Don't You Cry
by
Mary Kubica
Order:
USA
Can
Mira, 2016 (2016)
Hardcover, CD, e-Book
Reviewed by Bob Walch
W
hen Quinn Collins' roommate, Esther Vaughn, disappears from their Chicago apartment, Quinn doesn't know what to think. She had thought of her friend as
Saint Esther
but after finding a letter addressed to
My Dearest
, Quinn isn't sure now if she really knew the missing woman.
A
bout an hour from Chicago in a small lakeside community, Alex Gallo works in a café to support himself and his alcoholic father. When a beautiful woman about ten years his senior enters the café one day, the eighteen year old boy is attracted to the stranger. But what begins as just a crush turns into something more serious and sinister with the passing days.
H
ow these seemingly unconnected events are linked make up the plot of this novel, told in alternating chapters narrated by Quinn and Alex. As you'll see, there is a connection and one that will showcase Mary Kubica's storytelling skills. As the suspense builds, you'll find this riveting tale by the Chicago writer will exert such a magnetic pull that you'll be unable to set it aside even if you have more pressing business!
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