A woman is on the run from an abusive husband, a man she feels will never stop looking for her. She has planned her escape for over a year, putting all her arrangements in place, covering her tracks, and leaving behind those who care for her in order to save her own life and gain independence.
Sabine Hardison is missing. Beth Murphy is on the run. Told from three points of view: the woman on the run, Sabine's husband Jeffrey, and the detective investigating Sabine's disappearance.
I was reminded of Sleeping with the Enemy and still was not prepared for the twist.
I have not read anything by Kimberly Belle before, but I will be looking for more.
Read in February; blog review scheduled for June 10, 2019.
NetGalley/Harlequin
Mystery/Thriller. June 25, 2019. Print length: 384 pages.
The Old You by Louise Voss has an intriguing premise. For Lynn Naismith the onset of dementia in her husband Ed is devastating, but there are a few things that confuse her about the situation. Although Lynn puts some worrisome situations out of her mind, she does question certain events. Not too seriously, though.
Unfortunately, I found the pacing slow and uneven until the latter part of the novel, at which point the twists just annoyed me. It was really difficult to sympathize with any of the characters.
Not much of the novel rang true for me, and I really lost patience with the bit about the clinical trial. Lynn's acceptance of all of the trial and all of the discrepancies and inconsistencies was too hard to accept.
NetGalley/Trafalgar Square Publishing
Domestic Noir? 2018 & Jan. 1, 2019. Print length: 300 pages.
