Every Last Fear

"High-energy . . . Finlay expands the puzzle and ratchets up the action." --New York Times

This debut is gripping from the first bone-chilling line until the final page. --Newsweek

One of the Most Anticipated Books of 2021: - Newsweek - CNN - E Online - Goodreads - BuzzFeed - PopSugar - BookBub - Bibliofile - Mystery and Suspense

A LibraryReads Selection -- A Top Book Voted by Librarians for March 2021
An Indie Next Pick -- A Top Book Voted by Independent Bookstores for March 2021

In one of the year's most anticipated debut psychological thrillers, a family made infamous by a true crime documentary is found dead, leaving their surviving son to uncover the truth about their final days.

"They found the bodies on a Tuesday." So begins this twisty and breathtaking novel that traces the fate of the Pine family, a thriller that will both leave you on the edge of your seat and move you to tears.

After a late night of partying, NYU student Matt Pine returns to his dorm room to devastating news: nearly his entire family--his mom, his dad, his little brother and sister--have been found dead from an apparent gas leak while vacationing in Mexico. The local police claim it was an accident, but the FBI and State Department seem far less certain--and they won't tell Matt why.

The tragedy makes headlines everywhere because this isn't the first time the Pine family has been thrust into the media spotlight. Matt's older brother, Danny--currently serving a life sentence for the murder of his teenage girlfriend Charlotte--was the subject of a viral true crime documentary suggesting that Danny was wrongfully convicted. Though the country has rallied behind Danny, Matt holds a secret about his brother that he's never told anyone: the night Charlotte was killed Matt saw something that makes him believe his brother is guilty of the crime.

When Matt returns to his small hometown to bury his parents and siblings, he's faced with a hostile community that was villainized by the documentary, a frenzied media, and memories he'd hoped to leave behind forever. Now, as the deaths in Mexico appear increasingly suspicious and connected to Danny's case, Matt must unearth the truth behind the crime that sent his brother to prison--putting his own life in peril--and forcing him to confront his every last fear.

Told through multiple points-of-view and alternating between past and present, Alex Finlay's Every Last Fear is not only a page-turning thriller, it's also a poignant story about a family managing heartbreak and tragedy, and living through a fame they never wanted.

Author: Alex Finlay
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Published: 03/02/2021
Pages: 368
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.90h x 6.40w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9781250268822


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 10/01/2020 pg. 28
Library Journal Prepub Alert 10/01/2020 pg. 51
Kirkus Reviews 12/15/2020
Publishers Weekly 01/25/2021
Shelf Awareness 03/12/2021

About the Author
Alex Finlay is the pseudonym of an author who lives in Washington, D.C. Born in the American South, Alex spent years traversing the globe, and it was on a trip to beautiful Tulum, Mexico where he was inspired to write Every Last Fear. The novel is an Indie Next pick, a LibraryReads selection, and an Amazon Editors' Pick, as well as a Newsweek, Goodreads, BuzzFeed, BookBub, and PopSugar, most anticipated book of the year.