First published 2019
Julia Swann is talking to her husband Michael on the phone when their connection suddenly dies. Michael was at Penn Station, waiting for his train home to their family. That evening, Julia learns something catastrophic happened at the station. She races to New York City to search for him, her frantic hunt mixing with flashbacks to how they met and their courtship. A stranger responds to one of her missing person flyers, claiming they might have spotted Michael. Julia's hope returns. But when she tries to reach this potential witness, they don't answer her calls. Questions multiply in her mind. Did Michael make it out alive? If he survived, why hasn't he tried to contact her? Was the man she married really who she thought he was? Reardon weaves together family drama and love story as Julia confronts terrible possibilities about both her country and her marriage. The search forces her to examine everything she believed about the person closest to her.
Genres: suspense, contemporary, mystery-thriller, family-drama
Vibes: emotional, fast-paced, intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: deception, unreliable-narrator
Setting: New York City, Penn Station
368 pages · Paperback · Dutton