This book is best gone into knowing almost nothing about the plot, in my opinion. All you need to know is that it’s about a woman who takes on the job as an advice columnist after the predecessor has been murdered, and winds up desperately trying to solve it before she winds up with the same fate. Everything else? Unnecessary, you’ll find out as you read. 

I found this book to be fairly fast-paced, and once I began reading it I couldn’t put it down until everything was solved. I really liked how many red herrings were present during the events in this novel, as we (the reader) are running as blind as Alex is while she tries to stay alive, keep her job, AND solve the murder. This book has a lot of moving parts, some more related than others, but in the end everything comes together in a coherent manner and we end the book with absolutely no loose ends that still need to be tied up. 

One thing I really liked was that, as the main events of the story are taking place, we get bits and pieces of some mysterious person writing into the “Dear Constance” advice column to try to work through her own problems. Not to spoil anything, but I found this to be a clever way to kind of give us a “flashback” scenario to before the events of the novel, without actually just giving us flashbacks. Instead, we follow this mysterious writer as the events within their life unfold and we can slowly connect the dots into how it will eventually end - and how this will affect what is currently happening. There were also quite a bit of hints thrown into the novel to give us an idea into what will unfold, but not so obvious that you could clearly see the ending coming. In fact, there was one such thing that I only realized literally a few pages before the actual reveal happened - but in hindsight, it made so much sense. 

All in all I suggest this book if you like a combination of mystery and thriller, and are looking for a quick and twisty read that will absolutely take you on an adventure. I really enjoyed this book, and found it to be a fairly quick read that provided just the level of stakes and twists and turns I was looking for when I opened it. 

I would caution a trigger warning for abuse from a romantic partner, as that is a big plot point within this book and it goes into fairly explicit detail during the events of the novel.