The hook:
New parents Anne and Marco leave their infant daughter alone asleep in their home, popping next door for a “grown ups only” dinner party. Despite their misgivings, they make it through the party, frequently walking back to their house to check on the sleeping baby and keeping the baby monitor on them the whole time. Yet somehow, when they return home, the baby is missing.
My impressions:
This was a twisty book that kept me guessing all the way through. Despite not finding the characters all that relatable, I still found myself thoroughly engrossed. The twists were well executed, with just the right amount of foreshadowing to keep things from feeling too out of left field while still being surprising.
If you’re looking for a good domestic thriller, this is definitely one I would recommend. Shari Lapena’s writing style is perfect for the genre, creating suspense and planting questions in the reader’s mind, only to answer them in surprising and twisty ways.
I won’t spoil the ending, but I will say it left me wild-eyed and adding more of Lapena’s books to my to-be-read pile.
Happy reading!
Kat Pollock 