Home Is Where The Bodies Are by Jeneva Rose

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My Rating: 5/5 stars

Primary Genre: Thriller

Blurb: Goodreads Choice AwardNominee for Readers' Favorite Mystery & Thriller (2024)

After their mother passes, three estranged siblings reunite to sort out her estate. Beth, the oldest, never left home. She stayed with her mom, caring for her until the very end. Nicole, the middle child, has been kept at arm's length due to her ongoing battle with a serious drug addiction. Michael, the youngest, lives out of state and hasn't been back to their small Wisconsin town since their father ran out on them seven years before. While going through their parents' belongings, the siblings stumble upon a collection of home videos and decide to revisit those happier memories. However, the nostalgia is cut short when one of the VHS tapes reveals a night back in 1999 that none of them have any recollection of. On screen, their father appears covered in blood. What follows is a dead body and a pact between their parents to get rid of it, before the video abruptly ends. Beth, Nicole, and Michael must now decide whether to leave the past in the past or uncover the dark secret their mother took to her grave.

My Thoughts: My first Jeneva Rose book and I could not put this down. The fam gathers at their childhood home in Wisconsin following the death of their mother. On her death bed, she tries to tell Beth what happened to their father but dies in the process. The sibling dynamics of Beth, Nicole and Michael are wildly toxic. Incredibly strange and inexplicable things keep happening and from one moment to the next I don't know who is out of their mind. They stumble upon a VHS tape that appears to incriminate their parents in a crime and they strap in to the rollercoaster of trying to figure out what happened. I did not see the twist coming until it was right in front of my face. Loved the ending as well!

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