Disappearing Spouses and Dead Boyfriends
Sarah Weinman on four new mysteries that brim with cunning and subterfuge.
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May 6, 2021, 5:00 a.m. ET
A spouse’s disappearance, and the ensuing discovery of a secret self hidden beneath the surface, ranks high on the list of well-worn plot devices. So how does Laura Dave make this conceit feel fresh in
THE LAST THING HE TOLD ME (Simon & Schuster, 306 pp., $27)? I suspect it has something to do with her skill at character-driven fiction, remembering that people, and relationships, must drive the narrative.
Hannah Hall has “raised losing things to an art form,” a tendency that didn’t stop when she married Owen Michaels. But she must rise above distraction and forgetfulness to figure out why Owen has left and the meaning of his final words, relayed by his teenage daughter, Bailey, whose relationship with Hannah is prickly at best and uncommunicative at worst.
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How well do you really know a person? You might know where they re from, what their job title is, or how often they order Uber Eats, but do you ever
really know someone? Bestselling author Laura Dave challenges that question to its very core with
The Last Thing He Told Me (out May 4). A riveting, suspenseful, and hopeful novel, this book delves into what it means to know someone even if their whole life is a lie. The much-anticipated novel is in the works to become a limited series on Apple TV+ starring and coproduced by Julia Roberts as well as Reese Witherspoon s Hello Sunshine company.