On a sunny summer morning by the sea in New England, Susan Ford’s cocoon of privilege is threatened when an Iraqi man from her distant past boards a plane in Baghdad to come find her.

We meet Mrs Ford in her carefully curated life - Blenheim Spaniels, Watch Hill Cottage in Rhode Island, close community, not a hair out of place... Mrs Ford has everything under control. Until the FBI arrive at her front door...

The book focuses on the current time (2014) with flashes back to the Summer of 1979, on the outskirts of declining Detroit where college coed Susan meets reckless and charismatic Annie. An unlikely duo, but their friendship will change both of their lives forever. Slowly, the reader is taken on a journey to unravel Mrs Ford's past as her present life begins to crumble.

This is Deborah Goodrich Royce's first novel as her career has largely been focused on acting and screenwriting. Perhaps her expertise in the area of screenwriting contributes greatly to the gritty feel of this book and the overwhelming feeling that it would make a fantastic movie on the big screen. For a debut, this was strong and entertaining enough to keep the momentum going throughout. Self control and calculating precision combine as the characters lives and lies are exposed.

Thank you to net galley and the publisher for giving me the opportunity to read this book it was a great experience for me first time reading this authors books Definite favorite. The book really kept your interest, and was great all the way through. Highly recommend this book.

Such a good book! Susan Ford is a wealthy old-money widow living a peaceful existence in Watch Hill, Rode Island when her past comes calling. A Iraqi man named Sammy Fakhouri has been captured by the FBI while traveling to see Susan - and the FBI wants to know why. FINDING MRS. FORD does a wonderful job of revisiting Susan and her friend Annie's summer of '79 and showing us how Susan has becomes the person she is today. Goodrich Royce does a good job of making us contemplate how our impulses and judgments as young adults, though misguided, are necessary for us to truly evolve into the grown-ups we need to be.

Definite favorite. The book really kept your interest, and was great all the way through. Highly recommend this book.

Thanks to author, publisher and Netgalley for the chance to read this book. While I got the book for free, it had no bearing on the rating I gave it.