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Work InformationThe Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Overall this book kept me interested. I liked the way some chapters kept going farther into the past and explaining the back story. It started to lose me about 3/4 of the way through though. I found the main characters actions started to get a bit unbelievable. I still wanted to see what happened though. But the ending left me really unsatisfied. I gave it a three because it held my interest but overall I would recommend people read it once but I wouldn't read it again. There was some blasphemy and profanity. Hannah's husband Owen disappears, leaving her, with step-daughter Bailey, to try and figure out where he is and why he left. Hannah turns detective, but what she uncovers brings danger into their lives. How this is all resolved is something that I didn't expect, and I liked the ending quite a bit. I would recommend this book. This was a very enjoyable book. It was a mystery because the whole premise of the book is that Owen Michaels disappears. This leaves Hannah to try to find out why and to decipher his parting message- the "last thing" he told her. More importantly, she has to determine "what defines her", and what defines a family. Can she be for Bailey what her grandfather was for her- the stand-in for a family but exactly what she needed? I really liked the main character, Hannah. She was strong and understanding, and she paid attention! Bailey starts off immature and self-centered but matures by the end. Very satisfying ending. (I admit I teared up a little at the last page.) 5 stars! rabck from dabercro; Very fast paced and hooked from the start. Owen, single father of 16 yo Bailey, married Hannah a year ago...and now she gets a note saying "protect her". And Bailey gets a duffle bag of cash and a short note too. The company Owen worked for is being raided by the SCC. Hannah decides to see if she can find Owen, but with the US Marshal and Agents reaching out to her, who can she trust. She remembers Owen mentioning Austin, Texas and she hopes that Austin, which has some vague memories for Bailey, will open a clue. And you're not sure how you want the story to end. no reviews | add a review
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HTML:A 2022 Audie Award Finalist The instant #1 New York Times bestselling mystery and Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick that's captivated more than a million readers about a woman searching for the truth about her husband's disappearance...at any cost. "A fast-moving, heartfelt thriller about the sacrifices we make for the people we love most." â??Real Simple Before Owen Michaels disappears, he smuggles a note to his beloved wife of one year: Protect her. Despite her confusion and fear, Hannah Hall knows exactly to whom the note refersâ??Owen's sixteen-year-old daughter, Bailey. Bailey, who lost her mother tragically as a child. Bailey, who wants absolutely nothing to do with her new stepmother. As Hannah's increasingly desperate calls to Owen go unanswered, as the FBI arrests Owen's boss, as a US marshal and federal agents arrive at her Sausalito home unannounced, Hannah quickly realizes her husband isn't who he said he was. And that Bailey just may hold the key to figuring out Owen's true identityâ??and why he really disappeared. Hannah and Bailey set out to discover the truth. But as they start putting together the pieces of Owen's past, they soon realize they're also building a new futureâ??one neither of them could have anticipated. With its breakneck pacing, dizzying plot twists, and evocative family drama, The Last Thing He Told Me is a riveting mystery, certain to shock you with its final, heartbr No library descriptions found. |
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While not expecting the same delivery of wit and wisdom,
this one does not match up.
It opens with tiresome ongoing tension as Hannah continues to say and do the wrong things
with her new stepdaughter. It then moves into truly boring back story about Stocks, etc.
Finally, the plot picks up with Officer Grady - still an ending mystery why she did accept his protection
rather than that of a lying criminal. ( )