Thank you to St. Martin's Press, Minotaur Books, Macmillan Audio and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own. The text is littered with the utterly tragic experiences of people who were put into dangerous situations, and had to make extremely difficult and complex moral and ethical decisions in life or death situations. What Have We Done? is both invaluable, and a value-added contribution to the dialogue our nation is having about the long-term effects of war, and how best to deal with the men and women who fight on behalf of our nation. Although, US specific, I truly believe this is a universal phenomenon, and is a reflection of the human condition. I can attest I saw the effects of moral injury among the Iraqi soldiers I worked with.

Three of them survive and they realize somebody is after them! Somebody is out there to avenge! But who? Why! Donnie rushes into the ship’s performance hall and is greeted by several exasperated expressions, the most prominent from their singer, Tom Kipling. The book begins with a group of kids standing over a grave taking turns shooting a gun into its depths. He says when you have to kill someone never look them in the eye because it stays with you forever. Nico has been the producer of a reality show about miners. He was in the mine when an explosion occurred, trapping him. He was near death when rescued. He gambles and is heavily in debt to the mob.

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The construct moral injury is becoming increasingly relevant in the aftermath of the protracted conflicts in the Middle East. To say I really liked it (4-star) or was amazing (5 star) does not give justice or solutions to the dilemma. I have treated it as an awareness book. Read it or read about the results of war and listen. Also interspersed through all this is a history of the “therapy” used to “help” returning troops readjust – from World War I, to Vietnam, and our current era. I read this book in two days! It’s very suspenseful and reads fast. It does have some violence but it’s not too descriptive. Wood's main point is that we never consider the psyhcological harm of war - asking human beings to put aside their morals and kill... and be okay with that.

It is not my favorite of Alex Finlay's after loving Every Last Fear and Night Shift, but it does keep you engaged and interested. Some could be seen as OTT, but I loved the secret assassin life of the housewife. She is upfront with her husband that she is like the movie character Nikita, which adds some strong scenes to it. We have to realize that the forgiveness that veterans hunger for does not consist in finding excuses for their behaviors or comprehending their full horror without flinching. Five kids did something bad 25 years ago! And now a sociopathic, young female assassin tries to hunt each of them. Correction: Siamese sociopath twins try to kill them! So the hot blonde psychopath twins are now going to kill everyone and bury them in a field, but then Donnie shows up from the treehouse and distracts them just enough that Jenna can run away, and the twins follow her, and then there is a RIDICULOUS fight scene, and because of Jenna's assassin skillz one of the hot twins accidentally kills the other hot twin with a cattle killer tube weapon that has been mentioned 1000 times, and then Jenna leaves the other twin injured, but still alive, in the woods because she's not a killer anymore. Then she helps Donnie and Nico bury Artie alive like five minutes later, so I guess she is still a killer? Sure, I didn’t find the characters likable at the beginning or in the end. I didn’t see much redemption to their characters in the epilogue. But what I liked and would recommend this book for was the action/suspense/mystery.

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He’s never been so happy to see rats. Scurrying, dirty, disgusting varmints that will unquestionably tear his flesh down to the bone if he dies. But for now, they’re a welcome sight: They’re alive. There’s still oxygen. Twenty five years ago, Jenna, Donnie, Nico, Arty, and Ben were the best of friends, a bond forged as residents of Savior House, an abusive group home for wayward teens. When the home was shut down―after the disappearance of several residents―the group was disbanded. The author also uses the word “healing”. I much prefer this. One has to go through a moral healing – which may take several years. To save their lives, the group will have to revisit the nightmares of their childhoods and confront their past: a past that holds the key to everything. The plot didn't make a ton of sense (like none) and was more of an action thriller than a mystery. That genre is fine, but not what I was expecting from this book, based on the description. I can't get into much detail about what I disliked plot-wise without spoilers, so I will leave it at: confusing and not my favorite. [BUT YOU CAN SCROLL WAY DOWN FOR SPOILERS IF YOU WANT]

In the suspense/thriller genre, Finlay stands out for a couple of reasons. First, he uses multiple points of view to flesh out his plot and keep the pacing ultra-fast, while still being grounded and accessible. Second, he never shies away from a difficult scene, whether it’s an emotional arc that pushes his characters into totally new realms and opportunities for growth, or a particularly creative murder scene . . . . [ What Have We Done] is a fast-paced and suspenseful thriller with just enough emotional grit to make readers care about the characters along with the mystery.” —Bookreporter The story is told in 3 POV's with Jenna, Donnie and Nico hunted by a killer. The Killer does have a POV in a few chapters that ties in nicely.How badly you wanted another story featuring Special Agent Sarah Keller from Finlay’s last two books. I’m going to rip that bandaid off … she’s not in it. Sorry. Nico gets a text to meet someone in one of the mines. But it’s not his friend who shows up, it’s a woman who chases him further into the mine then leaves and detonates an explosive to cause the mine to cave in.