He Started It
Fiction
Berkley
July 21, 2020
Hardcover
400
Purchased
Beth, Portia, and Eddie Morgan haven't all been together in years. And for very good reasons—we'll get to those later. But when their wealthy grandfather dies and leaves a cryptic final message in his wake, the siblings and their respective partners must come together for a cross-country road trip to fulfill his final wish and—more importantly—secure their inheritance.
But time with your family can be tough. It is for everyone.
It's even harder when you're all keeping secrets and trying to forget a memory—a missing person, an act of revenge, the man in the black truck who won't stop following your car—and especially when at least one of you is a killer and there's a body in the trunk. Just to name a few reasons.
But money is a powerful motivator. It is for everyone.
My review:
I'll admit I'm super picky when it comes to thrillers. Most are good solid fun reads, but in order to graduate to 4 (or rarely 5) star territory, there better be something different about the plot or twists. I've never read a thriller about a road trip before (check), and one of the twists in this one had me dropping my jaw (check check). This one is narrated by one of three adult siblings who have to take a road trip identical to one they were on with their grandfather as children, in order to get their substantial inheritance. You follow along on the road trip, and also are given flashbacks to what went down on the first one (and boy did a lot go down!). None of the siblings or two of their spouses are particularly likable, nor do they like each other. They all have secrets, some of which have been kept for years. I couldn't stop reading about this train wreck of a trip, and you knew that is what you were heading for with each passing page. The writing was good, the twists were plentiful and pretty clever, and I definitely got caught up in how it was all going to end. Never expected how it did end that's for sure!
A clever twisty thriller of a road trip, with secrets and strategy galore. A fantastic book to pick up if you want something to fly through in a weekend! You might want to read it at home though, not on a road trip!
