Welcome to The Hollows, a small insular society not far from New York City, where everyone knows everyone else - or so they think. Maggiie, the town's psychologist, and her husband Jones, the lead police detective, both grew up in The Hollows. One day their son's girlfriend, Charlene, disappears. Her Facebook page says that she's run away to NYC, but both her boyfriend and her mother say that can't be. And the girl's disappearance forces the town to deal with memories of another girl who disappeared in The Hollows when Maggie and Jones were teenagers - and was eventually found dead. There are plenty of indications that Charlene really did run away - and pleny of suspects in case she didn't.
I'm a fan of Lisa Unger's work and think that her first book - Beautiful Lies - is one of the smartest mystery/thrillers I've ever read. Of course, the problem with reading Beautiful Lies first is that I tend to compare all of her other books to that one :-) Fragile is no Beautiful Lies, but it's pretty darn good. Although I think the storyline could have been tightened up a little, the suspense in the novel never lets up. The characters are flawed and well-developed. Some have complained that the ending was a little anti-climactic, but I liked it.
Fragile is a very apt title for this book. We learn that life, among other things, is very fragile and, as Jones says "How the consequences of one careless action can cost you everything."
I'm a fan of Lisa Unger's work and think that her first book - Beautiful Lies - is one of the smartest mystery/thrillers I've ever read. Of course, the problem with reading Beautiful Lies first is that I tend to compare all of her other books to that one :-) Fragile is no Beautiful Lies, but it's pretty darn good. Although I think the storyline could have been tightened up a little, the suspense in the novel never lets up. The characters are flawed and well-developed. Some have complained that the ending was a little anti-climactic, but I liked it.
Fragile is a very apt title for this book. We learn that life, among other things, is very fragile and, as Jones says "How the consequences of one careless action can cost you everything."
Back to all reviews by this member
Back to all reviews of this book
Back to Book Reviews
Back to Book Details
Back to all reviews of this book
Back to Book Reviews
Back to Book Details
