My Review of The Lost House by Melissa Larsen

Title: The Lost House

Author: Melissa Larsen

Expected Publication: January 14, 2025

Publisher: Macmillan Audio/Minotaur Books

Genre: Mystery/Thriller:Suspense

Pages: 352 pages

Review:

In Iceland 40 years ago there was a gruesome murder of a young mother and her infant daughter, everyone believed her husband had killed them both. However, there was never any proof of what happened so the father and son left Iceland to never return and start their life somewhere new. The case remains unsolved to this day. This leads to Agnes ready to clear her grandfather's name returning to Iceland with a podcaster to participate in the podcast about the unsolved case, without her father's approval or blessing. When she arrives in Iceland people are not as welcoming as she thought they would be, the shadow of what they believed her grandfather's crimes follows her everywhere. 

"He killed her we all knew" 

As Agnes and the podcaster, Nora, start investigating and asking questions they run into brick walls time and time again. Then, a local girl is missing and there are search parties everywhere looking for her before the time runs out and instead of looking for the missing girl, they start looking for a body. All the twists and turns are insane, there were times I felt for Agnes because her mission was simple she wanted to clear her beloved grandfather of the speculation he committed the heinous crimes because the man she knew and grew up with could never have done that. 

I listened to the audiobook and loved it! The narrator did an incredible job drawing me in, making me eager to find out what happened next and who the killer was! By the end, I couldn't stop reading; I was on the edge of my seat! Thank you Macmillan Audio and Netgalley for the opportunity to listen and review this one!

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