It was time for a suspense thriller. I just didn't expect it to SUCK so badly that I threw it across the room two thirds of the way thru. My husband called out, "It's a flinger!" Not many books are that StOopid that they have that distinction.
The premise: Francesca is one year blissfully married. Her husband goes to work one day, and when he comes home the door is unlocked, there's a broken coffee cup in the kitchen, and blood on the bathroom sink, and Frankie is gone. Two years later? He comes home and she's lying in his bed, thinking it's the same day that she left. What the heck happened?
First... selective amnesia is the loss of memory for a specific period of time. But Frankie doesn't only forget those two years, she forgets portions of her childhood that are convenient to the author, as well. LARGE portions of her childhood, since the bad guy happened to have monopolized her childhood, youth, AND adolescence.
Second... her husband hired a P.I. to find her, but the guy never ONCE looked into her background to see if there was anyone who might come after her? Completely unbelievable.
Third... when the cops figure out who it is, they 'can't find him'... Not even possible. Especially since the guy was just in the hospital in Vegas. A simple SSN check would reveal his location. It was absolutely ridiculous.
In addition, Frankie keeps having flashbacks, but the author (and her characters) hurry past them, not even mentioning them out loud. If you're trying to fill in holes, you need EVERY bit of information. The bust of Isis counts. So does the memory of dark hair, a hand over your mouth in the bathroom... she never tells ANYONE any of it. Ho.Mi. GAWSH!!!!
Then... a stranger moves in across the street. Wow, honey, it's a single, strong-looking, dark man with no furniture or belongings. Let's NOT tell the cops and have him checked out, because there's nothing suspicious about THAT.
That's when I threw the book across the room. I couldn't STAND it another minute. C'mon! Maybe you have the ability to string words together to make a fast-paced and decently written book, but if you can't make us believe what's happening, it's just SO not worth it.