Many thanks to NetGalley and Simon & Schuster for gifting me a digital ARC of the sequel to Where Are the Children? by the wonderful Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair Burke - 5 nostalgic stars!
Melissa, a successful lawyer and now true crime podcaster, is newly married to Charlie and stepmom to 3-year-old Riley. Melissa and her brother, Mike, were kidnapped when they were small children but thankfully found. Their mother, Nancy, was accused of murdering her first two children as well as Melissa and Mike, but was eventually cleared. Now it seems like history is repeating itself - while Melissa, suffering from insomnia due to her unresolved past trauma, naps, Riley disappears. Soon Melissa is the prime suspect.
While you certainly don't need to have read the book that started Mary Higgins Clark's illustrious writing career, it's the perfect re-read before starting this sequel. There is a lot going on in this book but the short chapters and crisp writing keep you glued to the pages. Didn't expect that ending but all the twists are neatly resolved. So fun to revisit these characters!
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