Saturday, January 31, 2015

The Girl on the Train/Paula Hawkins/323 pgs.

Rachel is a mess. A few years ago her husband, Tom, left her for another woman, Anna. Rachel spends her time riding the commuter train to and from the city in which she used to work. This train passes the house Rachel and Tom used to live in, and in which Tom and Anna now live. In her back and forth train rides, Rachel notices a couple who lives just a few houses up the street from Tom and Anna. In her imagination, Rachel creates a fantasy life for them, until the day she sees the woman kissing a man who is not her husband. Later, Rachel hears about the woman's disappearance, and thinks she has information that might help in finding her. The problem is, that Rachel has become an alcoholic since Tom left her, and is prone to blackouts--she's not the best witness. This is a great psychological thriller, somewhat in the fashion of Gone Girl. Very gripping!

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