“When Adam Ryan was a child, two of his friends went missing in the local woods never to be heard from again. Although Ryan was with them and was found in the woods with his shoes filled with someone else's blood and slashes ripped into the back of his shirt, he is unable to remember anything from that time. Now, Ryan is all grown up, known as Rob instead of Adam, and works for the Murder Squad. His newest case is a twelve year old murdered girl and takes him right back to those woods. Is this case related? Will investigating this case put Ryan so close to his childhood traumatic experience that memories come flooding back? Will he finally find out what happened to his childhood friends?
First off, I enjoyed reading this story. Psychological thrillers are a favorite of mine and this definitely falls into that category. The problem is that even though I enjoyed the story, I found it way too predictable. Maybe I've read too many of them, I don't know. But I can flat out say that right after the "mastermind" of the murder was introduced, I knew without a doubt that this was the person behind it. I wanted the author to prove me wrong, but alas, that didn't happen.
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Rosalind stuck out like a sore thumb to me. Once she was brought into the story, nothing, and I mean nothing, could have convinced me she wasn't behind it. I was still wondering how the disappearances from the 80's would tie in, but there was no doubt in my mind that she was behind her sister's murder. Also, the whole Ryan, Sam, Cassie thing was glaringly obvious. Who didn't know that Cassie and Sam would end up together? I do wish she and Ryan could have salvaged their friendship, but I expected her and Sam to end up together in the end. Ryan was just too damaged.
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Like I said before, this was a good read (especially for a debut), but predictable. That being said, if she ever writes another book focusing on the disappearance of Ryan's two childhood friends, I will read that one. That case interested much more than the present day murder case did. ”