In downtown Chicago, a young woman named Esther Vaughan disappears from her apartment without a trace. A haunting letter addressed to My Dearest is found among her possessions, leaving her friend and roommate Quinn Collins to wonder where Esther is and whether or not she's the person Quinn thought she knew.Meanwhile, in a small Michigan harbour town an hour outside Chicago, a mysterious woman appears in the quiet coffee shop where 18 year old Alex Gallo works as a dishwasher. He is immediately drawn to her charm and beauty, but what starts as an innocent crush quickly spirals into something far more dark and sinister.As Quinn searches for answers about Esther, and Alex is drawn further under the stranger's spell, Mary Kubica takes readers on a taut and twisted rollercoaster ride that builds to a stunning conclusion.
Don't You Cry by Mary Kubica was published by Harlequin MIRA (Harper Collins) in hardback on 19 May 2016, the paperback edition is published on 25 August.
A missing girl and the appearance of a mysterious girl in a town just an hour away; this is the plot of Don't You Cry, and most people, me included, would read that blurb and assume that they know what will happen. Do Not Assume! Don't assume anything because this author is skilled at throwing a curve ball or two and nothing is ever quite what is assumed.
Told from two viewpoints. Quinn is the roommate of Esther, the girl who has gone missing, and Alex is a young man who lives a pretty isolated life, works as a dishwasher and befriends an agorophobic neighbour. It's difficult to work out just how Quinn and Alex's stories are connected, but the author has a knack of drawing in her reader and there are snippets along the way that are clues to what is to come .... or what you may assume is to come ....
That's the main thing with Don't You Cry, it is full of the unexpected and lots of twists and turns and surprises and it kept me hooked.
Surprisingly, for a story that really is a psychological thriller, Don't You Cry is fairly slow moving, especially at the beginning, but the development of the characters are done very well and the action and pace cranks up quickly as the end of the story approaches. And, what an ending! It certainly took me by surprise and was expertly done.
Great writing, well developed and interesting characters that contrast really well and a plot that delivers lots of surprises.
My thanks to the publisher who sent my copy of Don't You Cry for review.
I'm thrilled to welcome Mary Kubica to Random Things today, she's talking about 'My Life In Books'.
My Life In Books ~ Mary Kubica
Reading has always been an important part of my life. I still remember the excitement as a child of gathering heaping loads of books from my local library and bringing them home to read. There are a few books that have had a lasting impact on me, both as an author and as an individual.
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Before I Go To Sleep by S J Watson – As a writer of psych suspense, I’d be
remiss not to include in My Life in Books what I believe to be one of the most brilliant of its kind, S.J. Watson’s masterpiece, Before I Go To Sleep. Smart and unique, Watson sets the bar high for authors in his genre.Mary Kubica ~ August 2016
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Visit Mary at http://www.marykubica.com/
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