

For the Best
Author: Vanessa Lillie
Narrator: Teri Schnaubelt
Unabridged: 8 hr 9 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Published: 09/08/2020
Categories: Fiction, Suspense & Thriller, Crime, Psychological
Author: Vanessa Lillie
Narrator: Teri Schnaubelt
Unabridged: 8 hr 9 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Published: 09/08/2020
Categories: Fiction, Suspense & Thriller, Crime, Psychological
Vanessa Lillie is originally from Miami, Oklahoma, where she spent a lot of her childhood investigating local ghost stories at the public library. After college, she worked in Washington, DC, and later moved to Providence, Rhode Island, which she, her husband, and her dinosaur-aficionado son call home. Smitten with the smallest state, she enjoys organizing book events and literary happenings around town.
I recently read Little Voices from the author and I had some second thoughts about the story’s direction and I couldn’t connect with the characters as well. But when I read her new book’s plot, it attracted my attention. I loved the theme: short term memory loss and finding yourself at the murder sc......more
Have you read either of Vanessa Lillie’s books? For the Best was my first. Imagine if your wallet were found by a deceased man and you became the prime suspect in a murder? And you know you didn’t do it. What would you do when the police refuse to believe you? Jules starts her own investigation, whi......more
Juliet Worthington Smith is the CEO of the Poe Foundation in Rhode Island. After 15 years working her fingers to the bone she has reached the pinnacle of her career. The highlight for her is the gala function being hosted by the foundation to launch the new Genius Program which Juliet developed in c......more
This was definately a #bookstagrammademedoit book! After seeing rave reviews everywhere for it I grabbed my copy on Kindle Unlimited on release day and upgraded it to the audio. So glad that I did. I could not stop listening to the train wreck that was Jules! I am now keen to read Little Voices, Van......more
A fascinating look at the power of restorative justice, For the Best is Vanessa Lillie at her finest. With damaged characters and a dark undercurrent, the plot unravels a myriad of devastating secrets in the wake of an alcohol-soaked night that left a man dead and a woman accused of his murder. Mesm......more
“Smoothly plotted…Lillie keeps the suspense high up to the shocking ending. Readers will root for troubled Jules every step of the way.” —Publishers Weekly“For the Best rises beyond genre to include explorations of social justice, racism, trauma and addiction—explorations that are not digressions from the tale but woven wonderfully into it…Another winner from Providence’s [Vanessa] Lillie.” —Providence Journal“Reminiscent of Paula Hawkins’s The Girl on The Train…[in] her sophomore thriller, For the Best…Lillie writes about Rhody with a passion that feels homegrown.” —The Boston Globe