Book #127 |
Book: If Something Happens to Me | Author: Alex Finlay | |
| Source: Library loan Format: Audiobook |
Pages: 336 | Duration: 12/17/25 – 12/18/25 (2 days) | |
| Rating: ★★★☆☆ | Genres: fiction, thriller, mystery, suspense, crime | ||
| 📕10-word summary: Boy witnessing girlfriend’s abduction ignites a dangerous turn of events. 🖌6-word review: Several complicated plots wore me down. |
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| 💭A memorable quote: “Few things in this world can make you feel better than a dog.” | |||
| Description:* For the past 5 years, Ryan Richardson has relived that terrible night. The car door ripping open. The crushing blow to the head. The hands yanking him from the vehicle. His girlfriend Ali’s piercing scream as she is taken. With no trace of Ali or the car, a cloud of suspicion hangs over Ryan. But with no proof and a good lawyer, he’s never charged, though that doesn’t matter to the podcasters and internet trolls. Now, Ryan has changed his last name, and entered law school. He’s put his past behind him. Until, on a summer trip abroad to Italy with his law-school classmates, Ryan gets a call from his father: Ali’s car has finally been found, submerged in a lake in his hometown. Inside are two dead men and a cryptic note with five words written on the envelope in Ali’s handwriting: If something happens to me…”*From goodreads.com’s synopsis. | |||
| Thoughts: A 4-part structure and a multiple-POV narrative with no fewer than 3 name changes for a couple of characters (for example, Ali → Taylor → Sophia; think witness protection program for Ali/Taylor/Sophia and her father) — well it quickly gets exponentially complicated. We’ve got local law enforcement, state-level FBI (complete with a “dirty” agent), and the mob involved in various plots and sub-plots. It’s a lot. YMMV. I have no doubt that a lot of people would love this book. | |||
See the rest of the books I’ve read in 2025 and previous years: 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019.
