Book 1 – The Widow
Well, now that the book-per-week is (finally) over, I thought maybe I’d track what I read in a year just as a matter of course. Reading whatever I want, without trying. This is the beginning of that. Plus, I really just liked keeping a record of what I read and I’d kind of like to keep that up. A Year of Not Trying gives me an excuse to keep it up.
So, the first book I read was the Widow. I borrowed it from a friend after a weekend spent at a cabin where a group of us did a book swap. This was an easy, indulgent read. It’s the story of a 3 year old girl who goes missing, told from the perspective the several key players in the quest to find her: the detective, the widow of the recently deceased prime suspect in the abduction, the mother and the reporter who stops at nothing to get the inside scoop. It jumps back and forth in time, leading you eventually to the “big reveal”. Not entirely predictable, but not entirely surprising either, it’s really just enjoyable escapism.
Rating: Borrow it, then pass it on.