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EVERY MOMENT SINCE
Marybeth Mayhew Whalen
Harper Muse
Publication Date: October 1st, 2024
384 Pages
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Genres: Women’s Fiction | Mystery | Crime
This book was incredibly sad, 11-year-old Davey has been missing for over 20 years when his favourite jacket is found not too far from his home. His older brother, Thaddeus has written a best-selling book about the experience and stops his book tour to go home and be with his family as the investigation continues.
This is my first book by Marybeth Mayhew Whalen and it was a banger. It isn’t an exciting book, there are no car chases or manhunts and no real police procedures of any sort. It’s a character study of what such a tragedy can do to a family and a small town. There are two timelines, the night of Davey’s disappearance and the present. We watch the family go through this tragedy a second time and as with most tragedies, there are conspiracies abound and consequences.
This is a very slow burn of a book in the best way possible. We are with the family and all their endeavours, their highs and their lows. The Malcor family and most of the other characters are all very likable and the setting is very creepy…kids playing in cornfields and the woods was such a vibe. I loved the small town’s southern location as it was as much a character as anyone.
The ending wasn’t a big tada! I liked that, I don’t think the author was going for a big twist in the usual sense and I found that to be very original because in real life it usually isn’t that way the ending is always anti-climatic and sad. This is my first book by the author but it certainly won’t be my last.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the Advance Readers Copy.
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