Thank you to Berkley Publishing for the digital advance reader copy.

In How to Kill Your Best Friend, longtime friends gather for a memorial for one of their friends who has recently died on the island of the resort in which she owns. Her death is a mystery and the friends soon find themselves in strange circumstances and dangerous situations.

This book has one of my favorite tropes in a thriller. A group locked together and a mystery to solve.

The friend group was believable and the characters felt genuine in the story. Their connection to swimming made the group feel more tightknit. And, it was interesting to read the parts where they all swim together. I learned a little about the sport of swimming along the way.

I didn’t think that the sea monster that was introduced to the story added anything significant to the plot and really could have been left out. I understood it’s intention but it didn’t feel like it was a strong enough plot point to be used.

Overall, this was a quick thriller that’s perfect for readers who aren’t avid thriller readers. For someone who reads thrillers often, I felt like there wasn’t anything that I hadn’t already read.