A review by mombydayreaderbynight
The Weekend Away by Sarah Alderson

mysterious

4.0

This was a really good book to me.  This story is completely from Orla's perspective.  We meet Orla and her best friend Kate as they begin a girl's weekend in Lisbon.  Weekend trips are a tradition for these friends, this one being the first since Orla had her baby and is during Kate's divorce.  I think the author did a good job setting the scene in Lisbon.  The apartment booked for the weekend, the restaurants visited, the tourist filled streets.  I felt like I saw it all.  As Orla is out searching for Kate, the characters become more complex as layers are uncovered.  Orla finds help from an unexpected source as she searches for clues and she learns the extent some people will go to in order to keep secrets.  It was a page turning story as the mystery unfolded.  There were multiple trails to follow that eventually led to one truth in the end.  Overall it was a great story that I enjoyed from beginning to end.