A Clever and Thrilling Story
- Rating: ☆☆☆☆
- Genre: Domestic Thriller
- Length: 251 pages
- Publisher: Thomas & Mercer
- Release Date: February 15, 2022
Description
A return from the past knocks a family dangerously off-balance in a novel of spiraling suspense by Washington Post and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Minka Kent.
Merritt Coletto and her husband, Luca, have the life they dreamed of: a coastal home, a promising future, and a growing family. That dream ends with a late-night knock on the door.
Weak, broken, and emaciated, it’s Luca’s first wife, Lydia. Missing for ten years, presumed dead, and very much alive, she has quite a story. Her kidnapping. A torturous confinement that should’ve ended with her dead. And finally, escape. Racked with guilt over the beautiful life they’ve built, Merritt and Luca agree to help get Lydia back on her feet—it’s the least they can do.
But the more enmeshed Lydia becomes in Merritt’s family, the more questions Merritt has. What is it about Lydia that’s especially unnerving? Why hasn’t she gone to the police with her harrowing tale? What does she really want of them? The answers, when they come, are terrifying.
Because Lydia isn’t the only one with secrets.
My Thoughts
(Kindle e-book)
If you check reviews, you may find them divided on this story. But you can mark me down as a big fan of Minka Kent’s writing. Unmissing was definitely suspenseful! I was never quite sure where the story was heading so I had to keep reading. I needed to know more.
Short Description
Merritt Coletto and her husband, Luca, have the life they dreamed of: a coastal home, a promising future, and a growing family. That dream ends with a late-night knock on the door.
Weak, broken, and emaciated, it’s Luca’s first wife, Lydia. Missing for ten years, presumed dead, and very much alive,
I was so hooked that I finished the book at 1 a.m. There wasn’t a moment that it became stagnant and slow. The chapters were told alternatingly by the two wives. And though the story took place in a small-town setting, it wasn’t capitalized on, since there weren’t many characters or descriptions of the town.
My Concerns
If you can suspend disbelief and aren’t too nitpicky on details, you will love the suspense this page-turner has to offer.
I wonder if the book had been slightly longer if the characters might have felt a bit more developed.
Final Thoughts
Minka Kent can really pack a story into 251 pages. This is the first time I’ve read any of her books, but I will be keeping tabs on her from now on.
If you can suspend disbelief and go with the flow, I highly recommend this. And here’s a great deal to note:
Kindle Unlimited
You can read and listen to Unmissing for free if you belong to Kindle Unlimited. Can’t beat that, can you?
My thanks to @netgalley and Thomas & Mercer for providing me with this ARC and allowing me to post my opinion of the book.
Rating: 4 Stars
About the Author
Washington Post bestselling author Minka Kent is a graduate of Iowa State University and the author of The Memory Watcher, The Perfect Roommate, The Thinnest Air, The Stillwater Girls, and When I Was You (2020). Her debut psychological suspense, The Memory Watcher, hit #9 in the Kindle store and landed on the Amazon Most Sold chart. Translation rights to The Memory Watcher have been sold in multiple countries. Her follow-up, The Thinnest Air, was a Washington Post bestseller five weeks in a row and reached #1 in the Kindle store.
Minka also writes contemporary romance as Wall Street Journal bestselling author Winter Renshaw.
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