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3.87 AVERAGE
3.87 AVERAGE
I received a free copy of this book from Penguin First to Read in exchange for an honest review.
This is a story about lies and secrets, with lots of twists and turns. It's very dark, as well. Nicole "Nicky" Frank doesn't remember much. She was in a terrible car accident, and all she remembers is her daughter Vero is missing. Maybe hurt. But the man who claims to be her husband, who she feels a mix of hate and love toward even if she can't remember his name, says she has no children.
But Vero seems like the only thing that's real.
Nicky has suffered multiple head injuries--her brain hasn't recovered, so her memories are unreliable. But the more the police investigate her story, the more mysteries emerge. Vero, it turns out, isn't only a figment of her imagination. And the story of that little girl is woven around Nicky's hidden past, a story that is complex and a bit horrifying.
Not a light read, but an interesting one, so long as you're willing to allow for some stretches of coincidence. The world can be a terrible place, and people do terrible things to each other--often with tangled emotions and motives. Someone can mean well, yet do so much damage. Nicky is a wounded narrator, unreliable, circling back to what she doesn't remember, and her relationship with her husband is disturbingly dysfunctional. But the puzzle of the plot is well constructed, sweeping the story along as it's slowly unraveled.
Though part of a series, the book can be read by itself. However, character development in the investigators is better understood by reading them in order. A good read for fans of thrillers and complex detective investigations.
This is a story about lies and secrets, with lots of twists and turns. It's very dark, as well. Nicole "Nicky" Frank doesn't remember much. She was in a terrible car accident, and all she remembers is her daughter Vero is missing. Maybe hurt. But the man who claims to be her husband, who she feels a mix of hate and love toward even if she can't remember his name, says she has no children.
But Vero seems like the only thing that's real.
Nicky has suffered multiple head injuries--her brain hasn't recovered, so her memories are unreliable. But the more the police investigate her story, the more mysteries emerge. Vero, it turns out, isn't only a figment of her imagination. And the story of that little girl is woven around Nicky's hidden past, a story that is complex and a bit horrifying.
Not a light read, but an interesting one, so long as you're willing to allow for some stretches of coincidence. The world can be a terrible place, and people do terrible things to each other--often with tangled emotions and motives. Someone can mean well, yet do so much damage. Nicky is a wounded narrator, unreliable, circling back to what she doesn't remember, and her relationship with her husband is disturbingly dysfunctional. But the puzzle of the plot is well constructed, sweeping the story along as it's slowly unraveled.
Though part of a series, the book can be read by itself. However, character development in the investigators is better understood by reading them in order. A good read for fans of thrillers and complex detective investigations.
Nicky Frank crawls out of a car wreckage mumbling about saving 'Vero'. The police find her badly injured and reeking of alcohol. It is a miracle that she even survived, leave alone manage to climb up a ravine which people in perfect condition, in search of this little girl Vero.
Things start getting complicated when Nicky's husband refuses knowledge of any person called Vero. They've never had a child. It doesn't help matters that there are no signs of a child having been in the car. Even the sniffer dog isn't able to identify anybody else.
The mystery deepens when Sergeant Wyatt Foster investigates and uncovers some disturbing facts about Nicky Frank.
A very interesting book, catches your attention from word go, and doesn't let go until the end. This is my first Lisa Gardener, and it was a great book to start with. The author does a great job at addressing a very disturbing topic with this book. It gave me the chills when the true story unfolded. A book that I enjoyed despite not liking or even empathizing with characters until towards the end. A book I'd recommend if you like this genre of books.
Things start getting complicated when Nicky's husband refuses knowledge of any person called Vero. They've never had a child. It doesn't help matters that there are no signs of a child having been in the car. Even the sniffer dog isn't able to identify anybody else.
The mystery deepens when Sergeant Wyatt Foster investigates and uncovers some disturbing facts about Nicky Frank.
A very interesting book, catches your attention from word go, and doesn't let go until the end. This is my first Lisa Gardener, and it was a great book to start with. The author does a great job at addressing a very disturbing topic with this book. It gave me the chills when the true story unfolded. A book that I enjoyed despite not liking or even empathizing with characters until towards the end. A book I'd recommend if you like this genre of books.
This was a great read, twist after twist. I was rooting for Thomas the whole time
The best book of Gardner's that I've read so far. Her writing style and/or editing improved a lot in this book, and her depiction of the psychological effects of childhood trauma and its effect on memory is devastatingly true-to-life.
I have mixed feelings about this one. The first third was quite boring and it was just going in circles. Then it picked up a bit, but Wyatt was being amazingly dumb and obtuse. Then once Niki started talking to them, I got more interested, and by the end I was into it. Overall, I liked the FMC flashbacks, hut the police work was shitty and the book too slow.
This was a suspenseful read, with many twists and turns, and a great ending. I liked the switches in viewpoint between Nicky's first-person narrative and the third-person point of view when describing the actual law enforcement investigation. It probably helped that I have read the earlier novels in which Tessa and Wyatt were introduced (Love You More and Touch and Go).
AWESOME! Pretty much her best yet. A must read for any crime lover. Or just book lover, because the story is so great and the characters are amazing.
a little convoluted at first but did not see some of those twists and turns coming!
The story was definitely worth reading. Lots of twists and turns. Interesting characters. Not so good writing. I mean, it was ok. But sometimes I just had to cringe at the phrases used or the unnatural dialogue. Despite the writing, it was a page turner. So many questions to be answered, so you just have to power through.