The situation might be ugly and disturbing but there is a lot of good underneath it all.ĭespite the twists and turns that have you biting your nails, the book actually explores what we are capable of doing for the ones we love. Here, one of the characters hasn’t lost his/her mind or isn’t a malicious, conniving person who has been leading a double life.

But The Last Thing He Told Me is about a loving family whose ties are tested by unusual circumstances. Owen, it seems, also has a secret that he has gone to extreme lengths to protect.ĭomestic thrillers generally revolve around dysfunctional families. As events unfold, you see, in flashbacks, how Hannah’s past influences her choices in the present. However, both Hannah and Bailey want answers and together they try to find out the truth. But Bailey has never been accepting of Hannah so that makes things difficult. Hannah wants to do as Owen says because she feels he must have a good reason for running.

She also gets a large duffel bag full of cash stuffed in her locker at school. Bailey, in turn, gets a note asking her to listen to Hannah. By her, Hannah knows he means her 16-year-old stepdaughter, Bailey. Owen Micheals, coding genius and adoring husband to Hannah Hall, vanishes on the same day that the FBI raids his company over a fraud case. The Last Thing He Told Me starts with a disappearance. She says the most obvious things in an impactful manner: they feel like the thoughts at the back of your head you had been unable to articulate. I wanted to race through the story but had to sit back and ponder what I’d read. Which is precisely why ‘The Last Thing He Told Me’ was surprising. I don’t annotate these books, nor do I find myself going back to certain lines and paragraphs. Rarely does a thriller novel get me to contemplate life. But it leaves my mind the moment I’m done reading it. A fast-paced suspense always has me on a chokehold. Together they set out to discover the truth.I love a good thriller. And that Bailey might hold the key to discovering Owen's true identity, and why he disappeared. And who wants absolutely nothing to do with her new stepmother.Īs her desperate calls to Owen go unanswered, his boss is arrested for fraud and the police start questioning her, Hannah realises that her husband isn't who he said he was. Hannah knows exactly who Owen needs her to protect – his teenage daughter, Bailey, who lost her mother tragically as a child.

IT WAS THE LAST THING HE TOLD ME: PROTECT HERīefore Owen Michaels disappears, he manages to smuggle a note to his new wife, Hannah: protect her. 'Powerful, intense and beautifully observed' – T.M. 'The ultimate page turner' – REESE WITHERSPOON * NOW A MAJOR TV SERIES ON APPLE TV+ STARRING JENNIFER GARNER *

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