PUBLISHER: Beaufort Books, 8/2019GENRE: Fiction/Thrillers
SETTING: New York, USA
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MY GRADE: C
FROM PUBLISHER: When Manhattanite Sarah Rock meets a mysterious and handsome stranger in the park, she is drawn to him. Sarah wants to get away from her daily routine, her cheating husband and his crazy mistress, her frequent sessions with her heartless therapist, and her moody children.
But nothing is as it seems. Her life begins to unravel when a woman from the park goes missing and Sarah becomes the prime suspect in the woman's disappearance. Her lover is nowhere to be found, her husband is suspicious of her, and her therapist is talking to the police.
With no one to trust, Sarah must face her inner demons and uncover the truth to prove her innocence. A thriller that questions what is real-with its shocking twists, secrets, and lies--The Woman in the Park will leave readers breathless.
MY THOUGHTS: Sarah's an unhappy thirty-nine year old woman with psychological problems. She's on medication for depression. Her therapist is devious and things aren't going well for her. Sarah's not someone most can relate to since she's wealthy and her kids are in boarding school all week long.
Some things are real and some are imagined and that got a little confusing for me near the end. The ending was slightly rushed and far-fetched, stuff involving the therapist and Lawrence, the man she met in the park, who's tied in with the woman from the park. The book is just under 200 pages and had it been longer, I think the ending wouldn't have been so compact. Up until then the story was easy to follow since there weren't a lot of characters and locations. I think this should be titled The Man in the Park, not 'Woman' since he plays a bigger role.
This story went in a completely different direction than I'd have ever expected and I'm not sure I liked that. The time span is about 1.5 years. I also didn't like mention of social media.
I received this from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
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