Everywhere to Hide - by Siri Mitchell (Paperback)

4.5 stars "I don't want to drag you into this, but you mentioned something once to me when we were on the Hill. I think it might be really important." Finding a dead body outside the back door of the Blue Dog/RINO Coffee Shop was not on Whitney Garrison's agenda for the day. Working two jobs to support herself while she studied furiously for her bar exam did not leave time to become an eyewitness in a murder case; besides, she couldn't even answer most of the questions that Detective Leo Baroni was asking her. Suffering from a rare condition called prosopagnosia, Whitney couldn't remember faces . . . at all. So while she had more than likely seen the killer, what was more chilling was the fact that he had seen her. If you are in the mood to read a well plotted mystery thriller, "Everywhere to Hide" fits nicely into the category of excellent. It's unique characterizations, coupled with terse emotional scenes, flow perfectly into a story that captures the terror of being unwillingly pushed into the middle of a government scandal, where you can't even see your enemy coming.

Whitney is a hard-working young woman with two jobs, and trying to pass the bar. She is terrorized when cryptocurrency and murder become part of her life. As she tries to unravel what is going on, she is impaired by a disability known as face blindness—a condition that makes her unable to recognize faces. She is also weighed down by fear of her ex-boyfriend, mountains of debt, lack of friends, grief, poor communication with her dad, homelessness, killers, pressure to pass the bar and the panic of getting a good job. Although the story’s tale of intrigue is fascinating with lots of action and twists, some of it gets upstaged by all the things going on in Whitney’s life. A good portion of the narrative focuses on her unhappiness with her accumulated school debt, and her defeatist attitude toward life. This is a clean tale (although Whitney had been okay with living with her boyfriend in the past), but it is not a Christian story. That is too bad, because if ever there was a character that needed spiritual help, it is Whitney. I am a fan of the author, but this story never took off for me. There was so much piled onto Whitney’s character, that believability was stretched to a breaking point. Additionally, questions about her father were left unanswered, leaving me hanging. I recommend this 4-star book to fans of thrillers. The publisher through NetGalley provided Tickmenot with a complimentary copy of, Everywhere to Hide, for the purpose of review. Opinions are my own.