CBTB’s Favorite Lisa Unger Thrillers — Crime by the Book

Why I Loved Last Girl Ghosted:Ever been ghosted? If so, this is the Lisa Unger book for you. LAST GIRL GHOSTED is the kind of psychological thriller that gets under your skin because it starts out feeling so very relatable…and then twists and turns into something very dark and sinister. In LAST GIRL GHOSTED, Unger unspools a deliciously complex and dark story that all begins with a woman begrudgingly joining a dating app at her friend’s urging, and, against all odds, finds herself falling in love with a handsome stranger. But just as quickly as this relationship began, it also ends. Before she knows it, our protagonist finds herself ghosted by a man she truly believed she could trust. Our protagonist isn’t just angry—she’s suspicious. Instead of brushing this one off, she digs a little bit deeper, and soon learns that the man she was falling for has ties to a number of women who have recently gone missing. Could she have fallen in love with a killer? LAST GIRL GHOSTED takes a relatable premise—being ghosted on a dating app—and uses it as the jumping off point for a wildly entertaining and intricate thriller that builds to a cinematic, white-knuckle finale. This book has major entertainment value (clear your calendars before diving in—you truly won’t want to stop reading!) Readers who love stories that explore the dark side of living life online will devour this gripping, sly thriller. Plot Details: Secrets, obsession and vengeance converge in this riveting thriller about an online dating match turned deadly cat-and-mouse game, from the New York Times bestselling author of Confessions on the 7:45She met him through a dating app. An intriguing picture on a screen, a date at a downtown bar. What she thought might be just a quick hookup quickly became much more. She fell for him—hard. It happens sometimes, a powerful connection with a perfect stranger takes you by surprise. Could it be love?But then, just as things were getting real, he stood her up. Then he disappeared—profiles deleted, phone disconnected. She was ghosted.Maybe it was her fault. She shared too much, too fast. But isn’t that always what women think—that they’re the ones to blame? Soon she learns there were others. Girls who thought they were in love. Girls who later went missing. She had been looking for a connection, but now she’s looking for answers. Chasing a digital trail into his dark past—and hers—she finds herself on a dangerous hunt. And she’s not sure whether she’s the predator—or the prey.