Parent’s Weekend

By Alex Finley

FBI Agent Sarah Keller is Unforgettable

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SUMMARY

Cocktails and dinner are planned for the opening night of Parent’s Weekend at Santa Clara University, a small Northern California private college.  The parents are there, but five students from the same dorm don’t show up for the dinner.  Is it a student prank or a rebellion? Some parents start to worry, but others pass it off as them just being college students. On the second day, when none of the students can still be found, the parents are panicked, and the FBI is called in. Are they hostages?  Why is there no ransom demand?  Are they even still alive? Is this related to the case of another missing student?

REVIEW

Parent’s Weekend is a captivating mystery about the five missing students. The search is a life-or-death chase, and the writing weaves an entertaining tale of tension and intrigue.

There are a multitude of characters in this novel  Between the students, their parents, the school administration, the campus police, the city police, and the FBI. It may take a few extra brain cells to keep everyone straight.  Adding to the complexity, the story is told from many different points of view.

However, the one person you will not forget is the indefatigable FBI agent Sarah Keller. Keller is moving from New York to California with her family and is thrown into the case of the missing students before she even has a chance to unpack her suitcase. Sarah dives in wholeheartedly, showing courage, resilience, and determination to locate the missing students before it’s too late.  We first met Keller in Finlay’s 2022 novel The Night Shift.  I said she was unforgettable back then, and I believe she is even more unforgettable in this novel.

Like Finlay’s other novels, Parent’s Weekend is suspenseful, unpredictable, and fast-paced.

Thanks to Netgalley for an advance reading copy of this book. All opinions expressed here are my own.

Publisher    St Martin’s Press

Published   May 6, 2025

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