Lisa Unger is one of my favorite authors for twisty mysteries (and if you like a little spookiness, try her novels set in The Hollows). In UNDER MY SKIN, Poppy's husband has been brutally murdered. In the aftermath of his death, Poppy suffers a psychotic break, losing her memory of the days that follow his funeral. With the help of her childhood friend, Layla, Poppy tries to put her life back together and figure out the real reason her husband was murdered. As Poppy's memory of her lost days begins to return, she starts to suspect that she has been betrayed by someone close to her. Unger gives us a wonderfully complex plot with an unexpected ending.

I'm generally a fan of Ms. Unger's writing but this particular book is too dark and weird and goes on too long in this way. It becomes tedious and difficult to enjoy for me. I look forward to her next work and reading more from her. Sorry..

Some parts were a little hard to believe but overall I enjoyed this. The mystery of what happened during those missing days was most interesting to me. I felt for Poppy and the ending left me satisfied.

It’s been a year since Poppy’s husband Jack was found beaten to death in a Manhattan park and she’s still having a hard time coping. It doesn’t help that shortly after his death she disappeared for several days and came home with little to no memory of where she had been or what she had done. With the killer never caught, Poppy can find no closure or rest. She begins seeing a hooded man everywhere she goes and believes he’s following her. And she’s having the most bizarre, vivid dreams – or are they memories. As Poppy begins to wonder if she’s losing her mind, she decides the only way she’ll be able to tell if she’s going crazy or not, is to solve her husband’s murder. Unger is a first class thriller writer that will have you questioning yourself in this heart racing read

This book has all the ingredients to earn five stars, but it falls just a little short. Puppy's husband was killed a year ago, but some missing days and more than nagging feelings about what really happened propel Poppy into a suspenseful search for the truth. Unger draws her characters well, just as she draws the reader into the story. But, in the end, the story is predictable and the reader really knows how it will all end well before getting there.. Still, it's a good read, well above average for the genre.