# @proseandpucks on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DPuHUsKknBD
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- **Posted:** 2025-10-12T19:14:40.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Miracle (@miraclelucketti) — https://gondola.cc/miraclelucketti

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it’s just not an erik j. brown book if i’m not staying up til 2:00am cursing his name.

truly, i hit that 70% mark and knew i was pulling an all-nighter. brown has a way with words that i just really click with and i found myself flying through the pages, trying to piece together nate’s story and how he really went missing. literally everyone was a suspect for me at one point, and the amount of times I flip flopped on family members was absurd, but it really kept me on the edge of my seat until I KNEW. even then, the surprises kept coming.

and holy hell, can brown write a terrifying psychopath. i kept waiting for the other shoe to drop, reading through my fingers, skimming ahead because i was so invested i had to know if they made it out and what the hell was going to happen to this poor family. 

i love that this is such a different type of story from everything else that brown has written, and i think he executed it SO well. while the mystery and deception take center stage, i appreciated the way he was able to delve into the importance of self-acceptance and the loneliness of being a secret keeper. i also have a history of being a sucker for found family, so, we know I was going to eat that part up.

brown delivers another heart pounding, keep-you-guessing, intense read that will have you suspecting everyone. if you’re a thriller and who-done-it fan, you won’t want to miss this one! it publishes 01/20/26 (my birthday, which he did just for me, clearly)!

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