"What happens to the bad things people have done?"
Lucinda (Lucie)Sullivan is about to find out the high price she's going to pay for something she did back in her university days. Now married to Blake, a local councilor, Lucie has a 9-year old daughter named Grace and an infant son, Oscar. Things are going well for the little family and Lucie has put her anxiety disorder to rest and is enjoying domestic bliss well enough when the unthinkable happens. Grace is walking on her own for the first time, home from visiting a friend just a few minutes up the street, when she vanishes. Despite the fact that she was being monitored by two grown men on opposite ends of the street, Grace does not make it home. Police are called, news appeals are done, and Lucie is existing in a twilight of dread and panic. When days go by without Grace being found, Lucie gets a note from someone in her long buried past. NO SPOILERS.
The story moves along at a good pace with a few surprising twists along the way, but I never worried for Lucie or Grace for some reason so the suspense and chills weren't as prominent as usual for a psychological thriller novel. I think it may be because I've read so many "missing children" books this past year. I can't say, either, that I warmed to Lucie or felt a real level of empathy for her plight.
I've read all of this author's previous books and will continue to do so in hopes that her next one will grab me a bit harder. The writing, as always, was excellent and I'm sure many will find this tale compelling.
Thank you to NetGalley and Bookouture for this e-book ARC to read and review.
This is a standalone and is not part of any series.
Genre-labels: psychological suspense, domestic fiction, missing child, secrets and lies
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