She wrote the book on escaping a predator… Now one is coming for her.Faith Finley has it all: she’s a talented psychologist with a flourishing career, a bestselling author and the host of a popular local radio program, Someone’s Listening, with Dr. Faith Finley. She’s married to the perfect man, Liam Finley, a respected food critic.Until the night everything goes horribly wrong, and Faith’s life … goes horribly wrong, and Faith’s life is shattered forever.
Liam is missing—gone without a trace—and the police are suspicious of everything Faith says. They either think she has something to hide, or that she’s lost her mind.
And then the notes begin to arrive. Notes that are ripped from Faith’s own book, the one that helps victims leave their abusers. Notes like “Lock your windows. Consider investing in a steel door.”
As the threats escalate, the mystery behind Liam’s disappearance intensifies. And Faith’s very life will depend on finding answers
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A taut and intriguing suspense that held my attention from the very first page. I thought I had it figured out, but I had no idea what was in store. A stunning and impressive debut.
Glass weaves a taut web of suspicion, murder and revenge in this chilling tale. Sinister characters and blind ends increasingly heighten the tension until the harrowing final climax. Add Someone’s Listening to your must-read list!
Oooooooh!
Well played, Ms. Glass, well played!
Faith Finley is a badass. She is written a best selling book that coaches women in how to leave their abusers and her expertise has catapulted her to fame and led to her own podcast.
Life couldn’t be better until, you know, it all falls apart.
Her husband disappears in an accident and no one believes her when she claims he didn’t leave her.
And then the notes start to appear…notes with quotes pulled straight from her own book.
Twisty, dark, explosive…this isn’t one to miss.
Again, well played, Ms. Glass.
Thank you to Seraphina Nova Glass, Graydon House and NetGalley for giving me an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.
Unputdownable. I found myself suspecting everyone at some point. Twisty, original and a must-read—highly suspenseful and cleverly written.
Seraphina Nova Glass is an exceedingly talented writer. Poignant, engrossing.
This book leads you quickly from page to page and you’re never quite sure what’s going to happen next. Keeps you wanting more and very entertaining. A great book to read!
Someone’s Listening is Seraphina Nova Glass’s debut novel. It is a thriller featuring Dr. Faith Finley who wakes up from an auto accident in the hospital to find her husband missing. The police find no evidence of Liam being in the car despite Faith’s insistence. All evidence points to Liam deciding to disappear. Of course, it is understandable considering recent events. Their lives have been in flux. Faith leaves their Sugar Grove home to return to their Chicago condo. Then the notes begin arriving. Are they threats or warnings? Someone’s Listening has a unique format. It is told in alternating chapters of Then and Now. We get to learn about Faith and Liam’s past in the Then chapters and what led up to the accident. I found Someone’s Listening to be slow starter with the pace increasing in the second half of the book. Some parts of the story moved very slowly. There is some great suspense and action near the end that will have you riveted. There are a variety of suspects and you will be wondering who you can trust. Many readers will be surprised with the outcome. I was not a fan of Faith Findley. She is an unlikeable main character who drinks and pops pills. I would not want Faith as my therapist. She was self-involved and just plain annoying. I wish the main character had been friendly and warm. It would have made a difference. There is foul language, intimate relations, pill popping, and vast quantities of alcohol consumed in this story. Someone’s Listening is a twisty suspense novel with a lost spouse, nasty notes, an abundance of alcohol, a disengaged detective, and a prominent psychologist.
This book started off a little on the slow side, and I thought I was in for a typical “why did the husband disappear” story. I could not have been more wrong. Little by little, the author started dropping hints that something more was at play in the disappearance of Faith’s husband. As Faith tries to put all of the pieces together, she starts to uncover something much more sinister. That’s all I’m going to say about the plot. The author did a fantastic job of scattering just enough information to keep the reader as off-balance as Faith was. For a detailed review, please visit Fireflies and Free Kicks. Thank you to NetGalley and Harlequin Books for a digital ARC.
