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The Thinnest Air Kindle Edition

by Minka Kent (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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A woman’s disappearance exposes a life of secrets in a twisting novel of psychological suspense from the author of The Memory Watcher.

Meredith Price is the luckiest woman alive. Her husband, Andrew, is a charming and successful financial broker. She has two lovely stepchildren and is living in affluence in a mountain resort town. After three years of marriage, Meredith’s life has become predictable. Until the day she disappears.

Her car has been discovered in a grocery store parking lot—purse and phone undisturbed on the passenger seat, keys in the ignition, no sign of struggle, and no evidence of foul play. It’s as if she vanished into thin air.

It’s not like Meredith to simply abandon her loved ones. And no one in this town would have reason to harm her. When her desperate sister, Greer, arrives, she must face a disturbing question: What if no one really knows Meredith at all? For Greer, finding her sister isn’t going to be easy—because where she’s looking is going to get very, very dark.

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“A smart, twisty, original, and thoroughly entertaining thriller that hooked me from the very first page and KEPT me hooked until the very last. I’m a slow reader, but I literally flew through this book. I highly recommend to all thriller fans.” ―Jennifer Jaynes, USA Today bestselling author

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I know people like the characters in this book; they could make a scandal out of last season’s yoga pants. So when a woman goes missing, it’s fascinating to watch the media circus erupt around the fictional community of Glacier Park, Utah. Everyone drives BMWs, an unmanicured nail is cause for scandal, and a divorce is monthly martini talk.

Meredith Price was the perfect younger woman married to the rich—and infinitely desirable—Andrew Price. Her sister, Greer, didn’t understand their relationship, but she didn’t have to: Meredith was across the country and seemed blissfully happy. But when she seems to vanish into the thinnest mountain air, the community is as confused as Greer. Meredith wouldn’t leave her husband, would she? It’s grist for the gossip mill.

It had to be her husband.

No, it must have been someone from the outside.

It had to be someone from the outside.

In a novel that combines the nail-biting suspense of Megan Abbott with the narration style of Paula Hawkins, Minka Kent crafts a story that made me question not only what I really know about my neighbors but also what I know about those who claim to love me. What secrets are truly safe?

- Jessica Tribble, Editor

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B076CJVFKF
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Thomas & Mercer (1 July 2018)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1675 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
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  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 286 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1503951898
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Washington Post and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Minka Kent is a graduate of Iowa State University and the author of The Memory Watcher, The Perfect Roommate, The Thinnest Air, The Stillwater Girls, When I Was You, Unmissing, The Silent Woman, and Gone Again (2023). Her debut psychological suspense, The Memory Watcher, hit #9 in the Kindle store and landed on the Amazon Most Sold chart. Her follow-up, The Thinnest Air, was a Washington Post bestseller five weeks in a row and reached #1 in the Kindle store. Her work has been featured in People Magazine and The New York Post.

Minka also writes contemporary romance as Wall Street Journal and #1 Amazon bestselling author Winter Renshaw.

She is represented by Jill Marsal of Marsal Lyon Literary Agency.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good thriller
Reviewed in Australia on 14 June 2018
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This was a good read, had lot of twists and turns which I love in a thriller. The only reason I don't give it 5 stars is that just over half way it became a bit predictable. But it was still a great story.
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NicShef❤️Reading
5.0 out of 5 stars Highly recommended...
Reviewed in Australia on 1 June 2018
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This book is fantastic and one of my favourite Kindle Firsts in a long time. I couldn't put it down once I started reading it. Minka Kent is a talented suspense writer that masterfully weaves a plot full of twist and turns, I binge read it in a morning as I just needed to know what had happened to Meredith...

The story is about a young, beautiful woman, Meredith who was raised by her older sister Greer and a bond developed between them that was unbreakable. The two shared everything until Meredith married Andrew, a wealthy, older man, who literally swept her to a glamorous life. Unfortunately, that life was very lonely and led Meredith on a path of lying, secrecy and distrust... until she vanished into thin air...

This story moves between the past and present as the mystery of what happened to Meredith builds into a very suspenseful and complicated tale. Nothing and no one is what they seem....

