Linda’s Book Obsession Reviews ” The Case Study” by Nicole Lundrigan, Viking, On Tour With Suzy Approved Book Tours. May 2026

WOW! Nicole Lundrigan, the Author of ” The Case Study” has written a powerful layered, unique, intense Psychological Thriller. The genres for this well thought out and well written novel are: Mystery, Thriller, Psychological Thriller, Crime Fiction, Suspense and Fiction. The Author vividly describes the haunting scenery, setting, and landscape, as well as the Dramatic and Colorful Characters. Nicole Lundrigan describes the characters as complex, complicated, flawed, toxic, quirky, suspicious, secretive, and suspicious. This novel compares to a sophisticated game of Chess, or Clue, or Cat and Mouse. The timeline is set in the past and the present, when it pertains to the characters or events. There are secrets, betrayals, danger, threats, electronic recording devices, twists and turns, unexpected events, and murder. The suspects can be any of the characters. This is a nail-biting story, and I never guessed what and who would be responsible.

The story goes back to 1996, when there was a young girl’s Uncle murdered. The young niece Lainey, winds up locked up in a Psychiatric Hospital. Did Lainey commit the crime? Lainey is treated by a Psychiatrist, who keeps records and has a case record. Another young girl, Mia is fascinated by articles about Lainey and the Psychiatrist and winds up marrying the Psychiatrist. Twenty years later, Lainey is released, and the Psychiatrist wants to write about her in the present. Lainey wants to tell the doctor what she truly remembers when she was a young girl. Lainey and the doctor correspond by Facetime on the computer. Mia is extremely computer literate, and mirrors her husband’s computer. Mia has a teenager daughter and a manipulative and quirky mother.

Lainey works as a Yoga instructor and has a boyfriend with unusual hobbies. She is curious about the doctor, and his personal life. Of course this could be a recipe for disaster. I was captivated and mesmerized by this novel. I highly recommend this intense and thought-provoking psychological thriller. You won’t see what is coming! Happy Reading!