Someone’s Listening is a story with lots of twists and turns, red herrings and some nasty characters.
Faith’s husband is missing after a car accident and the police go by the old adage its always the wife/husband.
Then the games begin, Faith’s life is falling apart, she is receiving anonymous notes that has her looking over her shoulder.
I fear Faith is trusting the wrong people.
A great read, put this on your list.
My Rating:
4.5
Favorite Quotes:
I heard one of the women complain about her kids, and then say something like “but what is a home without children?” And uninvited, I answered, “quiet.”
He made a joke about how people with toddlers refer to them in months, and stated that if they’re over a year old, you can just say “a year,” not fifteen months. They’re not aged cheese.
I think of the Barbie graveyard we had in the garden where we’d buried fourteen Barbie dolls, in all, after Biff Larson’s dog next door chewed up their heads. Each doll had its own name and gravestone, and each had a proper funeral with personalized eulogies.
But it’s all the postmortem depression, that’s what the doctors say. Well, not a doctor, but her cousin Angie who want to be a nurse. It’s real shit though. I looked it up. After chicks have babies and stuff.
My Review:
I struggled with this one and waffled in how to rate this perplexing and engrossing tale. I marveled at the clever plot, the sustained and steadily ratcheting level of tension, the intrigue, peril, twists and turns, witty snark, and unexpectedly amusing observations. But damn, I had trouble even halfway liking the main character of Faith. I felt so badly for her struggle, but I wasn’t drawn to Faith as I found her to be annoyingly self-involved and making extremely poor decisions and idiotically abusing substances, all of which didn’t jive with her training and experience as a popular and highly successful psychologist.
Faith was impulsive, causing calamity, and making a mess of everything she touched. I surprised she didn’t have alcohol poisoning with the vast amounts she was tossing down. I had nearly lost all patience with her once she had begun spiraling out of control and losing touch with reality, but the compounding and confounding intrigue were just too good to give up. I was hopelessly ensnared, on the hook, deeply invested, and grinding my teeth for fear parts of this elaborate and multi-layered mystery would never be solved.
It was ingeniously clever, maddeningly paced, and tantalized me with misdirections, red herrings, and false assumptions. Everyone seemed to be suspect at one time or another and I would never have come up with this ending. Sigh, I’ll need a spa day, a crate of Moscato, and a stack of rom/coms to recover from this one. Seraphina Nova Glass (love that name) is a wily minx.
Someone’s Listening by Seraphina Nova Glass was and edge of the seat thriller. Faith is successful and happy with her life. She seems to have it all, until she doesn’t. The once successful author, host of a popular program and wife has fallen and fallen hard. But one night changes everything. While fighting a personal attack on her and her business, her husband goes missing. Questions are being asked and all of them are directed at her. What is going on? Who can she trust? The story was full of twists and turns and I was captivated with the story and suspense from beginning to end.
Happy listening!
Finally successful and happy, but then Faith’s life fell apart.
One of her teenage clients accused her of sexual assault, her husband, Liam, disappears and then is found dead with a gunshot to the head.
She knows she is a suspect because she was the last one to see him alive.
But…what about all the things Liam did like taking out a large sum of cash, taking his passport, and leaving a cryptic email that was to go to no one in particular but could have been for any number of people.
Many things happen that have Faith questioning what really happened and how it happened.
Then one day Faith opened her mailbox and found something unexpected – actually shocking. It was a page torn out of the book she wrote giving advice about safety.
These pages kept showing up in random places. Just what is going on?
The only good thing is that the things that are happening should take the focus off of Faith as a suspect in her husband’s death.
SOMEONE’S LISTENING is filled with twists and pretty much unlikable characters that have bad habits.
You will be confused about everything happening just like the main character, but that is what makes SOMEONE’S LISTENING a good read.
