Thanks to the author for a copy of this book to be reviewed by Rosie’s Book Review team.
Ben’s wife, Veronica, is missing. She went out for a run and never came home.
A news story about the bodies of four runners being found causes Ben greater anguish as the route his wife Veronica runs goes right by the place where the bodies were found.
Ben works a high profile job as the aide for a politician. He enlists the assistance of his friend Jeremy who is mounting a run for president. With his contacts, perhaps they can get past any bureaucratic walls of the police investigation to find out if Veronica was a victim or perhaps just a witness who is hiding because of concerns she may be a target of the killer if he knew she saw him. But if that was the case, why didn’t she call and say she was fine?
Ben is sure they have a strong marriage and she wasn’t having an affair. She would never leave him and the two children. At least he’s adamant about that. Unsure of anything else, that’s one thing he knows in his gut.
When no real answers are forthcoming about her whereabouts, Ben decides to become an investigator himself. He believes he can find her if no one else can.
The story has many twists and turns. I figured out a lot of it early on as I always challenge myself to do. Two big surprises were obvious to me but I still enjoyed the story a lot. Great character in Ben and his relationship with his in laws is very good. I love how they all supported each other and stepped up to protect the children from worry about their mother.
This is a fast paced story and I enjoyed it very much. The only thing I’d say that bothered me was the formatting on Apple Books. The chapter headings were at the end of the chapter before and the page headings were in the middle of the page. It was a bit distracting but fixable for the author and I still kept reading as the plot compelled me on.
Four stars.
BLURB:
‘I LOVE YOU. I JUST NEED YOU TO KNOW THAT.’
When Congressional staffer Ben Walsh receives this cryptic text from his wife he initially doesn’t think much of it.
But while waiting to hear from her again, Ben discovers that the text came an hour before a shooting that occured along her daily running route. Veronica won’t pick up her phone, and when she doesn’t return home, he knows she is somehow involved.
If she isn’t one of the victims, then where is she, and what did she know?
While Ben searches for his wife, he stumbles upon another violent death, with clear connections to the shooting. The police name Veronica as their main suspect, and when more evidence suggesting his wife’s involvement appears, even Ben has to reconsider what he knows about her.
Unbeknownst to Ben, a killer from Veronica’s past stalks his family, with his own reasons for wanting to find her. What Ben does know is his best chance at saving Veronica, and keeping her out of prison, is finding her and the truth before the police—or this killer—do. But what if the truth is even more deadly than he could imagine?
Ramblings of a Writer 