People run away to New York City to find new lives, and sometimes it ends in tragedy. Alice Lee left her home in Wisconsin with $600 and her camera hoping to find a find a new life. Ruby Jones left Australia after a bad romance also hoping to remake her life. When jogging along the Hudson River, she finds a dead girl who turns out to be Alice. The girl is one of the anonymous people who are tagged Jane Doe, but Ruby finds she cares and wants to know who the girl was.
Alice has not yet crossed over. She connects with Ruby and tells her side of the story from the grave. Ruby is obsessed with the girl and finds she can’t stop thinking about death until she finds a group of friends she can talk to.
This is a murder mystery, but the mystery takes a backseat to the emotions of the characters. The story focuses on loneliness, loss, and connection. The women are very strong characters. The author pulls you into their lives and you find it hard to break away. The book starts slowly, but when you connect with the women, it’s hard to put down.
The background on New York City is accurate and well done. Set against this background, it makes what happened to these women very believable. I highly recommend it if you love mysteries that are more than police procedurals.
I received this book from Atria Marketing for this review.
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