I loved Strawser’s previous novel, so I was very excited about reading this, but it proved very disappointing. The story of lifelong best friends, Molly and Liza, revolves around a frightening SKYPE call which makes Liza believe her friend is in danger. With that as a catalyst a silly, weak and repetitive story involves the women.

The use of coincidences and the movement of the characters made no sense except the desire to push the weak plot ahead.

There is nothing believable about the reasons for Molly’s unrelenting terror. There are so many subplots, all of which are weak, never lead the reader to any closure. The novel moves toward a saccharine ending, which provides no logical closure.

I know that I found this novel a poor follow up to the wonderful NOT THAT I COULD TELL.

Very riveting novel. So full of suspense. Makes you wonder how well you really people.

I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I've had the pleasure of interacting with the author on social media and she's an extremely pleasant person and a talented writer. With that said, however, I just cannot get into her books but I can definitely see this one being successful like her others. I just don't feel I'm the right audience for her novels.