tv crime dramas — following the clues, putting the pieces together, and catching the bad guys — even if it is all so predictable, I wouldn’t trade it for anything. But mystery books? Mystery books aren’t what I typically gravitates towards. Bonfire by Krysten Ritter is the official exception now (and may just be the book that gets me into a whole new genre).

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Overview

• Average Rating: 3.44 stars on The StoryGraph
• My Rating: 5 stars
• Genres: Fiction, mystery, thriller
• Descriptors: Dark, mysterious, tense
• Pace: Fast-paced
• CW/TW: Animal death, toxic friendship, adult/minor relationship, cancer, addiction, child abuse, alcoholism, animal cruelty, bullying (click here for the full list).

Summary

Should you ever go back? It has been ten years since Abby Williams left home and scrubbed away all visible evidence of her small town roots. Now working as an environmental lawyer in Chicago, she has a thriving career, a modern apartment, and her pick of meaningless one-night stands.

But when a new case takes her back home to Barrens, Indiana, the life Abby painstakingly created begins…