A review by lisaeirene
If She Wakes by Michael Koryta

3.0

This is the second "girl in a coma but she can hear everything around her" type of book I've read lately and I almost didn't read it because the premise didn't interest me, but the author is one I've read before and I really liked the other book I read by him.

It turned out to be a unique, interesting book full of hitmen and exciting twists and turns. Tara Beckley is a senior in college in Maine. She is driving a visiting professor to a conference when there is a car accident that leaves the professor dead and Tara in a coma. Abby is an insurance investigator hired by the college to look into the accident. Except, Abby used to be a stunt driver in Hollywood and she immediately sees that something isn't right about the accident.

It turns out that Tara is the key to the mystery, but she's in a vegetative state. And there are two hitmen trying to get to what Tara knows.