Reviews
"Kubica skillfully depicts the emotionally scarred psyches, moods and internal meanderings of her characters while ratcheting up the tension with each succeeding chapter." -BookPage on Pretty Baby, "The conclusion is a genuine surprise. Recommend for fans of the psychological suspense of Suzanne Berne or Laura Kasischke." -Booklist, "Similar in tone to William Landay's acclaimed Defending Jacob, this excellent debut is compulsively readable and highly recommended." -Library Journal on The Good Girl, "Following the success of her debut novel, Good Girl, Mary Kubica is back with another psychological thriller that begs you to turn the page." -InStyle, "A hypnotic psychological thriller.... [Pretty Baby] builds to a stunning climax involving revelations you won't see coming." -People, "A twisty, roller coaster ride of a debut. Fans of Gone Girl will embrace this equally evocative tale of a missing woman, shattered family and the lies we tell not just to each other, but especially to ourselves." -Lisa Gardner, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Fear Nothing, "Don't You Cry, an artfully crafted, wickedly smart page-turner about the razor thin line between suspicion and obsession, will keep you glued to its pages-and guessing wrong about who to trust-until its breathless ending." -Kimberly McCreight, New York Times bestselling author of Where They Found Her "Following her smash hits The Good Girl and Pretty Baby, the Chicago-based master of thrills concocts the perfect suspense page-turner with a missing woman, a mysterious bombshell, and twists that will make you tweet, 'OMG.'" -Buzzfeed "Mary Kubica has a knack for crafting engrossing psychological thrillers, and Don't You Cry is no exception." -InStyle "Imagine your roommate disappears and you start to realize you weren't as close as you thought you were. As in she might've wanted to kill you.... This page turner is "Single White Female" meets "Swimfan." -theSkimm "Don't You Cry will leave you guessing until the very last page as two strangers' stories unfold in this riveting tale of deception and passion." -PopSugar "Don't You Cry [is] a suspense-packed novel plumbing the psychology of both narrators, and a book ending with a twist every bit as mind-boggling as the one in The Good Girl." -The Huffington Post "Readers take a sinister tour of family and personal dynamics in this tortuous, well-tempered novel of suspense." -Bookpage "Kubica, a writer of vice-like control, keeps the temperature of her prose near freezing." -Chicago Tribune "The twists and turns will keep readers guessing right up to the conclusion." -Booklist "Single White Female on steroids.... Mary Kubica is a must-read." -Lisa Scottoline, "Don't You Cry will leave you guessing until the very last page as two strangers' stories unfold in this riveting tale of deception and passion." -PopSugar, Fans of Gone Girl will embrace this equally evocative tale." -Lisa Gardner, #1 New York Times bestselling author on The Good Girl, "Don't You Cry, an artfully crafted, wickedly smart page-turner about the razor thin line between suspicion and obsession, will keep you glued to its pages-and guessing wrong about who to trust-until its breathless ending." -Kimberly McCreight, New York Times bestselling author of Where They Found Her, This book will give insomniacs a compelling reason to sit up all night. ~- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) on Pretty Baby, "Thrilling and illuminating... [Pretty Baby] raises the ante on the genre and announces the welcome second coming of a talent well worth watching." -LA Times, "Intricately wrought suspense.... This is no familiar game of psychopaths; everyone is deeply flawed but deeply human." -Vulture, Intricately wrought suspense.... This is no familiar game of psychopaths; everyone is deeply flawed but deeply human. ~ -Vulture on Pretty Baby, "Kubica's powerful debut...will encourage comparisons to Gone Girl." -Publishers Weekly, starred review on The Good Girl, "Psychologically rich and pulse pounding, The Good Girl had me hooked from the very first sentence and didn't let go until the final word. I can't wait to see what Mary Kubica comes up with next." -Heather Gudenkauf, bestselling author of The Weight of Silence and Little Mercies, "Hypnotic and anything but predictable. This book will give insomniacs a compelling reason to sit up all night." -Kirkus, starred review, "Single White Female on steroids.... If you haven't read Mary Kubica yet, you need to start right this minute... This riveting psychological thriller had me turning the pages at warp speed." -Lisa Scottoline, New York Times bestselling author of Corrupted, "Following her smash hits The Good Girl and Pretty Baby, the Chicago-based master of thrills concocts the perfect suspense page-turner with a missing woman, a mysterious bombshell, and twists that will make you tweet, "OMG."" -Buzzfeed, "Mary Kubica has a knack for crafting engrossing psychological thrillers, and Don't You Cry is no exception." -InStyle
