Official Review of Carrie's Secret by Paul Backalenick

A psychological mystery revolves around the Genesen family, the sudden disappearance of the oldest daughter, Wendy, and strange changes in the younger one, Carrie. Her eventual transfer to a mental health institution led to various meetings with shady, unstable, and violent characters: both patients and workers. Worst of all, the kidnapper is also on the move to kill her. The novel is written in third-person POV, this offers a great insight into the thoughts of each character/patient involved while interlacing a first-person POV in diary form detailing thoughts of the killer’s movement throughout the story, which is very interesting. Some freaky sexual narration by the killer should be noted but no triggering assaults happen. Readers will surely become invested in the turning of the event, especially during the climax and disturbed by some final words at the end of the novel. The story also shows unjust yet lenient police procedures prominently when investigators were too confident in their deduction, and this almost led to the capture of the innocent and more tragic deaths would happen. A thrilling read with great storyline that will keep readers hooked from start to end. Rating: 4.5/5