The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins (Riverhead Books,
January 13, 2015)
Traveling to London on the train each day, Rachel sees a
couple sitting on their terrace and imagines the perfect life for them. The day after Rachel sees the wife kissing
another man, she reads that the wife has disappeared. Rachel, whose own life is built on secrets
and lies, is desperate to contact the police and the husband to tell them about
the man she saw in the garden. Events
quickly spiral out of control for Rachel and she knows there is something
locked in her memory, just out of her reach, something that would uncover what
really happened the night of the disappearance if she can just remember. Rachel tries to sort events and memories in
her head, attempting to distinguish between the lies and the truths, sinking
ever further into a place from rich she might not be able to return. This first novel is fast paced and gripping
with a classic noir feel to it; a book not to be started when there is not
enough time to rea it through to the very satisfying, unsettling conclusion.
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