I’m officially a MM Fangirl ❤️. This was the perfect beach-read whiling-away-the-hours (that flew by), 1st summer book of the season.
Shortest Summary Ever: Arden Maynor was a little sleep-walking girl swept away in a flood. After 3 days she was rescued. Now she is 26 yr old Olivia Meyer – renamed and reinvented, moved away from the notoriety and small town fame that’s followed her her whole life. The problem is her former life seems to be following her. And then there’s the dead body and a connection to her mysterious past…
My thoughts: It’s coronavirus quarantine time and this book was like a much-needed trip for my mind where I happily escaped. The pacing is quick, the story well-formed, and the suspense taut. As a mystery connoisseur, I enjoyed the twists👏🏼 and relished the turns 👍🏼. I was sitting outside as twilight faded into night at about 90% and I couldn’t put it down. Then I heard a noise and jumped. Lol… so yes it was THAT good. All the heebies and a few jeebies.
This is my 3rd Miranda book and she is officially the queen of the “Middle Mystery” – contemporary, not too gruesome, but not cozy – just right when you’re in the mood for a departure from corona boredom but not wanting to be so scared you hide under the bed (don’t judge). What I respect is that the author’s topics in each novel are varied, crafted into situations that make me pause and think. This one drew me back to the “baby Jessica” (in the well?) from the 80’s. I wondered if that’s how life was for her… hmmm… so to start there and come up with a constructed mystery? You get all the claps from me.
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Genre: Mystery/thriller
Recommend to: perfect beach read, a medium mystery – not too gritty.
Not recommended to: you have to put up with a little redundancy in the flashback/memories of the flood, but it’s worth it.
Thank you to the author, Simon & Schuster and Netgalley for the ARC and my always-honest reviews. Thanks for keeping me on my porch and the 5 mosquito bites because I could NOT out this down. 😂
