Author: Katherine Wood
Publisher: Bantam
Genre: Mystery & Thrillers
Format: Kindle ARC
No. of Pages: 368
Date of Publication: July 9, 2024
My Rating: 3 Stars
DESCRIPTION:
Gia and Abby have been best friends since they were girls, forever bonded by the tragedy that unfolded in Greece when they were eighteen. In the aftermath, bookish Abby threw herself into her studies while heiress Gia chronicled the events of that fateful summer in a salacious memoir.
Twelve years later, Gia is back in Greece for the summer with her shiny new husband and a motley crew of glamorous guests, preparing to sell the family estate in the wake of her father’s death. When Abby receives an invitation from Gia to celebrate her birthday in September beneath the Northern Lights, she’s thrilled to be granted the time off from her high-pressure job. But the day of her flight, she receives a mysterious, threatening email in her inbox, and when she and Gia’s brother Benny arrive at the Swedish resort, Gia isn’t there. After days of cryptic messages and unanswered calls, Abby and Benny are worried enough to fly to Greece to check on her.
Only, when they arrive, they find Gia’s beachfront estate eerily deserted, the sole clue to her whereabouts a manuscript she wrote detailing the events leading up to her disappearance. The pages reveal the dark truth about Gia’s provocative new marriage and the dirty secrets of the guests they entertained with fizzy champagne under the hot Mediterranean sun. As tensions rise, Gia feels less and less safe in her own home. But the pages end abruptly, leaving Abby and Benny with more questions than answers.
Where is Gia now? And, more importantly, will they find her before it’s too late?
MY THOUGHTS:
Sometimes, the strongest bonds between best friends are forged by a shared experience. That’s exactly what happened with Gia and Abby. When they were 18, a tragic event struck them while they were in Greece. Now, as Gia tries to help her family sell their father’s estate in Sweden, she invites Abby to celebrate her birthday. This invitation sets off a series of exciting events.
Eager to reconnect with Gia, despite the unfortunate events that transpired years ago, Abby and Gia’s brother, Benny, arrive at the resort with the expectation of finding her there. However, their hopes are dashed when they discover a cryptic email received by Abby and the lingering mystery surrounding Gia’s abrupt disappearance. Where is she? Her absence from the estate in Sweden prompts their suspicions to lead them to Greece.
Interestingly, this book shifts from what Benny and Abby are hoping to find to a manuscript that Gia was in the process of writing. Could what is in that manuscript lead them to locating Gia? The manuscript is often salacious and raises more questions than answers. While the story was engaging throughout, but the ending left me with questions, something that frustrates me.
Many thanks to Bantam and to NetGalley for this ARC for review. This is my honest opinion.
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