“A riveting mystery debut . . . an intriguing story about crime, punishment, and how a murder case changes countless lives forever—no matter what the verdict turns out to be.”—Mystery Scene
“Buccola’s deeply developed characters and simmering suspense propel this story of one woman’s quest to discover the truth about the mysterious death of her best friend.”—Liv Constantine, bestselling author of The Last Mrs. Parrish
“Promising . . . startling twists and troubling questions concerning guilt and justice . . . Psychological thriller fans will be curious to see what Buccola does next.”—Publishers Weekly
“Wildly suspenseful and almost gothic in tone.”—Bookpage
“Gripping and mesmerizing, reading Catch Her When She Falls is like watching a building catch fire, aware that dark ends are coming but unable to look away. Ten years after a shocking murder, amateur sleuths question whether the man in prison is responsible, causing his former girlfriend to reopen a case she never wanted to confront again. As new clues pile up, her paranoia and fear ratchet higher until almost everyone is a suspect. A portrait of a woman unraveling, this is the definition of ‘shirk all responsibilities and stay up until 2 a.m.’ reading. A superb story.”—Ashley Winstead, author of In My Dreams I Hold a Knife
“Richly atmospheric and thoroughly propulsive, Catch Her When She Falls is a thought-provoking mystery about the fraught interconnectedness of youth and the tragic limitations of teenage insight.”—Kimberly McCreight, New York Times bestselling author of Reconstructing Amelia and A Good Marriage
“A tense and twisting debut thriller . . . After receiving ominous warnings that the wrong person might be in prison for her best friend’s murder, Micah is in a desperate race for answers, but can she uncover the truth before her own life unravels? Catch Her When She Falls probes the dark shadows of guilt, suspicion, and obsession that surround a case where nothing is as it seems.”—Laura McHugh, author of What’s Done in Darkness
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