Marriages aren’t always what they seem and neither are people. Who can you really trust? Who should you really trust?
This book is told from two points of view: Frances, who seems to have a deeply troubled past and is married to William who “rescued” her, although might be having an affair now, and Samantha, whose 15-year-old deeply troubled daughter Edie vanished without a trace 20 years earlier. Frances and William are in his hometown because his mother, who lives with his closeted brother, had a severe fall, and while there, Frances discovers that William was dating Edie when she disappeared. Can Frances help Samantha finally get some answers after all these years of living in purgatory?
I really liked the friendship that develops between Frances and Samantha. It’s nice to see a friendship between two women that isn’t torn apart because of a relationship with a man or because of jealousy. That’s not a common enough occurrence. I also really liked that there was just enough backstory for us to understand the motives of most of the characters even if we lacked full explanations.
This was definitely a quick, fun read to start off the summer, although maybe not as heart-pumping suspenseful as it could have been for a thriller. I would have liked a bit more teasing out the whodunnit, since most (but not all) was easily guessed very early on.
Disclaimer: I received a free copy of this book from NetGalley and Thomas & Mercer in exchange for my honest review. It has not influenced my opinion.