I would highly recommend this book to anyone who wants an escape for a couple hours, a thrilling, intense read which highlights the love of sisters... it kept me swiping and second-guessing every character in ‘The Thinnest Air’.
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3.0 out of 5 stars not bad
Reviewed in Australia on 26 October 2018
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wasn't too bad. I found myself questioning the story line a bit at times - wasn't that realistic but it was an OK read. I didn't feel excitement as we tracked towards finding the person or the killer but it was ok nothing earth shattering
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John
4.0 out of 5 stars A good, easy read
Reviewed in Australia on 29 May 2020
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An enjoyable book with a clever storyline. The book is really easy to consume and the characters are well thought out. I really liked it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great Story Telling
Reviewed in Australia on 17 June 2018
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This is the 2nd Minka Kent story that I've read & it was great. I love the way she brings it all together & she keeps you hanging.
Minka developes some fascinating characters & keeps you wondering who you can believe.
Well worth the read
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3.0 out of 5 stars Recommended Read
Reviewed in Australia on 22 October 2018
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Started off really well kept my interest until the villain ( I' d worked put who it was)was unveiled then got pretty predictable. Enjoyable enough and recommended. Won't read another of her books just the same
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Heidi (but books are better)
2.0 out of 5 stars Well written but predictable
Reviewed in Australia on 17 August 2018
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I recently read The Memory Watcher by Minka Kent and was totally blown away by it. It contained all the elements I hope to find in a twisty psychological thriller, and I couldn’t wait to read Kent’s latest novel, The Thinnest Air, settling in for another breath-taking experience.

Initially, Kent fully pandered to my wishes. I really enjoyed the dual POV: the elder sister, Greer, narrating the present, in which she is looking for her missing sibling; and Meredith, the younger sister, telling us about the last 3 years leading up to her disappearance. As in The Memory Watcher, all characters are flawed, some more unlikeable than others, and even though I did not feel warm and fuzzy about any of them they were all somehow relatable in our screwed up society. As the story unravels, some dark secrets come to light that had me construct all sorts of wild and wonderful theories about Meredith’s fate, remembering how Kent had totally blindsided me in the past. The author has a way of setting the scene that allowed me to vividly picture all characters and settings, which created an irresistible sense of tension and quickly drew me into the story.

Picture my jaw-dropping disappointment when the story made an unexpected turn about ¾ into the book, totally surprising me – unfortunately not in a good way. Really, that was it? None of my theories were even remotely in the ballpark, seeing how I had expected the unexpected (if that makes sense). Instead, the story followed the lead of thousands of other been-there-done-thats in the genre, predictable, boring, unoriginal. If I did not know what Kent is capable of in terms of delivering a well-constructed plot and a great twist, I could have seen this one a mile off! What happened? Where did it get bogged down so badly in clichés and stereotypes? I admit that I am feeling extremely let down right now and had to force myself to read to the end just in case there was a surprise lurking there. But no, it all meandered along the well-trodden path of same-old and fell totally flat for me. There was one element in the ending (which I can’t give away because of spoilers) that irked me so much that it knocked another star off my rating!

In summary, the ending was a major let-down in what could otherwise have been a fast and entertaining read. Not only was it predictable, boring and unoriginal, but it also left some questions unanswered and hinged on some questionable actions by some of the characters. Some threads led nowhere at all and I was left wondering what the point had been to include them at all. I guess that part of my disappointment is related to the fact that I know what a brilliant writer Kent is, and how much I loved her earlier novel. That said, if you are new to the author and a reader who prefers a fairly straight forward and predictable story to a crazy twist that messes with your mind, then this will probably be a good read for you. I love my stories dark and unpredictable, with complex characters, so it didn’t live up to my expectations this time. However, I am looking forward to the author’s next novel, hoping she will return to her habit of delivering a well thought out plot with a gob-smacking finale!
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Peter the constant reader
2.0 out of 5 stars Thinnest interest a reasonable story badly done
Reviewed in Australia on 21 August 2018
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The brazen first sentence is a poor choice by the author. It bears little resemblance to the actual story. Apart from some fruity language there is no actual physical relations. I continued anyway as I can always jump the jumping.

