The Last Thing He Told Me: A Novel
A Goodreads Top 60 Book of the Last 5 Years
Don’t miss the #1 New York Times bestselling blockbuster and Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick that’s sold 3 million copies strong—now an Apple TV+ limited series starring Jennifer Garner!
The “page-turning, exhilarating” (PopSugar) and “heartfelt thriller” (Real Simple) about a woman who thinks she’s found the love of her life—until he disappears.
Before Owen Michaels disappears, he smuggles a note to his beloved wife of one year: Protect her. Despite her confusion and fear, Hannah Hall knows exactly to whom the note refers—Owen’s sixteen-year-old daughter, Bailey. Bailey, who lost her mother tragically as a child. Bailey, who wants absolutely nothing to do with her new stepmother.
As Hannah’s increasingly desperate calls to Owen go unanswered, as the FBI arrests Owen’s boss, as a US marshal and federal agents arrive at her Sausalito home unannounced, Hannah quickly realizes her husband isn’t who he said he was. And that Bailey just may hold the key to figuring out Owen’s true identity—and why he really disappeared.
Hannah and Bailey set out to discover the truth. But as they start putting together the pieces of Owen’s past, they soon realize they’re also building a new future—one neither of them could have anticipated.
With its breakneck pacing, dizzying plot twists, and evocative family drama, The Last Thing He Told Me is a “page-turning, exhilarating, and unforgettable” (PopSugar) suspense novel.
Don’t miss the #1 New York Times bestselling blockbuster and Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick that’s sold 3 million copies strong—now an Apple TV+ limited series starring Jennifer Garner!
The “page-turning, exhilarating” (PopSugar) and “heartfelt thriller” (Real Simple) about a woman who thinks she’s found the love of her life—until he disappears.
Before Owen Michaels disappears, he smuggles a note to his beloved wife of one year: Protect her. Despite her confusion and fear, Hannah Hall knows exactly to whom the note refers—Owen’s sixteen-year-old daughter, Bailey. Bailey, who lost her mother tragically as a child. Bailey, who wants absolutely nothing to do with her new stepmother.
As Hannah’s increasingly desperate calls to Owen go unanswered, as the FBI arrests Owen’s boss, as a US marshal and federal agents arrive at her Sausalito home unannounced, Hannah quickly realizes her husband isn’t who he said he was. And that Bailey just may hold the key to figuring out Owen’s true identity—and why he really disappeared.
Hannah and Bailey set out to discover the truth. But as they start putting together the pieces of Owen’s past, they soon realize they’re also building a new future—one neither of them could have anticipated.
With its breakneck pacing, dizzying plot twists, and evocative family drama, The Last Thing He Told Me is a “page-turning, exhilarating, and unforgettable” (PopSugar) suspense novel.
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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
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.
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