Having never read any books by the popular author Megan Miranda previously or the highly successful "All The Missing Girls" I was looking forward to trying out this author by reading her latest offering "The Perfect Stranger".
Leah is a determined journalist who always strives for the truth. When something goes wrong with an article she writes - having got a little too close to the possible truth in a series of suicides - she ends up leaving Boston under a cloud. Moving to western Pennsylvania with her old friend Emmy to work as a teacher, she makes what she believes is a fresh start in an idyllic town, leaving her past behind. However, after not seeing Emmy for five days, Leah becomes concerned for her safety after an attack on another young girl occurs. Leah is helped by a handsome detective to help find out where Emmy is and after realising she really knows nothing about her and that all the documents relating to the move and the house are all in her own name she begins to suspect if Emmy actually existed at all.
I wasn't blown away by the plot in the story but that could just be me, it was a decent enough read that I wanted to see through to the end and for a lazy afternoon reading this fits the bill perfectly. I did doubt a little the fact that Leah knew so little about Emmy, it's common practice that you learn things about someone the more you spend time with them and she had lived with her twice.
I'm happy I've read "The Perfect Stranger" and I would read more by this author, I am planning on hopefully reading "All The Missing Girls" someday and I would happily recommend this book to readers with the caution that if you have read her previous books this may not quite be up to the standards you are expecting.
3 stars
Leah is a determined journalist who always strives for the truth. When something goes wrong with an article she writes - having got a little too close to the possible truth in a series of suicides - she ends up leaving Boston under a cloud. Moving to western Pennsylvania with her old friend Emmy to work as a teacher, she makes what she believes is a fresh start in an idyllic town, leaving her past behind. However, after not seeing Emmy for five days, Leah becomes concerned for her safety after an attack on another young girl occurs. Leah is helped by a handsome detective to help find out where Emmy is and after realising she really knows nothing about her and that all the documents relating to the move and the house are all in her own name she begins to suspect if Emmy actually existed at all.
I wasn't blown away by the plot in the story but that could just be me, it was a decent enough read that I wanted to see through to the end and for a lazy afternoon reading this fits the bill perfectly. I did doubt a little the fact that Leah knew so little about Emmy, it's common practice that you learn things about someone the more you spend time with them and she had lived with her twice.
I'm happy I've read "The Perfect Stranger" and I would read more by this author, I am planning on hopefully reading "All The Missing Girls" someday and I would happily recommend this book to readers with the caution that if you have read her previous books this may not quite be up to the standards you are expecting.
3 stars