Genre: Mystery / Suspense
Book Type: Physical
Author: Paula Hawkins
Narrator: Rosamud Pike
Pages / Length: 320 pages / 9 hours and 19 minutes
Publisher: Riverhead Books (August 31, 2021) / Penguin Audio
Book Description:
With the same propulsion that captivated millions of readers worldwide in The Girl on the Train and Into the Water, Paula Hawkins unfurls a gripping, twisting story of deceit, murder, and revenge.
When a young man is found gruesomely murdered in a London houseboat, it triggers questions about three women who knew him. Laura is the troubled one-night-stand last seen in the victim’s home. Carla is his grief-stricken aunt, already mourning the recent death of yet another family member. And Miriam is the nosy neighbor clearly keeping secrets from the police. Three women with separate connections to the victim. Three women who are – for different reasons – simmering with resentment. Who are, whether they know it or not, burning to right the wrongs done to them. When it comes to revenge, even good people might be capable of terrible deeds. How far might any one of them go to find peace? How long can secrets smolder before they explode into flame?
Thoughts: I love when a book has a great layout. I really enjoyed reading the well placed inserts from The One Who Got Away that were within this book. I'm also a big Paula Hawkins fan, and enjoy her form of storytelling with the different characters who all had something to gain by Daniel's loss. I love the breadcrumbs that are left in each chapter to make you think that specific character committed the murder and that I wasn't only interested in Daniel's death, but also the individual story lines. This was a well-written mystery that had well placed puzzle pieces to help you try to solve this "Who Done It."
Favorite Quotes:
🔥 The truth was that you felt a certain way inside, and while the people who had known you your whole life would probably see you that way, the number of new people who could appreciate you as that person, that inside person, rather than just a collection of the frailties of age, was limited.
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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