I thought I had it worked out, but I was wrong! The book brims with anticipation and will leave you thoroughly hooked throughout the entirety. Lisa Jewell crafts a complex and thoroughly engaging thriller that will keep you guessing. Someone knows something about that night, but isn’t telling and Sophie, an author of a detective series, is determined to figure out why. Sophie sees a sign in her garden that says 'dig here.' She discovers a ring that was purchased by Zach and suddenly the couple’s mysterious disappearance is brought back to the forefront. Meanwhile, a year later, Sophie and Sean move into the headmaster’s cottage on the grounds of the nearby college. But even when the police declare it a cold case and stop looking, Kim never gives up, fierce in her resolve to figure out what happened to her daughter. But Scarlett claims that Zach and Tallulah got in a cab in the middle of the night and left, leaving the police and others to speculate that they ran away from the very adult burdens of their young lives. Knowing instinctually that Tallulah would never desert her baby, Noah, she fears something terrible has befallen them. Kim, Tallulah’s mom, knows immediately that something is wrong. Scarlett attends college with Tallulah, but her life of friends and fun is a world away from Tallulah’s life of duty and never-ending responsibilities.
Somehow, they end up continuing to party at Scarlett Jacques's mansion in the woods. Tallulah is a college student and a young mother, out for a rare night of fun with her baby’s father, Zach, at the local pub. "I don’t usually give 'star' reviews because I feel a little conflicted by that system. Feel free to DM me if you want me to expand on this thought." post shared by Mary Chase (opens in new tab) A retelling for people who wanted something different. SPOILER ALERT in the form of an '80s analogy: In some ways I feel like this book was to Then She Was Gone what Some Kind of Wonderful was to Pretty in Pink. One small complaint was that I found the title distracting since it wasn’t just 'she' who disappeared, and even though I can think of some reasons for not including him, it still bugged me. I think Jewell is a master at weaving together narratives that explores the same ideas through the lens of different characters. Instead of just having her there as a prop to solve the mystery, Jewell gave her a lovely arc about a relationship that might not work in a new place and it beautifully reflected the themes in one of the other timelines. I loved the mother’s belief in her daughter and I also loved the mystery writer. All three timelines were equally interesting to me, although it was harder to sympathize with some of the characters in the story leading up to the disappearances.
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