When Finn’s girlfriend, Layla, disappears from a remote rest stop in France he is immediately scrutinised by the French police on suspicion of murder. However, with the absence of a body of motive Finn is released and Layla is assumed missing.
Over a decade later, Finn finds himself living in a quiet village and newly engaged to Ellen, Layla’s sister. When news of their upcoming nuptials is published in a local paper, odd things start to happen. A tiny Russian Doll sits on a wall, a sighting of a red headed woman in a nearby city and a constant stream of emails from someone claiming to be Layla.
Torn between the sisters who have captured his heart, Finn, determined to get to the bottom of the mystery finds himself lying to them both, but at what cost will the truth come?
I requested this book with high hopes, having read nothing but high praise for Paris’ previous work. At first, I was gripped but unfortunately this was to be short lived.
I found the writing soon became unnecessarily long winded with a great deal of repetitiveness, this wasn’t helped by the fact that the outcome was obvious from very early on. I read a lot of books from within this genre and I have come to expect a great deal more suspense and “wow factor”.
The characters were dull and I felt no empathy for anyone. Some of the decisions Finn made and his reactions to certain situations left me somewhat baffled with disbelief, leaving me feeling irritated with him to the point of distraction.
I don’t think I will be picking up another book from this author anytime soon, it appears from recent reviews that each book is getting slightly worse.
** Thanks to HQ, via NetGalley, for this ARC **