Author: Freida McFadden
Series: Stand Alone
Category: Thriller
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
"Dawn isn't at her desk this morning when I walk into the office, which means the world is coming to an end." - Natalie
Dawn was the dependable worker that everyone overlooked or flat-out ridiculed until the day she didn’t show up for work. The morning Natalie noticed Dawn was missing, life changed dramatically for her and her perfectly cultivated image.
Readers are introduced to Dawn through her emails to a friend called Mia. She details events in months past that slowly reveal a vastly different narration of events than Natalie's point of view. These dueling perspectives provide a constant source of guessing, I was never quite sure who to believe.
"After all, there's nothing that binds two people like a shared secret." - Dawn
As I dove deeper into the plot, it was clear that the truth may be in the eye of the beholder. Innocence is not black and white with this many layers of deception. I caught myself switching loyalties between the characters and realized that none were as wholesome as they tried to appear.
There were certainly enough twists and turns to have me speed-read. I loved every part of this book and, while I won't spoil the ending with this review, I realized that even unlikeable characters can have understandable motives.
Tropes and Themes: Thriller, Workplace, Mystery, Suspense, Crime
Blurb
Two women. An office filled with secrets. One terrible crime that can't be taken back
Dawn Schiff is strange. At least, everyone thinks so at Vixed, the nutritional supplement company where Dawn works as an accountant. She never says the right thing. She has no friends. And she is always at her desk at precisely 8:45 a.m.
So when Dawn doesn't show up to the office one morning, her coworker Natalie Farrell—beautiful, popular, top sales rep five years running—is surprised. Then she receives an unsettling, anonymous phone call that changes everything…
It turns out Dawn wasn't just an awkward outsider—she was being targeted by someone close. And now Natalie is irrevocably tied to Dawn as she finds herself caught in a twisted game of cat and mouse that leaves her wondering: who's the real victim?<
But one thing is incredibly clear: somebody hated Dawn Schiff. Enough to kill.
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