Ok, I've been waiting for this one since I read a review of it weeks ago. I've enjoyed Mary Kubica's other suspense novels (The Good Girl, Pretty Baby), and this one sounded like a winner.
There are two storylines here, which eventually intersect. We have Quinn Collins, who lives in Chicago, and whose roommate, Esther Vaughan, has disappeared. A strange letter addressed to "My Dearest" is found among her possessions, but Quinn has no idea who this could be . . . or if Esther is really who she thought she was. At the same time, in a small Michigan town about an hour from Chicago, 18 year-old Alex Gallo is intrigued by the mysterious girl who has starting coming to the coffee shop where he works. However, what starts out as an innocent crush soon spirals into something much darker than he expected.
So, just who is Esther? Is she the person Quinn has been living with, or a complete stranger who may have killed her previous roommate? And just who is the girl that Alex is intrigued by? Mary Kubica weaves together these two storylines into a dark web where you start to see connections between people and events, but still aren't sure of what may be happening. This is the kind of story where you're pretty sure you know what's going to happen, and then something takes a turn and you realize you're not sure at all. Kubica's characters all have flaws and secrets, and for me, this makes for a compelling story. Combined with a steadily increasing pace and underlying sense of unease, this makes for my kind of read.
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