Can't-Wait Wednesday: The Reappearance of Rachel Price

Can't-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Tressa at Wishful Endings to spotlight and discuss the books we're excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they are books that have yet to be released. The meme is based on Waiting on Wednesday, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine.

This week I'm highlighting The Reappearance of Rachel Price by Holly Jackson.

 From Goodreads: 

From the author of the multimillion bestselling A Good Girl's Guide to Murder series and Five Survive comes a new true-crime fueled mystery thriller about a girl determined to uncover the shocking truth about her missing mother while filming a documentary on the unsolved case.

Lights. Camera. Lies.

18-year-old Bel has lived her whole life in the shadow of her mom’s mysterious disappearance. Sixteen years ago, Rachel Price vanished and young Bel was the only witness, but she has no memory of it. Rachel is gone, long presumed dead, and Bel wishes everyone would just move on.

But the case is dragged up from the past when the Price family agree to a true crime documentary. Bel can’t wait for filming to end, for life to go back to normal. And then the impossible happens. Rachel Price reappears, and life will never be normal again.

Rachel has an unbelievable story about what happened to her. Unbelievable, because Bel isn’t sure it’s real. If Rachel is lying, then where has she been all this time? And – could she be dangerous? With the cameras still rolling, Bel must uncover the truth about her mother, and find out why Rachel Price really came back from the dead . . .

From world-renowned author Holly Jackson comes a mind-blowing masterpiece about one girl’s search for the truth, and the terror in finding out who your family really is.

I am quite picky when it comes to what kind of mystery thriller I like. There are plenty of books to choose from, but more often than not I end up disappointed by the mysteries themselves. Because of that, it's not a genre I reach for too often. However, when it comes to Holly Jackson's YA mystery thrillers, I have no such reservations. She always delivers in creating entertaining and engaging mysteries, and this book has been at the top of my wishlist since I first heard about it. I have preordered a signed edition from Waterstones, and I can't wait for my book to show up in my mailbox in a couple of weeks.

The Reappearance of Rachel Price will be released on April 2, 2024.

Check out the early reviews on Goodreads, or preorder the book at Amazon US / Amazon UK / Blackwells