The book has a slow buildup, but an edge-of-your-seat ending as it all comes together and the stalker/murderer gets his plan to completion. 4/5
This book was given to me by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
I just could not get into this story. The only character I found likable was Will. The protagonist, psychologist Faith Finley, wrote a bestselling book on how to get out of an abusive situation and has a popular local radio program, Someone’s Listening. She did not come across as a professional psychologist to me. She was also heavy into drugs and alcohol, which certainly did not help her credibility when she insisted her husband was with her when she was in an auto accident. Yet he was nowhere to be found when the emergency services arrived. Now Faith’s husband is missing, and she is the prime suspect.
Then Faith begins receiving threatening notes ripped from her own book. Does she have a stalker? The story seemed to drag in several places, and I found myself skimming over those pages. There were twists and turns with false leads as I tried to figure out who it might be. But as it all comes together in the end the pace became frantic. I admit that I was surprised when the culprit was revealed.
Not halfway through this book, I was already recommending it to family and friends. I was hooked before the end of the prologue, and it only got better and better. Seraphine Nova Glass cleverly drops clues about how Faith Finlay’s life implodes and how her downward spiral into depression and addiction began.
We meet Faith when the trajectory of her life has already changed. She’s inexplicably accused of an unforgivable action. Embroiled in the scandal, she finds her husband shutting down on her and intake of alcohol and medication to control the inevitable panic attacks. The story is told in both present and past as Faith reflects on what was and what is. Her stress and drinking only increase as the truth about her husband’s disappearance is revealed and she begins receiving threatening messages.
I really enjoyed the pace of the story and how the mystery unfolds. It’s a wonderful suspense read that doesn’t lack for possible suspects and when it’s revealed, you see how easily Faith is duped by her adversary. As a reader, I didn’t see it coming and I always love reflecting on the clues. Glass is a new to me author and I look forward to reading more by her. 4 Stars and recommendation!
Imagine waking up to discover you’d been seriously injured in a car accident. Now imagine how much more shocking it would be when your husband, who was in the car with you, is missing.
This is what happens at the beginning of this book, as Faith Finlay wakes up in the hospital and has to begin slowly piecing her life back together. A therapist with a successful practice, a part-time radio career and a book deal, Faith’s husband Liam is a top food critic. Together, they’re a perfect couple. On paper.
There’s evidence that Liam may have been planning to leave, and the police don’t seem interested in looking for him. Faith can’t believe it, but as she digs, more and more things come to light that she didn’t know about her husband.
Written in two timeframes, before the accident and several weeks post-recovery as Faith tries to come to terms with her new reality, this is really cleverly done. It takes a long time for Faith to finally realise she’s being gaslighted and she’s the target or a concerted attack; though clues were planted early on, I absolutely didn’t see the villain reveal coming.
It would be easy to resent Faith for having it all; she’s pretty, clever, successful etc., but she’s also falling apart at the seams and descending into depression and dependence on alcohol and prediction drugs. She’s a reliable protagonist but she’s not operating with all the information, the reader learning right along with her what’s really going on and being just as shocked as she is. It’s not always an easy read and there are quite a few potential triggers in it, from the aforementioned alcohol/drug dependency to parental abuse of a child, gaslighting, partner violence and a surprisingly gory description of an accidental death.
This is such a clever read and I was genuinely hooked. There are a few spots where things get a little slow and quite a lot of red herrings, but they’re all a logical part of Faith’s investigation and her character arc. It’s a really excellent psychological suspense and I will definitely be looking for more books by this author. Five stars.
Disclaimer: I received a review copy of this title via NetGalley.
I liked this one. It was enjoyable and a quick read, although the parade of horribles that befall the poor main character almost devolved into eye-rolling territory a couple of times… There were more red herrings than necessary, and in hindsight I should have figured out the villain of the piece WAY earlier than I did, but neither of those kept me from enjoying the story while I was in it. But the pervasive nature of the paranoia that underpins so much of the story meant these things worked in context. It was an engaging and relatively quick read and a great way to kill a handful of hours.
