"...numbers affect the way people see you."
Shay Miller, 31-years-old, single, recently downsized, lives with roommates Sean (who she secretly loves) and his girlfriend, Jody. Nothing is going so well in her life and her apartment is no longer the happy haven it used to be so one Sunday she decides to head out and find a nice place to work on her resume. She grabs a latte and heads for the subway when the event that changes her life takes place right in front of her on the platform: a young woman jumps in front of the train. Shay can't get over the shock and finds herself a bit obsessed finding out about the woman and the circumstances. That's when she meets Cassandra and Jane Moore -- friends of Amanda Evinger, an emergency room nurse who committed suicide by train. Soon things are looking up for Shay and it's all because the sisters have taken her under their wing. But they have a reason for this and Shay has no idea what they have planned for her. NO SPOILERS.
Told in the alternating points of view of Shay and the sisters, the reader gets a slow revelation of everything that has happened in the past as well as the current situation between them. At the beginning of every chapter narrated by Shay, there is a paragraph of a relevant statistic as Shay is very much a person who sees the world in terms of stats and data. Since she's a data analyst, she compulsively keeps data books "the way other kids kept diaries." Slowly the pieces start to fall into place and the reason for instant friendship between Shay and the sisters becomes clear. I enjoyed the story and it had a good amount of suspense but somehow, being a bit perverse, I wanted a different ending. Oh well, it was entertaining and it's a quick read. This is the third psychological thriller I've read by this duo and their collaboration and imagination keep me coming back for more. I definitely enjoyed all the data!
Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for this e-book ARC to read and review.
This is a standalone and is not part of any series.
Genre -- psychological suspense thriller
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