This was a quick thriller, perfect for those days when you just want to get lost in a mystery that you don’t have to think about too hard.
Orla has been home with a new baby for months when her best friend, Kate, decides to whisk her away for a fun weekend in Portugal, just the two of them. But after a wild night out, Kate goes missing, and Orla doesn’t remember much — was she drugged? — and the police are no help at all. So with the help of her Uber driver, she decides to try to find out what happened on her own.
You definitely have to suspend some disbelief with this book, especially in terms of how unaware Orla seems to be about her own life and her inability to read other people, a point that is noted several times by several characters. And this is an important point because if she could have figured out other people’s motivations and was able to read their personalities, many of the big twists wouldn’t have been big twists because they really seemed obvious in many ways. And you have to suspend disbelief further when the police tell her she can’t leave the country, and instead of calling her consulate for help, she just goes along with everything, especially with a young baby at home.
But my favorite part of the whole book was the big twist at the end — no spoilers, here — and my stomach just dropped on the last page of the book.
This was a fast read, and I would recommend it for when you just need to reset your reading a bit and not take on anything too serious.
Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book from NetGalley and Harper 360/Avon Publishing in exchange for my honest review. It has not influenced my opinion.