The Coworker.

 

 

★★★★

 

Two women. An office filled with secrets. One terrible crime that can't be taken back.
Dawn Schiff is strange. At least, everyone thinks so at Vixed, the nutritional supplement company where Dawn works as an accountant. She never says the right thing. She has no friends. And she is always at her desk at precisely 8:45 a.m. 

So when Dawn doesn't show up to the office one morning, her coworker Natalie Farrell—beautiful, popular, top sales rep five years running—is surprised. Then she receives an unsettling, anonymous phone call that changes everything… 

It turns out Dawn wasn't just an awkward outsider—she was being targeted by someone close. And now Natalie is irrevocably tied to Dawn as she finds herself caught in a twisted game of cat and mouse that leaves her wondering: who's the real victim? 

But one thing is incredibly clear: somebody hated Dawn Schiff. Enough to kill.

 

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A story that will keep you on the edge of your seat! 

I have heard about Freida McFadden books from friends and people on social media for a while. I'm a thriller fan, so I decided to check it out. Now that I've read it, I know why so many people are talking about this author. I couldn't get enough of this book; I was so caught up in the story that I didn't realize I had spent hours reading it. The Coworker was unlike any other thriller books I had read in the past, mainly because there were many more characters in the book I didn't like than those I did like. The Coworker is one of those books; just when you think it’s time to put it down, another twist has you reading for a few more hours. 

Dawn was someone I liked. I hated the way people treated her simply because she was different. The facts about turtles that were discussed in the book fascinated me. Most of the information about them was new, and reading the book taught me something. I liked how part of the novel was told through emails between Dawn and her best friend, Mia. I was pleased she had someone like Mia to listen to and support her. That could be why I didn’t see the next part coming. Although I loved Dawn, I also had a bad feeling about her and thought she could be hiding something. This was primarily because of how the tone of her emails shifted throughout the book. 

Natalie, Initially, I liked her. Until she started bullying Dawn, she may not have thought that, but what she did to Dawn was inappropriate and not how a grown woman should act. I realized a few things halfway through the book, but there were also quite a few twists I didn't see coming, like the ending. In general, The Coworker is a book that will keep you on the edge of your seat. I am intrigued to check out the rest of Freida McFadden's books.