I just felt like I was more concerned with who "Frank" was over who "Frank" was dating.
I felt like the relationship between Alice and "Frank" was a bit much - personally, I think the story would have been just as good without a romantic angle, but it didn't bother me too much. If you are looking for a good mystery that makes you think, go for it! If you are looking for a break-neck paced book with a dark, terrifying undertone, this book likely isn't going to work for you. If it is, it's definitely a slow burn and layered. I think this is an engaging mystery but I hesitate to call it a full-blown thriller. There were a couple moments of monotony that I thought could have been shortened, but in the end, I didn't find that they took away from the story. But I thought this was well organized into four parts that kept me engaged. It was definitely better paced than The Girls, which I found dragged on a bit. I thought the pacing was well done, I finished it in two sittings. I didn't find it glaringly obvious and I appreciated that. I kept going back and forth between who he was, if he was the same man that Lily was married to, if he wasn't, etc. As things become clearer, you start to feel like you know who the mysterious man, who Alice's daughter dubbs "Frank," really is and how this story from two decades ago fits in. I think Jewell did a great job of intertwining these stories. As the story unfolds, the three stories weave together to tell the tale of who the man is and what is really going on. Gray and his sister Kirsty meet Mark, a moody teen who rubs Gray the wrong way.
The third storyline is from twenty-two years earlier, a family vacation to the idyllic seaside. But she knows very little about his personal life, they've only been married three weeks and barely know each other.
When her husband doesn't come home from work one night, she begins to worry. Meanwhile, newlywed Lily is living in the city. After introducing herself, Alice finds out the man has no idea where he is or more importantly, who he is. One night, she sees a man outside by the water. The first is Alice, living in seaside Britain. The basic idea of the story centers around three storylines. I read Jewell's previous release, The Girls in the Garden, and while I enjoyed it, I didn't love it as much as I wanted to. I've been reading a lot of thrillers recently so I was worried I wouldn't enjoy this one as much, but I was pleasantly surprised.
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