Little Secrets

 Little Secrets by Jennifer Hillier  340 pages  

Summary from Goodreads: Marin had the perfect life. Married to her college sweetheart, she owns a chain of upscale hair salons, and Derek runs his own company. They're admired in their community and are a loving family—until their world falls apart the day their son Sebastian is taken.

A year later, Marin is a shadow of herself. The FBI search has gone cold. The publicity has faded. She and her husband rarely speak. She hires a P.I. to pick up where the police left off, but instead of finding Sebastian, she learns that Derek is having an affair with a younger woman. This discovery sparks Marin back to life. She's lost her son; she's not about to lose her husband, too. Kenzie is an enemy with a face, which means this is a problem Marin can fix.

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I liked this thriller, with the cat-and-mouse games between Marin and Kenzie, Marin and her husband, and Marin and her best friend (who just happens to know a contract killer). The description early on of Marin and her son and how she loses him on a busy shopping day, is written realistically -- which means it's scary and heartrending. I appreciated that this was realistic, along with Marin's grief.  And, I admit it, I appreciated Marin's dedication to revenge when she finds out that her husband is having an affair. What starts out as a story that seems obvious takes some pretty strong twists and turns partway through the story, which is a lot of fun.  This is a pageturner that's got some surprises up its sleeve.