Five years ago Molly Clarke’s car struck and killed her five-year-old daughter. It was a tragic accident that affected the whole family. Molly triesto connect with her teenage son Ethan by going to his football games, but he makes it plain he doesn’t want her there. Her husband, John, is distant, and her daughter Nicole is out of control feeling guilty for her part in the accident.
On the way home from one of Ethan’s games, feeling rejected and lonely, she runs out of gas in a storm. Leaving her car near the gas station she starts to walk to the nearest town. A man in a pickup stops and offers her a ride. She accepts, but when the doors lock she make have made a terrible mistake.
The family looks for her, but when a note is found asking them not to try to find her the police and her family begin to think she walked away to start a new life. Then a woman comes forward with new information and Nicole goes back to the scene to investigate.
The premise of this story is interesting and the plot suspenseful. The problem is that it moves rather slowly. The story is narrated in alternate sections by Molly and Nicole. In Molly’s we learn what she’s experiencing. In Nicole’s sections the story focuses on her interactions with the townspeople primarily the sheriff, deputy sheriff, bartender and the hotel manager.
I enjoyed the book, but it does move slowly with a lot of emphasis on what the characters are thinking.
I received this book from St. Martin’s Press for this review.
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