Expected publication: June 19th 2018 by St. Martin’s Press
336 pages | Goodreads Description: ❝A young British couple are driving through France on holiday when they stop for gas. He runs in to pay, she stays in the car. When he returns her car door has been left open, but she’s not inside. No one ever sees her again. Ten years later he’s engaged to be married; he’s happy, and his past is only a tiny part his life now.
Until he comes home from work and finds his new wife-to-be is sitting on their sofa. She’s turning something over in her fingers, holding it up to the light. Something that would have no worth to anyone else, something only he and she would know about because his wife is the sister of his missing first love. As more and more questions are raised, their marriage becomes strained.
Has his first love somehow come back to him after all this time? Or is the person who took her playing games with his mind?❞ (end of description)
MY RATING: ★★★★☆ (4/5)
REVIEW
Finn and Layla are a couple on vacation. They are driving through France and stop at a gas station to refuel the car. He goes in to pay and when he returns to the car Layla is gone without a trace or explanation
Ten years later, Finn is engaged to be married to Ellen who happens to be Layla’s sister. They connected when they met years after Layla’s disappearance. The wedding is set to happen but their lives get affected when a disturbing object appears at their home. What makes it disturbing is that is an object related to Ellen’s long-gone sister Layla
This was a fast-paced read for me, I kept turning the pages wanting to know more about the story. The novel is narrated in alternating points of view and was engaging, creepy, and intriguing.
Overall, I enjoyed the book and recommend it to readers of thrillers, mysteries and contemporary fiction. I also recommend the author’s previous books The Breakdown and Behind Closed Doors.
I received an advance copy from the publisher via Netgalley
