A great premise -- a shadowy organization that rescues people from dangerous situations and helps them escape into new, safe lives. Catherine is at the helm of this "Burial Society" and gets fixated on the 'one that got away' when she hears that new tragedy has struck a family where she was unable to save a client due to Catherine's own mistake. Her guilt gets her involved in this sorry saga.
I enjoyed this psychological thriller but just could not get too invested in the Burrows' storyline and, unfortunately, those characters ended up forming most of the narrative. I was so much more interested in hearing about other rescues and saves and I did not care for Natalie or any of the family. Told in alternating chapters from the point of view of Catherine, Jake, and Natalie, the different perspectives make it somewhat difficult to figure out what is really going on. The mystery involves figuring out who killed whom and why. Easy to guess that so I wasn't surprised. NO SPOILERS.
I do have the second book featuring Catherine in my queue and will read it next so I hope that the plot is different to this one and deals with different rescues more suited to the stated mission of the Burial Society.
Thank you to NetGalley and Ballantine Books for this e-book ARC to read and review.
This is the first in a set of 2 books so far in the series. I've read in order.
Genre - psychological thriller, family drama, self-harm, murder
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