What Never Happened by Rachel Howzell Hall

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This was an audiobook exclusive. Let's get into it!

SYNOPSIS

Colette “Coco” Weber has relocated to her Catalina Island home, where, twenty years before, she was the sole survivor of a deadly home invasion. All Coco wants is to see her aunt Gwen, get as far away from her ex as possible, and get back to her craft—writing obituaries. Thankfully, her college best friend, Maddy, owns the local paper and has a job sure to keep Coco busy, considering the number of elderly folks who are dying on the island.

But as Coco learns more about these deaths, she quickly realizes that the circumstances surrounding them are remarkably similar…and not natural. Then Coco receives a sinister threat in the mail: her own obituary.

As Coco begins to draw connections between a serial killer’s crimes and her own family tragedy, she fears that the secrets on Catalina Island might be too deep to survive. Because whoever is watching her is hell-bent on finally putting her past to rest.

MY THOUGHTS

Meh. That's the only way to describe this book. Pretty middle of the road...it wasn't bad nor was it good. 

I was hoping the author would delve more into the aftermath of Coco being the only person to survive a deadly home invasion, but alas I didn't get it.

I'm really looking for Black thrillers that don't always have the main character have a white partner, because it seems that's always the case (The Other Black Girl, When No One Was Watching etc). I want a Blackity-black thriller that doesn't have ties to racial injustice or slavery or police brutality or a family member that's caught up in the criminal justice system. My favorite author, Dorothy Koomson satisfied that need for a while, but lately the plots of her books haven't interested me. The hunt continues.