Coram House: A Novel

Thank you NetGalley and Atria Books for this ARC. 

First off, this was a really enjoyable thriller. The setting was fun, I liked the characters, and I didn't see the twist coming fully. It's a really good police thriller. The problem is that it felt marketed as something different. I absolutely loved the depositions mixed in too

The things I didn't love that pull down the rating:
- I thought the creepy old orphanage would play a bigger role. I wanted atmospheric creepy vibes and you don't go into the orphanage but twice. Sure it's central to the story but not much of the setting. 
- This would be a fantastic winter read, I am a little confused by an April publication. The winter setting is the most atmospheric part of the book. 
- Alex does some really stupid things, I really don't know how she doesn't get herself killed. 

If this would have been marketed as a police procedural thriller without the creepy vibes and I had read this in the depths of winter I think it would have been rated much higher. However the expectations were off on the marketing and I feel like I owe it to try and set them more right for future readers.