With heart pounding thrills and impressive twists, Wendy Walker’s newest thriller Don’t Look For Me is her best yet! A story told from two different viewpoints, on two separate, but interconnecting timelines, Walker keeps the tension level high from page one. For thriller lovers, this has everything: chills, dread, suspense, clever, and intricate plotting, and if you are like me, even the ever elusive out loud gasp!
Molly Clarke is a mother already dealing with grief from a family tragedy and recently has been seeing her family completely unravel. This is her state of mind as she is making the two hour trip coming home from her son’s football game during stormy weather, when her car dies by the side of the road. She’s driven through this town, going back and forth to her son’s school, but she doesn’t know much about it, and doesn’t know anyone who lives there.
The following day, her car is found abandoned, and soon a note is discovered in a local motel room which definitely makes it sound like Molly has decided to walk away from her family and the life that has grown so out of control. That note ends the search that her family had been conducting. After all, sometimes women under severe emotional stress do just walk away and start a new life. Is that what happened to Molly? Well, opinions differ.
As the reader, we find out exactly what happens to Molly, but through a separate timeline we see how her adult daughter Nicole responds when a new lead comes up in Molly’s case a couple of weeks later. The small town where Molly’s car was abandoned is full of unusual characters, with sometimes sketchy backgrounds. If everyone is a stranger, how do you know who you can trust? Nicole isn’t even sure if she will have the support of her father or her brother if she is going to continue to search for someone thy believe does not want to be found.
As in all of her books, Walker brings us very real, three dimensional characters throughout this tale of psychological suspense. No one is all good, no one is all bad, they are all human with flaws and motivations that we may not always agree with, but can always recognise. The pacing of this story is also just right, with twists and turns that you won’t always expect. Don’t Look For Me will keep you glued to the pages, and it is just the right length for a weekend read.
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Synopsis | Goodreads
“In Wendy Walker’s thrilling novel Don’t Look for Me, the greatest risk isn’t running away. It’s running out of time.”
One night, Molly Clarke walked away from her life.
She doesn’t want to be found.
Or at least, that’s the story.
The car abandoned miles from home.
The note found at a nearby hotel.
The shattered family that couldn’t be put back together.
They called it a “walk away.”
It happens all the time.
Women disappear, desperate to leave their lives behind and start over.
But is that what really happened to Molly Clarke?
