Where Is She? by Marlene Ridgway Available Now!
Why did I lie?
I hadn’t planned on lying. When that stranger handed me the journal and looked at me with his big, desperate eyes, I wasn’t planning anything. I intended to give it to whoever asked for it. This wasn’t some elaborate plan or a scheme. I just didn’t open my mouth. It was like my mind decided without me that I should hang on to it.
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All Maggie wanted to do was photograph an old bridge and avoid thinking about the recent death of her mother. What she wasn’t planning to find by the Mississippi riverside was a dying man, left for dead, shoving a mysterious journal at her with blood-covered hands. What she really wasn’t planning to do was stash the journal and lie to the police about it, nevermind read it.
Page after page, Maggie is drawn into the complicated life of Cassie, a single mother from a complicated past, who’s now intertwined with a prominent crime family in Minneapolis. What begins as a distant threat on paper — a distraction — becomes horrifyingly real when Maggie discovers that someone is following her.
In a race against a dangerous family whose powerful grip reaches across the city, Maggie and an unexpected companion search for answers about the dying man and Cassie’s involvement. The question is, where is she?
I hadn’t planned on lying. When that stranger handed me the journal and looked at me with his big, desperate eyes, I wasn’t planning anything. I intended to give it to whoever asked for it. This wasn’t some elaborate plan or a scheme. I just didn’t open my mouth. It was like my mind decided without me that I should hang on to it.
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All Maggie wanted to do was photograph an old bridge and avoid thinking about the recent death of her mother. What she wasn’t planning to find by the Mississippi riverside was a dying man, left for dead, shoving a mysterious journal at her with blood-covered hands. What she really wasn’t planning to do was stash the journal and lie to the police about it, nevermind read it.
Page after page, Maggie is drawn into the complicated life of Cassie, a single mother from a complicated past, who’s now intertwined with a prominent crime family in Minneapolis. What begins as a distant threat on paper — a distraction — becomes horrifyingly real when Maggie discovers that someone is following her.
In a race against a dangerous family whose powerful grip reaches across the city, Maggie and an unexpected companion search for answers about the dying man and Cassie’s involvement. The question is, where is she?
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I’d like to thank Marlene Ridgway for sending me an arc copy of this book in exchange for my honest opinion.
This is a story about Maggie coming across a man who has been badly injured and left for dead, who passes her a journal. She keeps this journal a secret from the police and once she is home she delves into it. This journal contains Cassie's world up until recently. She can’t help but wonder who Cassie is and as she reads more and more she realizes Cassie is in danger. Maggie finds herself in a race against time to find and save Cassie.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It was from Maggies point of view only, which I think worked really well. I loved seeing Maggie and Sam’s characters develop and interact with each other. It is the type of book that’s hard to put down as the reader is always left wanting to find out more. You are constantly trying to solve the mystery. If you are looking for a suspense-thriller which is fast paced, I would highly recommend this.
I am looking forward to reading more from this author in the future. Congratulations Marlene Ridgway on your debut novel.