Distress Signals

By Catherine Ryan Howard

A debut thriller that channels Gone Girl, from the newest writer to watch, Catherine Ryan Howard

The day Adam Dunne's girlfriend, Sarah, fails to return from a Barcelona business trip, his perfect life begins to fall apart. Days later, the arrival of her passport and a note that reads "I'm sorry--S" sets off real alarm bells. He vows to do whatever it takes to find her.

Adam is puzzled when he connects Sarah to a cruise ship called the Celebrate--and to a woman, Estelle, who disappeared from the same ship in eerily similar circumstances almost exactly a year before.

To get answers, Adam must confront some difficult truths about his relationship with Sarah. He must do things of which he never thought himself capable. And he must try to outwit a predator who seems to have found the perfect hunting ground.

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Published Jan 5, 2017

382 pages

Average rating: 7.42

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DonneK
6/10 stars
Meh!!! Like the last book I read, I really only liked one (Adam & Sarah) of the two different stories that were going on in this book (didn't like Rami and his mother). If I could have given it 2.5stars, I would have, making my 3star rating really generous.

While reading about psycho killers and a horrible mother can be scary, the really frightening part of the story were the details of maritime crimes and laws. It made me wonder if that's why we don't hear more about cruise ship crimes. Do cruise ships really squash crimes on their ships? Hmmm.....

The very end was a bit of a shocking twist.