At first, everyone thinks that they’re just being college students, irresponsibly forgetting about the gathering or skipping out to go to a party. But as the hours click by and another night falls with not so much as a text from the students, panic ensues. Soon, the campus police call in reinforcements. Search parties are formed. Reporters swarm the small enclave. Rumors swirl and questions arise.
Libby, Blane, Mark, Felix, and Stella—The Five, as the podcasters, bloggers, and TikTok sleuths call them—come from five very different families. What led them out on that fateful night? Could it be the sins of their mothers and fathers come to cause them peril or a threat to the friend group from within?
Told through multiple points of view in past and present—and marking the return of FBI Special Agent Sarah Keller from Every Last Fear and The Night Shift—Parents Weekend explores the weight of expectation, family dysfunction, and those exhilarating first days we all remember in the dorms when our friends become our family.
Kindle Edition, 384 pages
Expected publication May 6, 2025
by Minotaur Books
3.5/5 stars
Alex Finley is an author I discovered a number of years ago and have read his last three books, enjoying them all. This his latest Parents Weekend releases on May 6.
Taking place in Northern California parents gather at their children’s private school for a dinner together. However, five kids don’t show up and what follows is a twisty road as to what happened. The book starts with introductions so as you can imagine five older teens and their parents, that is a lot of who's who, and which parents belong to which teen. Once I finally got everything straight in my brain, the story took off.
I didn’t realize that a face from past books, FBI special agent Sarah Keller was going to make an appearance (and you don’t really need to read the other books to get her story) but I do remember her and hope that I see more of her in the future. It was Sarah‘s point of view that was my favorite.
Parents Weekend is a fast paced story with many layers, red herrings, and characters that I really couldn’t connect with or even like. With Sarah being the exception.. It was a quick read as I was intrigued as to what was taking place. The mystery itself kept me guess, trying to solve it, but Sarah beat me to the punch.
All in all a quick read, with chapters leaving me wanting to read just one more .
I thanks to Saint Martin’s Press for a digital arc in exchange for a honest review
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