From the book's blurb:
“She went missing. He moved on. A whole world of secrets remained—until now.
Finn and Layla are young, in love, and on
vacation. They’re driving along the highway when Finn decides to stop at a
service station to use the restroom. He hops out of the car, locks the doors
behind him, and goes inside. When he returns Layla is gone—never to be seen
again. That is the story Finn told to the police. But it is not the whole
story.”
The
book moves quickly and for the most part is well-written. I cared about Finn and Ellen. And then there's Layla. Do I care about her? Maybe. I know that I didn't care much for the secondary characters and didn't think they were always essential
to the storyline.
Bring Me Back is a psychological thriller that twists and
turns with a Hitchcock ending and didn’t enthrall me until I
finished the book. After completing the book, it would not move from my
mind. I was questioning. ‘Did I miss something?’ ‘How did that
happen?’
So I
reread the book and the pieces fell into place, even the symbolically Russian
nesting dolls, and I enjoyed it. Still, does the reader have to
read something twice to understand it? Most people don’t have that kind of
time.
I passed the book on to my daughter-in-law, and she loved it the
first time. So, I
think I just missed something the first time I read it.
Now,
we both recommend the book and look forward to more from B.A. Paris.
Available at major outlets after June 19, 2018. I received my copy from NetGalley for an unbiased review.
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