Audiobook Review: The Anniversary by Alex Finlay, Narrated by Ari Fliakos and Brittany Pressley

The Anniversary by Alex Finlay, 

Narrated by Ari Fliakos and Brittany Pressley

Blurb from Goodreads:

Every Year He Comes For Them.

On one fateful night in 1992, the lives of two seventeen-year-olds are changed and intertwined forever. Quinn Riley, a boy from the wrong side of the tracks, is arrested after he innocently tries to break up a fight but ends up nearly killing someone. Jules Delaney, high school royalty, survives an attack by the elusive and terrifying May Day Killer—a serial predator who strikes every May 1st in midwestern small towns.

A year later, Jules is struggling with trauma and guilt, tormented by the Why was I spared? Quinn is newly released from juvenile detention and returns home to fresh the unsolved murder of his mother.

Over the next decade, their lives are revisited on a single day each year—May 1st. As secrets unravel and the paths of Quinn and Jules collide, two mysteries edge closer to the truth. All the while, the May Day Killer is still out there—and the clock is racing toward another May 1st.

The Anniversary is an utterly compelling story of the hunt for a serial killer. But it’s also a heartfelt—and heartrending—novel about fate, innocence lost, and two souls who find that sometimes being broken is the only way for the light to get in.

Twisty, high-concept, and emotional, the novel reaffirms Finlay as one of the leading thriller writers today.

 This was good!  Truly my favorite genre of audiobooks are thrillers and this did not disappoint!  I liked it a lot more than this author's last book.  it kept me guessing and I really liked the time span and unfolding mystery of it all.  Plus great characters and a will they/won't they aspect not usually present in thrillers. Give this a listen!!

The Anniversary comes out next week on May 12, 2026 and you can purchase HERE.  

Serial killers have better manners.