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for my obligation – free review copy.
This book really took me by surprise, I kinda doubting it at first, because I’m not a fan of the main character, she’s an alcoholic and always popping pills here and there, I understand where she comes from and what’s happening to her is really horrific, but the more I read, the more I admire her determination to find out the truth, when lots of people doubt her, she’s trying her best to proof them wrong, therefore I respect her in the end and root for her happy ending.
As for the story, I loveeee it, lots of questions and mystery in every chapter, makes me wondering what’s the truth, who’s lying, is there really a bad guy, it’s kinda playing with my mind and keeps me turning page after page and the twist!!!…wow totally didn’t see it coming, yup this book has captivating story, it got me frustrated, sad and a bit teary at the end, so I definitely recommend it for mystery and thrillers addict.
Dr. Faith Finley is a renowned psychologist and is married to Liam, a famous food critic. Everything is good in her life until it isn’t. On her trip home after a book signing, Faith crashes the car and Liam disappears. The assumption is that she did something to him. Then she starts getting threats herself, photos of a woman bound and gagged with excerpts from her recent book. Faith seeks the help of her former boyfriend Will to protect her and to find out what happened to Liam and what is happening to her. Although this book stretches the realm of imagination, the author is brilliant in her depiction of Faith’s fear and all of the undercurrents of tension going on all at once. I don’t think I have read a book that kept my attention as well as this one did. I soared through the pages, wanting to know where Liam was, why Faith was being threatened and who could be trusted. Although the beginning was slow, the pace picked up quickly and raced to a stunning conclusion. Fans of psychological thrillers and suspense will enjoy this book.
Disclaimer
Disclosure of Material Connection: I received a complimentary copy of this book from the publisher via Netgalley. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255, “Guides Concerning the Use of Testimonials and Endorsements in Advertising.”
The author grabbed me and didn’t let go. I kept guessing as the characters were introduced, and yes, I guess wrong. I got blindsided!
Old boyfriend, odd lady that was put out of business because of a review, business associate, former patient, the list goes on.
Who wants our girl Faith, author, Phycologist, and now widow, dead? At times I wondered if she would actually kill herself, and how she even functioned.
A woman whom as a child was horribly abused and raised by dysfunctional parents, was living the good life, as a successful practice and now a book, along with a blissfully happy marriage.
Talk about hitting rock bottom, and trying to survive, we walk in Faith’s shoes with her, and wonder if in the end she will be alive.
A stunning thriller mystery that will keep you up late page turning.
I received this book through Net Galley and the Publisher Harlequin, and was not required to give a positive review.
Someone’s Listening is an entertaining and well-written psychological suspense novel. Faith Finlay is a successful and well known psychologist; she has a radio talk show, is a best-selling author and has a private practice. Her husband, Liam, is a food and wine critic. Their lives are busy, but they are happy.
Or so Faith thought.
Coming home from a book signing for her latest book, they are in a car accident. Faith wakes up in the hospital and asks if Liam is alright. The nurses and doctors sidestep her questions until the police tell her that there is no indication Liam was in the car with her. She is certain he was, but they don’t believe her. They declare him a missing person.
When Faith tries to find out what happened to Liam, everything she learns only raises more questions. Then threatening notes start appearing at her home, notes that include phrases ripped out of one of her books. She is being targeted, but why and by who?
The story is told in the voice of Faith in before and after the accident time periods. Twists and turns are plentiful, and the reader watches Faith spiral downward, becoming paranoid about everyone and everything (but are you really paranoid if someone is really after you?) and drinking more and more as she struggles to deal with all that is falling apart in her life.
Note: this book deals with several types of abuse. Those sensitive to that subject may want to pass on this novel.
My sincere thanks to NetGalley and Graydon House for allowing me to read a digital copy of this book in exchange for an unbiased review. All opinions stated here are my own.