Missing Pieces

Book 70 of my 2019 Reading Challenge

read on October 16

Missing Pieces

by Heather Gudenkauf

Summary (via the book jacket)

published 2016

Sarah Quinlin's husband, Jack, has been haunted for decades by the untimely death of his mother when he was just a teenager, her body found in the cellar of their family farm, the circumstances a mystery. For years Jack has avoided returning home, but when his beloved aunt Julia is in an accident, Jack and Sarah are forced to confront the past that they have long evaded.

Upon arriving, Sarah and Jack are welcomed by the family Jack left behind all those years ago. But as facts about Julia's accident begin to surface, Sarah realizes that nothing about the Quinlans is what it seems. Sarah dives deep into the puzzling rabbit hole of Jack's past, but the farther in she climbs, the harder it is for her to get out. And soon she is faced with a deadly truth she may not be prepared for.

My Opinion

4 stars

4 stars because it was intensely readable and I read it in one sitting to find out what happened (and didn't completely predict the ending).  However...that rating comes with the caveat that the reader must absolutely suspend belief about all the convenient coincidences and how the story develops (he's able to keep a secret from his wife for twenty years but then she can get all the details within forty-eight hours of setting foot in his hometown because a million strangers talk to her?) and just go along for the ride.