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How it Happened
How it Happened | Michael Koryta
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"And that is how it happened. Can we stop now?" Kimberly Crepeaux is no good, a notorious jailhouse snitch, teen mother, and heroin addict whose petty crimes are well-known to the rural Maine community where she lives. So when she confesses to her role in the brutal murders of Jackie Pelletier and Ian Kelly, the daughter of a well-known local family and her sweetheart, the locals have little reason to believe her story. Not Rob Barrett, the FBI investigator and interrogator specializing in telling a true confession from a falsehood. He's been circling Kimberly and her conspirators for months, waiting for the right avenue to the truth, and has finally found it. He knows, as strongly as he's known anything, that Kimberly's story-a grisly, harrowing story of a hit and run fueled by dope and cheap beer that becomes a brutal stabbing in cold blood-is how it happened. But one thing remains elusive: where are Jackie and Ian's bodies? After Barrett stakes his name and reputation on the truth of Kimberly's confession, only to have the bodies turn up 200 miles from where she said they'd be, shot in the back and covered in a third person's DNA, the case is quickly closed and Barrett forcibly reassigned. But something still nags at locals, and at a local newspaper reporter who's been chasing the story as doggedly as Barrett himself. Reminiscent of both the epic and adventurous early writing of Stephen King and the white-knuckled action of Lee Child (both of whom have anointed Koryta as the next great thriller writer), HOW IT HAPPENED is a frightening, tension-filled ride into the dark heart of rural America.
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ShelleyBooksie
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Interesting whodunit it. Really great characters and I loved the Maine setting.

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ShelleyBooksie
How it Happened | Michael Koryta
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#litsylovesummerswap hit the mail today @Kdgordon88 and @rsteve388 . Thank you for organizing.

Deblovestoread Yay! 🙌🏼 2y
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EadieB
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#HowItHappened #MichaelKoryta

Kimberly Crepeaux confesses to her role in the murder of Hackie Pelletier and Ian Kelly but people know she is a liar. Rob Barrett, FBI investigator, is left to figure out the truth. Koryta has written a complex plot with lots of twists and turns. His characters are well-fleshed and believable. The tension builds and we finally learn the truth in the surprise ending. I‘m looking forward to reading more of his books.

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Decalino
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An FBI agent returns to the small coastal town in Maine where he once spent his childhood summers, called in to elicit a confession from a young woman who may know the fate of a vanished couple. This was an interesting and atmospheric psychological thriller.

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Kappadeemom
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Enjoying this one on a rainy day in Georgia 🍑

aniket.barik I've read the Lincoln Perry trilogy by Michael Koryta and I loved it. Might check this one out. 6y
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Bookladylinda
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Sometimes I forget how much I enjoy Michael Koryta. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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catiewithac
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I tried audiopuzzling last night but could not follow the story. I found myself 10 chapters in with little understanding of the plot. Only that multiple bodies had been wrapped in plastic and sunk. And that a woman couldn‘t drive a stick shift. Gonna try again the old fashioned way: reading the 📖

alisiakae I have this puzzle! It‘s one of my favorites. 6y
kspenmoll Impressive! 6y
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guinsgirlreads
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Well thought out crime fiction! Lots of twists and turns in this one 💪🏻..

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guinsgirlreads
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🙌🏻👏🏻 😂

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guinsgirlreads
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DivaDiane So true. 6y
wanderinglynn 👍🏻 exactly. 6y
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guinsgirlreads
How it Happened | Michael Koryta
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Starting this one on lunch since I finished Relish right before I had to leave this morning 😌

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thisbookends
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I liked it.

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CoffeeBooksRepeat
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No, no, just no. Not for me.

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