A big thank you to NetGalley for an ARC of Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll. I am leaving this review voluntarily.

I know I am going to enjoy a book if the first thing I want to do is a deep dive into the story behind the story. In this case, the notorious serial killer Ted Bundy. I have vague memories of when that was all happening back in the late 1970s but since I was 12 and didn't live in Florida I didn't really follow the case all that much.

This book is a fictional telling of murders that took place primarily in a sorority house in Florida as well as killings in the Pacific northwest earlier in the 1970s. Pamela Schumacher is the survivor in the sorority who saw the face of the killer. Her actions help lead to the eventual arrest of the charismatic murderer.

Meanwhile Tina Cannon has lost a dear friend and she's convinced that Ruth was also a victim. Together Pamela and Tina set out to help the authorities.

I enjoyed the pacing and the writing. It was suspenseful, even though I knew what was going to happen. Really good character back stories and development through the book as it went back and forth in time.