We have a story of a woman's disappearance into thin air or so it seems. Her sister searches for her relentlessly. She suspects the husband who she doesn't trust and a handsome sheriff who she possibly could trust. Also dragged in is the sister's long time friend/lover. Minka presents us with a reasonable set of circumstances and a plausible plot which saved it from one star oblivion.

I can forgive her the sometime strange American phraseology like unnecessary "of" but not lapses in story line. The sister does not recognise Sheriff "Ronan" even though he was the officer to whom they previously reported a stalker. This is not the only hole in logic

The story moves backwards and forwards through time as a story telling device misapplied in this story which just confuses the plot and perhaps the author. The ending attempts to tie up all the feelings and relationships instead of finishing the story.

A good story badly done.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Very entertaining book,
Reviewed in Canada on 8 August 2022
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Very entertaining! I loved how the story was told by both sisters: Meredith and Greer. The end was unexpected but original. I will definitely check out more books by Minka Kent.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Wow
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 March 2024
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This was so good I read it in a day. Good ending that wasn't what I was expecting.
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ramendra singh
4.0 out of 5 stars Riveting
Reviewed in India on 19 April 2023
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The tempo is outstanding. Tightly packed storyline which keeps the interest alive till the last page .A page turner but predictable at the same time.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Superb Thriller
Reviewed in the United States on 10 August 2018
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Meredith knows everyone looks at her like she is an airheaded beauty. She makes the perfect trophy wife for her millionaire husband. By all accounts, looking from outside the marriage, she is nothing but another bauble for Andrew Price to show off to his friends and associates. They have grossly underestimated her.

Even Meredith’s sister Greer, who she has always shared everything with, didn’t think it was good to be married to this man. In the beginning things were great. It wasn’t just the exotic vacations, fancy restaurants and posh parties. Andrew couldn’t get enough of her. Mer felt loved and adored.

Then the boredom set in. There are only so many places to shop in the little ski town they lived in. Most of the neighbors and friends of Andrew had relationships with Andrew’s ex-wife, judging every move Mer makes without even caring to get to know her. When she finds a note on her car by a strange man, she is terrified. More incidents occur, each one a bit more unsettling. Surprisingly, her husband brushes them off. The only one that takes her seriously is a Ronan, a young cop determined to keep her safe.

Then Meredith goes missing. Everyone’s secrets suddenly start surfacing. No one is as they seem to be on the surface and even the closest relationships are not what they seem. Will Meredith be found alive?

This is the perfect psychological thriller. The twists and turns don’t stop as the emotions and terror ramp up. Just when I began to trust a character, they would do something making me think they were not the person I thought they were. I seriously did not know who was good and who was terrifying until the last chapters. The Thinnest Air is one of the best books I have read this year. I read it from the Kindle app on my phone, and literally read it while riding in the car, waiting in line at the grocery store, at McDonald’s playground and during the Cub game.

Kent pulls you into the story making the characters real from the very first pages. She tells volumes with descriptive phases and dialog that stays with the reader long after the page has been turned. For example, when Mer thinks: “We’re powerless when it comes to our men. I’m just lucky I found a good one. The wrong one could easily be my undoing.” The author perfectly lays out the foreshadowing quickly and quietly. Once Mer goes missing, her sister Greer says to herself; I’m beginning to realize my sister was drowning in an ocean of secrets, and I was inland the entire time, clueless. These are just a few examples of this easy to read, page turning novel that will keep you breathless with every turn of the page.

This is the first novel I have read by Minka Kent. She has previously published two books, The Memory Watcher and The Perfect Roommate. She is a master of psychological thrillers, and I cannot wait to read her previous books and am looking forward to The Stillwater Girls scheduled for publication April 2019.

Copyright © 2018 Laura Hartman
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Uwe Behr*1962
4.0 out of 5 stars Fast perfekt
Reviewed in Germany on 22 August 2018
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Spannender Handlungsverlauf, der bis zum Schluss nicht durchsichtig wird. Überraschende Entwicklung. Etwas weniger schwesterlicher Gefühlsduselei und ich würde fünf Sterne geben. Empfehlung: Lesenswert
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