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The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave
303 pages
What’s it about?
Hannah Hall is thirty eight-years-old and a successful woodturner when she meets Owen Michaels and falls in love. She soon finds herself moving to California where she becomes Owen's wife. Hannah also becomes a step-mother to Owen's daughter Bailey. Bailey is a sixteen year old teenager with no interest in a new mom. When one day Owen goes missing Hannah and Bailey find a way to come together and find Owen.
What did it make me think about?
What happened to Owen?
Should I read it?
I love a book that is clear about what it is- this book is a good old fashioned mystery. What happened to Owen? Is there something in his past that Hannah is unaware of?
Quote-
"You see it all the time on television. There's a knock at the front door. And, on the other side, someone is waiting to tell you the news that changes everything."
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For the record this is a solid 4 1/2 stars but that is not an option...
The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave
303 pages
What’s it about?
Hannah Hall is thirty eight-years-old and a successful woodturner when she meets Owen Michaels and falls in love. She soon finds herself moving to California where she becomes Owen's wife. Hannah also becomes a step-mother to Owen's daughter Bailey. Bailey is a sixteen year old teenager with no interest in a new mom. When one day Owen goes missing Hannah and Bailey find a way to come together and find Owen.
What did it make me think about?
What happened to Owen?
Should I read it?
I love a book that is clear about what it is- this book is a good old fashioned mystery. What happened to Owen? Is there something in his past that Hannah is unaware of?
Quote-
"You see it all the time on television. There's a knock at the front door. And, on the other side, someone is waiting to tell you the news that changes everything."
If you liked this try-
My Sunshine Away by M.O. Walsh
The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley
The Long and Faraway Gone by Lou Berney
These Women by Ivy Pochoda
The plot had me hooked from the start. I had some many questions and as Hannah discovered what was really going on, I saw more and more why Owen chose her to leave the note to.
Hannah had to make some hard choices and they reflected her character and strength. Even though we didn’t get to know Owen as well as we did her, his actions and Hannah’s memories/flashbacks did a good job of fleshing out his personality and motivations.
The ending was bitter sweet. While it stayed true to who the characters were, a certain part of me was hoping for a different outcome.
Wow- reviews of this book are all over the place! I really enjoyed this mystery. I thought the characters were well done, especially Bailey the angsty teenager. It would make a great beach read as it was a page turner. Definitely more of a mystery than a thriller.
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