May Hanover was the good girl, the over-achiever – college, law school, law professor – but her life also had a number of deep regrets. That’s something she and her friends Lauren and Kelsey had in common. They’d each fallen to “cancel culture” for something in their past. When they meet in the Hampton’s for a weekend away, they finally feel like they are on the other side of those events, but they are still each keeping secrets. Then, a chance encounter and a joke written on a napkin catapult their lives into past and present tragedies. May, a crime podcast aficionado, can’t let go of the mystery, and the more she pulls on the thread, the more their lives unravel.
This was a fun one! I enjoyed how Burke crafted each of these three friends so wholly, with interconnected friendships and tragedies, friendships that ebbed and flowed, and the shorthanded communication & inside jokes that come from a lifetime of friendship. She also gave them each unique choices and complications that created conflicts over years. A slow-build thriller that builds chapter over chapter after the initial setup and event, this was neither a novel where I foresaw the events far in advance or didn’t see them coming. Burke did a great job keeping me only a fraction of a step ahead of May as she pieced the story together.
🎧 About the Audiobook 🎧 Catherine Ho narrates the story, embracing May, Lauren, and Kelsey’s dramatically different personalities. The audiobook is 9 hours and 30 minutes of fun.
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