“Getting away” has multiple meanings in this novel as Sophie disappears in front of Adam’s eyes. As the layers are peeled back artfully by the author, a very clever story comes to light. Character development is strong even if you don’t especially like them.

This book is suspenseful but in the mode of Gone Girl the characters are unlikable and it's difficult to care enough to read about them. Sophie and Adam and their toddler are vacationing when Adam suddenly comes back from the beach with his daughter "to find his wife being attacked and abducted". Kristin and Connor are another couple staying in a cabin nearby. What is the tie between Kristin/Connor and Sohie/Adam. Did the husband commit the attack and murder on his wife? There are no witnesses to Sophie's alleged attack and abduction except for an older partly blind slightly suffering from dementia neighbor. There are a few layers to get through the mystery which makes it interesting but as I mentioned I didn't care for Adam, Sophie, Kristin and Connor.

I enjoyed reading this book. It had a good story to it. I liked the variety of characters in it. It is my first book read by this author. I hope to read more books by this author.