USA TODAY bestselling author Kimberly
Belle returns with a deeply addictive thriller exploring the dark side
of the digital world when a mommy-blogger’s assistant goes missing.
When
Alex first began posting unscripted family moments and motivational
messages online, she had no intention of becoming an influencer.
Overnight it seemed she’d amassed a huge following, and her hobby became
a full-time job—one that was impossible to manage without her
sharp-as-a-tack personal assistant, AC.
But all the good-will of
her followers turns toxic when one controversial post goes viral in the
worst possible way. Alex reaches out to AC for damage control, but her
assistant has gone silent. This young woman Alex trusted with all her
secrets, who had access to her personal information and front row seats
to the pressure points in her marriage and family life, is now missing
and the police are looking to Alex and her husband for answers. As Alex
digs into AC’s identity – and a woman is found murdered – she’ll find
the greatest threat isn’t online, but in her own living room.
Written
in alternating perspectives between Alex, her husband, and the
mysterious AC, this juicy cat and mouse story will keep you guessing
till the very end.
What I thought about The Personal Assistant
In this domestic
thriller from Kimberly Belle, Unapologetically Alex, an Insta-Influencer
celebrates her millionth follower with her husband Patrick and her
personal assistant. A.C. When she wakes from a tequila fueled evening,
she discovers that her life is about to explode.. and not in a good
way. I found the influencer aspect of the story and what it had to say
about the perils and promise of being a social media influencer interesting and worth examination.
Things
escalate to dead bodies and death threats, missing guns and lots of
finger pointing. There is one clear suspect, but it all seems unlikely.
But is it? After Alex starts doing some investigating of
her own, she learns a lot about connections and starts to see there is
more going on than just a missing personal assistant.
I
liked this. I was hooked on reading it in the first few pages and
things moved along at a very nice pace to keep things interesting. The
prime suspect isn't hard to figure out, but the details were all very
sketchy until the end of the story. I really didn't see that ending
coming, so that was satisfying too!
There's lots to keep the reader
guessing in The Personal Assistant as to what is going on and who is
doing it. There are multiple points of view and each thread of the story
pulls you along until the very end that challenges the reader to put
the clues together. I liked the way this story was presented.
Overall, a very entertaining and satisfying reading domestic thriller. Kept me guessing until the very end.
Kimberly
Belle is the USA Today and internationally bestselling author of seven
novels, including her latest, My Darling Husband (December 2021). Her
third novel, The Marriage Lie, was a semifinalist in the 2017 Goodreads
Choice Awards for Best Mystery & Thriller, and a #1 e-book
bestseller in the UK and Italy. She’s sold rights to her books in a
dozen languages as well as film and television options. A graduate of
Agnes Scott College, Belle divides her time between Atlanta and
Amsterdam.
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