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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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Born and raised in the Midwest, Minka Kent is a graduate of Iowa State University and the author of The Memory Watcher, The Perfect Roommate, and The Thinnest Air. Her debut psychological suspense, The Memory Watcher, reached the Amazon Kindle Top 100 in March and September 2017, as well as the Amazon Most Sold chart in November 2017. Translation rights to The Memory Watcher have been sold in multiple countries.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Thomas & Mercer (July 1, 2018)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 273 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1503953408
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1503953406
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 14.4 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 1 x 8.25 inches
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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.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Superb Thriller
Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 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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4.0 out of 5 stars Never take things for granted!
Reviewed in the United States on November 8, 2023
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The Thinnest Air by Minka Kent

It was there all the time and I couldn’t put my finger on it! Great book!

Day over night Meredith’s life changes when she meets Andrew. He’s rich, successful, protective and in a heartbeat they were happily married.

Not a single cloud in paradise up until Meredith couldn’t keep her needs in line. Huge mistake.

Meredith managed things gracefully and is in the process to save her marriage.

Will this be possible? Is forgive and forget on the table?

After all, Meredith disappeared into thin air.

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QOTD: What does it toke to forgive and infidelity? Is that possible? Is there a way back?
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3.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining read, but not without serious flaws...
Reviewed in the United States on June 24, 2018
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I wanted to give this book 5 stars. It's got some good things going for it, but in the end I have to give 3 stars.

**Mild Spoilers**

I'm not going to go into great detail about the plot etc as that's been covered in detail by others.

The Good:

I liked the basic premise. Sure the idea of the missing woman is certainly not a new one but the setup here was intriguing. The book was easy to read, the clues easy to follow, and the reveals interesting enough. The book tied up most of the major loose ends (while leaving a few dangling).

It definitely kept me reading and intrigued and I was certainly rooting for the ending that eventually came about. There were two major suspect's, and a minor one that appeared later on but even with a lack of suspect's there was enough intrigue to keep the story moving.

I personally enjoyed the dueling first person writing with the intersecting time lines. I had stopped reading novels for years and stuck to non-fiction. The first fiction title I had read in probably a decade or more? Gone Girl, darn near when it first came out. So, apparently this alternating narrator first person style is now all the rage and I think it fits this style of book perfectly. But if you don't like this style, take a pass.

Not really a good point per se, but I don't get the comment about graphic sex. This book opens with a line about Andrew between Merideth's legs. If that's graphic, I don't know what to say. That's literally the most graphic line in the entire novel. So, if you don't like graphic sex scenes, this is a fine novel to read. There are certainly some references to it, but nothing at all graphic.

The bad:

It was a bit too predictable and rote. I kept waiting for the huge surprise, but none was forthcoming. Yes there were reveals, but it was like ya, I kind of figured it was him. I guess Gone Girl stole all of the "she went willingly" ideas from authors but maybe that could have fit here. Or perhaps someone that 99% of the readers wouldn't have considered?

Virtually every character is non-likable. The one that came off likable became very unlikeable. I was certainly rooting for Meredith, but she was no angel. Greer, Andrew, the neighbor friend, Harris, the Mother, the ex-wife....even the kids. All written as completely unlikable and self-absorbed.

What is with the shortened names as nicknames and not just a husband or something - but everyone calling them these names. Mer for Meredith, G for Greer. What kind of nonsense is that? I was half expecting An for Andrew and Ha for Harris.

I am no prude, but why all the F words? I can just imagine the publisher saying, well it looks like you only have 14 F bombs. We simply cannot publish this unless you have 20 or more F bombs. As a mid-50's person, maybe it's just my generation, but growing up, words like that were simply never, ever uttered by females of any age, and even among my male friends, rarely uttered. I'm not suggesting that the characters say something like gosh darnit or golly gee wiz, but there are other slightly less vulgar words that can be used as expressions of surprise, shock, or disgust. Some cuss words and some not. But at the least - mix it up. I don't need to be hit over the head with nothing but F bombs when there is little reason for it.

Like others have said, there are lots of too often repeating descriptions from the overuse of smirk, to his lips flattened, to his lips curled at the edges among others. Seems almost like a late draft rather than a final copy. It's close - but some additional editing on dialogue and descriptions would help.

The book isn't bad by any stretch. If the F bombs, the Mer and the G and the repeating descriptions weren't all so prevalent, I would have given it 4 stars even with the rest of the story identical. I quite enjoyed it taken in it's entirety, and I can endorse it for those looking for a missing woman mystery, but it has some real shortcomings and it's nowhere near groundbreaking in either it's style, it's story line or it's ending.
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5.0 out of 5 stars relatable
Reviewed in the United States on March 15, 2024
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The rising thing about this book is, I feel like I’ve met these people before. So Minka Kent if that’s her real name, does a wonderful job of studying these characters in these types. All of him I’ve met or whose lives I’ve been habited and that’s among other things what makes the story so interesting to read.
The wealthy guy, the jealous ex-wives the Ivy Leaguer running the coffee shop. Even the mom Seale dating and being a bad mom. These are all stories I’ve heard, and they are wonderfully drawn, and the damage they do are well represented here.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Twisty Theiller
Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2024
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The misdirections keep the reader engaged, and guessing.
The dynamic between the sisters, the bond between them, never falters.
Thrillers aren’t normally my first choice in novels, but I couldn’t put this one down. Anyone, who enjoys palm sweating for a few hundred pages, should check out this Minka Kent book. One of her very best!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Very entertaining book,
Reviewed in Canada on August 8, 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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4.0 out of 5 stars Riveting
Reviewed in India on April 19, 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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4.0 out of 5 stars Fast perfekt
Reviewed in Germany on August 22, 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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5.0 out of 5 stars The first I've read by Minka Kent - but not the last
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 5, 2018
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Superb book. I chose this as my monthly Prime freebie and I wasn't disappointed. Very nicely paced with no dull bits or chapters that dragged. The chapters alternate between the two sisters, so we get events from months ago from the sister who disappears, and present day events from the sister who tries to find her. These gradually come together as we get to the present day for both. I didn't guess the end as there are enough red herrings and twists to keep you entertained. Once I finished it, I downloaded The Memory Watcher. Two chapters in and I'm well and truly hooked. I think I will be adding Minka Kent to my list of favourite authors.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A good, easy read
Reviewed in Australia on May 29, 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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