While certainly diverting and entertaining, this read also focuses on the dangerous reality of social politics, privilege, and discrimination. The upscale exclusive playground of the Hamptons near New York appears to be the perfect place for three friends to reunite after each has experienced firsthand the negatives of social media and gossip. When a joke goes badly wrong and spirals into a police investigation, long buried deadly secrets are dug up and the friendship is tested to its limits. Author Alafair Burke sets friendship and issues of trust centre stage, this is as much or even more about the women’s relationship with each other as it is the suspense element of the plot. The three main characters aren’t necessarily likeable, which always makes things interesting! My brain was able to work on trying to piece together the mystery and history of the story, while analysing the friendship of the three women. If you are looking to escape reality for a while then step this way. Full of busy attitude and intrigue, The Note would make a great holiday read.
May has always been the good girl, the rule follower.
But even good girls have secrets.
When she reunites with her two best friends for a holiday in the Hamptons, a drunken joke lands the trio in the middle of a missing persons investigation.
As the case takes a deadly turn, and long buried secrets are uncovered, the three friends are suddenly unsure who they can trust, least of all each other.
'Trust no-one in this irresistible page-turner.' Ashley Elston
'No one lands plot twists like Alafair Burke.' Harlan Coben
'Deviously smart plotting . . . her most thrilling and entertaining novel.' Karin Slaughter
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About Alafair Burke
Alafair Burke's books include the standalone thrillers Long Gone and If You Were Here - an Amazon Best Mystery Novel of 2013 - and her acclaimed series starring NYPD Detective Ellie Hatcher, the most recent of which, Never Tell, was a Kindle bestseller. A former Deputy District Attorney in Portland, Oregon, Alafair is now a Professor of Law at Hofstra Law School, where she teaches criminal law and procedure.
