Week 31 Review: The Outlier

From Goodreads:

An audaciously twisty psychological thriller in which finding the killer is only one of two mysteries its anti-heroine, Cate Winter, tries to unravel. The when pushed to extremes, what is she herself capable of?

Cate Winter, at 34, is a wildly successful neuroscientist and entrepreneur who has invented a cure for Alzheimer's that will improve the lives of millions. On the verge of selling her biotech company for an obscene sum, she is also about to become very rich.

But Cate has a secret that keeps her deeply uneasy about everything she is and she grew up at the Cleckley Institute, a treatment facility for the rehabilitation of psychopathic children. And, as far as she knows, she is the institute's only all of her peers have become thwarted, maladjusted or even criminal adults.

Then Cate discovers the existence of another ex-patient and outlier who might prove that her success isn't a fluke. He has not only stayed out of jail, but he's made a mark in business and science. Though his identity is confidential, she breaks the rules and drops everything to track him down. And when she finds him, living under an assumed name in Baja California, she is immediately obsessed. Like her, he is driven and brilliant, an innovator willing to do what it takes to perfect a new energy technology that will stop global warming. Here, at last, is her mirror, her ultimate collaborator, the possible answer to the enigma of her nature.

But in the wake of a mysterious death, Cate can't avoid suspecting him. If he is involved, do his ends justify his means? Ruthless herself, she's about to find out whether there are any moral lines she won't cross.

My Review:
I'm so glad that I read this book! I was recommended it by Kelley Armstrong and I'm glad I saw that recommendation and got an opportunity to review this book! It was such a gripping story and I couldn't put it down!

The whole premise of a school that treated a bunch of kids with psychopathic tendencies but that in adulthood most aren't law abiding citizens or done well for themselves, to have one or the only outliers searching out the other, yeah, it was really thrilling to read! 

Cate has created a drug that helps people with Alzheimer's, she's rich and successful but given where she was schooled, and the outcomes of most of the other residents, has her concerned for her own future. Finding out that there was another success story, she has to seek him out. 

We did get a few other perspectives, and I wondered how they would all connect. As the story progressed, seeing all these pieces that seemed separate stories come together in the big picture, was so fantastic! It so clever and well done and I just had to keep reading and see how it resolved! 

Loved reading this book and I'd love to read more by Elisabeth Eaves!

Author: Elisabeth Eaves
Read: July 28th, 2024 
Source: NetGalley 
Reason Why: Sounded really great, and it's a SAC 2024 Book! 
Publisher: Random House Canada 
Expected Publication: August 6th 2024

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars