This is one of the paperbacks I picked up during the HPB trip. I was excited for the plot of this one. Psychological thrillers are my jam! Also, warning: there will be spoilers in this review!
Detective Ryan is a survivor of a mystery that resulted in the disappearance of his two friends. He was only a child at the time, but he's never been able to remember what happened. The murder of a 12-year-old girl brings him back to the scene of the crime, but he's not going by the same name, so he stays on the case. Are they connected, and will they finally solve the mystery of what happened all those years ago?
No. The answer is no. I'm just going to be upfront and let you know my biggest problem with this book. The whole story keeps bringing up Ryan's memories, his issues with what happened, little possible connections, and then at the end, he's okay not remembering any of it except for one happy afternoon? Yeah, okay. I hated that. Also, he's a jerk and that never changes.
The other thing is the present day mystery is not as mysterious as Ryan would have us believe. He says, "well, you were fooled just like me." Sorry to say this, man, but it was just you. I had the mastermind figured out.
The writing started out pretty good, but then it started turning into a slog. I felt like a lot of the random nonsense could've been removed, and I wouldn't have noticed. The way he acted after the night with Cassie was just ridiculous. He didn't deserve anything good, and in the end, he didn't get it. I guess that's a win. Skip this one unless you like unsolved mysteries you've spent hundreds of pages investing your brainpower trying to figure out.
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