Her marriage has turned distant and cold. She has unsuccessfully tried to end her own life, and is still entertaining thoughts of suicide. In just a few seconds he is gone! Now, fourteen months later, Marin is a wreck and depends on prescription pills to get her through each day. Three days before Christmas, at Seattle’s very busy Pike Place Market, Marin Machado lets go of her four year old son’s hand to answer a text on her phone. With characters that were not that likeable, I was surprised that they kept me riveted to their story, but they definitely did. What a page turner! I thought at first that this would be like all the other ‘abducted child’ thrillers, but it couldn’t have been more different. I always fulfill my review commitments, even if it is not always in a timely fashion.) I’ve had a ‘hold’ on this title for quite some time and my hold finally became available. “ Sometimes someone else’s pain is the only thing that makes yours better“ (I downloaded this title from Minotaur Books via Edelweiss but the book expired before I had a chance to read it – SO… at long last, I ended up reading a library copy on the Libby app.
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