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Library Journal's "Best Books of 2019"
The Sunday Times' (UK) "Best Book of 2019 So Far " and Crime Book of the Month
New York Post's "Required Reading" Picks and "20 Beach Reads Sure to Send Chills Down Your Spine"
Bustle's "Perfect Vacation Read[s]" and a Beach Read Pick
PopSugar's "Best Books of July" and "Best New Books to Put in Your Beach Bag This Summer"
BookRiot's "Must-Read Crime Titles"
PureWow's "Best Beach Reads of Summer 2019" Crime Reads's "Most Anticipated Crime Books of Summer"
Read It Forward's "Summer 2019 Thriller" Picks
Kirkus Reviews' "11 Addictive Must-Reads"
"Gripping...Brisk...Nell's work on the case is smart and efficient, which gives the book a crisp tone and pace. Her final discoveries startle her and the reader....Readers will hope to savor more of her gimlet-eyed takes."
--Newsday "What better way to start the summer than this?...I read it in six hours. On a Saturday. I loved it, could not put it down....So well-written...Highly recommend."
--Dana Perino, host of "The Five" "The type of thriller that will keep you guessing until the last page."
--PopSugar
"A truly timely, ripped-from-the-headlines tale of exploitation, abuse, and corruption. Tautly wound police-procedural-thriller aside, Alger's novel is a smart, searing indictment of just one of the many contemporary examples of the haves vs. the have-nots."
--Seattle Review of Books "Alger's novel is highly political, deeply felt and fast-paced."
--The Sunday Times (UK)
"Cristina Alger has perfected the character of the smart, spunky heroine....[I] couldn't put down
Girls Like Us."
--Shelter Island Reporter "[An] edge-of-the-seat adventure...This is not a book to put down easily: plan accordingly. Alger's thriller is emphatically plot-driven, but her characters hold their own....Heart-racing action and a twisty-turny plot."
--Shelf Awareness "If you like mysteries with thriller endings...and a main character you root for don't miss this one."
--BookRiot
"[
Girls Like Us meets] the hype and then some. With fascinating, deep characters and excellent plots with good twists, I was enthralled."--
MysteryPeople "[An] excellent crime novel...[Alger] captures the social dynamics of Suffolk's eastern extremes perfectly. The first-person narrative is appropriately terse--Nell delivers a thorough report--but it occasionally surprises with a gripping depth....Highly recommended."--
Booklist (starred review) "[A] propulsive thriller...Alger expertly ratchets up the suspense all the way to the explosive finale. Readers will hope to see more of tough, smart Nell."--
Publishers Weekly "[Nell] has a vulnerable, empathetic core that will pull readers in, and Alger has a feel for small-town dynamics....The tension becomes nearly unbearable as Nell realizes she truly can't trust anyone. Readers can expect a few genuine surprises, and the light Alger shines on society's most vulnerable members is an important one. Melancholy and addictive."--
Kirkus Reviews "This fast-paced psychological thriller...will intrigue mystery readers as they shadow Nell's precarious quest for the truth at all costs, despite the consequences."--
Library Journal "This thriller will keep you on the edge of your seat until the last page."--
The Everygirl "Girls Like Us is the best of psychological suspense: nuanced, expertly fast-paced, and full of surprises you truly don't see coming. Cristina Alger is my kind of writer--as graceful on the page as she is gritty."--
Harlan Coben "Riveting...I'm a fan of Cristina Alger, who now proves that she can write about anything, anywhere."--
Lisa Scottoline "Cristina Alger, who is known for creating pulse-pounding plots and gutsy female protagonists, has done it again. Gritty, twisty, and unputdownable, GIRLS LIKE US is sure to be the thriller to read this season."--
Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen, authors of The Wife Between Us and An Anonymous Girl "A smashing read. Instantly gripping and compulsively readable, with a heroine as vulnerable as she is tenacious."--
Riley Sager, author of The Last Time I Lied "
Girls Like Us is something special: A beautiful, deeply textured novel and a poignant, surprising mystery. I loved it, every chapter and every word. I'm going to be thinking about it as a reader, a father, and a storyteller for a long, long time."--
Chris Bohjalian, author of The Flight Attendant