Reading in the Mountains

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Poe Webb has built a career on secrets. As the host of a wildly popular true crime podcast, she invites people to anonymously confess their darkest deeds—no guarantees, no protection, just the thrill of an audience hanging on every word. Once the episode ends, she wipes the slate clean. No names, no faces, no lingering guilt.

Until he shows up.

The voice on the other end of the mic isn’t just any confessor—he claims to have murdered Poe’s mother years ago. But there’s one glaring problem: Poe already knows who killed her mother. And she knows he’s dead. Because she made sure of it.

Now, the past Poe thought she’d buried is clawing its way back, and she’s forced to question everything. Who is this man? What does he really know? And most terrifying of all—what if she got it wrong?

From the USA Today bestselling author of The Dead Girl in 2A and The New Neighbor comes a chilling psychological thriller that dares to ask: Are murderers always the villains? Or are some truths better left unspoken?

I didn’t expect this book to grip me so fast. I hoped with all my heart that it would be good—I’d just slogged through two or three bad thrillers after reading Beautiful Ugly by Alice Feeney. And it wasn’t just because her book was amazing. Those others were just bad.

But Tell Me What You Did? It unlocked something in me—curiosity and fear. The curiosity to figure out what the hell was happening and how Poe’s life would unfold after that infamous episode with her mother’s real killer. And the fear of the unknown. Poe sits comfortably in her little house, talking to all sorts of weirdos—if not outright murderers—and somehow, that made me feel unsafe in my own home, miles away from her reality. This is a hardcore thriller, guys.

Alice Feeney may have opened the door for my 2025 reading, but wow—this is my second five-star book in two months, and that amazes me. I just finished it, and I’m still thinking about it while painting my nails with 151 Warm Cacao by Sally Hansen—because my mom raised me right.

I decided to take a break at midnight, turned on the coffee machine, and made myself a cup. I needed a girl break after this book.

I’ll definitely read more from this author. I loved the protagonist—even if she wasn’t the best person out there, I understood her perfectly. I wouldn’t change a single thing she did. The ending surprised me—not gonna lie—and her interactions with the killer throughout the book… wow. They made me question everything—my instincts, my beliefs, even myself.

This is a flawless 5/5, sharp as sterling silver—an absolutely gripping read. Highly recommend!