By: Shari Lapena
“When millions of people believe fantasy over fact, choose emotion over reason, society can break down pretty quickly. It happens all the time.”
Bryden and Sam are the perfect couple. Both of the have great careers, a nice apartment, and wonderful three year old daughter, Clara. Sam gets a call from Clara’s daycare that Bryden failed to pick Clara up. Sam picks up his daughter and goes home. He finds Bryden’s car in the underground garage, and her phone and purse in the apartment. After checking with friends, Sam calls the police. Bryden is mission. Where is she? It looks like she walked out, but did she really leave? As the police investigate, Sam and Bryden’s perfect world comes crumbling apart.
Reading this book is like take a deep breath and not being able to release it because you’re kept in suspense. The author here does a fantastic job of keeping you guessing and making more than one person suspicious. It helps that the chapters are short, there is a bit of action, and a lot of dialogue.
I will say, I didn’t love that you get multiple points of view within one chapter. It is in third person so it’s easy to follow, but it’s just not personally my favorite. I also actually guessed the whodunit early on in the book, but that may just be a product of me reading a ton of thriller books.
There is an interesting true crime aspect to this book too, courtesy of Lizzie, Bryden’s sister. She goes online and talks to people are about her missing sister, starts sleuthing with them. It happens all the time in real life, so I did enjoy that part!
Overall, a good thriller. This is my first time reading this author, and I’ll definitely check out more books.
Publish Date: July 29, 2025
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