We Were Never Here

Critics Review

• A nail-biting, immersive whirl of a read. Brimming with mysterious twists, turns, and a frenemyship of the most chilling proportions, We Were Never Here is every woman’s worst nightmare…and every thriller-lover’s dream

• A book that skillfully examines toxic friendship at its most extreme

  New York Times Book Review

• Tense and original . . . Genuinely mind-blowing twists. Completely addictive

  Stylist

• Tantalisingly suspenseful, frequently surprising, thoroughly compelling. We Were Never Here is a terrific, thought-provoking thriller

  BP Walter, bestselling author of The Dinner Guest

• My God, [Bartz] is SO GOOD at building that tense oh-no-what-have-I-done queasy energy! Zippy, nervy and so thoughtful and current on women’s safety

  Harriet Walker, author of The New Girl and The Wedding Night

• Incredibly tense and atmospheric, We Were Never Here explores the nuances of memory, the secrets that bind a friendship-and those that threaten to tear them apart. Andrea Bartz delivers a sharp, unsettling thriller about power, obsession, and the inescapable grip of the past

  Megan Miranda, New York Times bestselling author of All the Missing Girls

• Andrea Bartz has proven herself a master of the timely literary thriller

  BuzzFeed

• [A] riveting psychological thriller… Suspense fans will look forward to seeing more from this talented author

  Publishers Weekly

• Exhilarating … Bartz’s writing will keep readers on their toes, questioning everything and looking for hidden meanings…A slow-burn thriller that gradually suffocates both the protagonist and the reader-in a good way

  Kirkus

• Intelligent, methodical … Emily and Kristen [would] be right at home in a Hitchcock psychological thriller. A terrific novel, blending the Hitchockian elements with a touch of Patricia Highsmith

  Booklist (Starred Review)

• Whether you’re planning far-flung summer travels or kicking it closer to home, you’re going to need a great beach read-and that’s where We Were Never Here comes in. [A] twisty thriller

  PopSugar.com

• An eerie psychological thriller … with alluring locales, Hitchcokcian tension, and possibly the best pair of female leads since Thelma and Louise

  BookPage

• Bartz takes the idea of a ‘frenemy’ to new heights in her third thriller, yet another expert vivisection of female modes of communication and competition

  Los Angeles Times

• A chilling, whirlwind thriller

  Woman's Own

• This thriller has a premise that will pique any mystery-loving traveler’s interest: two best friends embark on their annual reunion trip, only to have it go murderously awry. Bartz’s evocative descriptions of destinations as varied as Chile and Cambodia pulled me in immediately, but it was the way she ratcheted up the tension by dropping clues about the duo’s murky past that kept me rapt until the end

  Travel + Leisure

• This smartly written psychological thriller will leave you all tingly

  Reader's Digest

• Bartz, once again, creates a thrilling tale about a friend group in flux

  OprahDaily.com

• The ultimate story of toxic female friendships, a theme Andi Bartz pulls off exquisitely her previous novels. This one is pulse-pounding with secrets, lies, and friends who trust too much

  CrimeReads.com

• Sustains its thriller atmosphere with a well-drawn dynamic between co-dependent friends who alternate from deep trust to vicious suspicion

  Milwaukee Magazine

• We Were Never Here is an observant, suspenseful, and deeply scary novel, a psychological thriller that looks at the tight bonds of friendship and asks where they strangle, where they break

  Steph Cha, author of Your House Will Pay

• We Were Never Here is somehow both cinematic in scope and also claustrophobic and unnerving. It’s a novel that explores the dangers that lurk in beautiful places, the manipulation of memories, and the friendship ties that don’t just bind us, but can strangle us

  Tara Laskowski, award-winning author of One Night Gone and The Mother Next Door

• I absolutely loved We Were Never Here … chock-full of twists and turns that surprise and titillate. I was so enthralled, I carried the book around the house, reading as I walked to the kitchen to make some tea and even while folding the laundry. It’s been years since I last read-walked!

  Daniela Petrova, author of Her Daughter's Mother

• [Bartz] has an incredible talent for writing complicated characters, complex relationships, unnerving situations, and palpable tension-and making them all work together

  HelloGiggles.com