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Title:

Keep her safe

Added Title:

Did you see Melody?

Author:

Hannah, Sophie, 1971- author.

Summary:

Pushed to the breaking point, Cara Burrows flees her home and family and escapes to a five-star spa resort she can't afford. Late at night, exhausted and desperate, she lets herself into her hotel room and is shocked to find it already occupied -- by a man and a teenage girl. A simple mistake at the front desk but soon Cara realizes that the girl she saw alive and well in the hotel room is someone she can't possibly have seen: the most famous murder victim in the country, Melody Chapa, whose parents are serving natural life sentences for her murder. Cara doesn't know what to trust -- everything she's read and heard about the case, or the evidence of her own eyes. Did she really see Melody? And is she prepared to ask herself that question and answer it honestly if it means risking her own life?

Edition:

First U.S. edition.

Physical Description:

346 pages ; 24 cm

Genre:

Psychological fiction.

Detective and mystery fiction.

Thrillers (Fiction)

Subject Term:

Missing persons -- Fiction.

Publisher:

William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,

Publication Date:

2017

ISBN:

9780062388322

Publication Information:

New York : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2017]

Call Number:

HANNAH

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Summary

LIANE MORIARTY says that "No one writes twisted, suspenseful novels quite like Sophie Hannah." Packed with twists and clues, simmering with tension, this electrifying new thriller shows why.

She's the most famous murder victim in America. What if she's not dead?

A simple mistake at the front desk... but soon Cara realizes that the girl she saw alive and well in the hotel room is someone she can't possibly have seen: the most famous murder victim in the country, Melody Chapa, whose parents are serving natural life sentences for her murder.

Cara doesn't know what to trust -- everything she's read and heard about the case, or the evidence of her own eyes. Did she really see Melody? And is she prepared to ask herself that question and answer it honestly if it means risking her own life?

Author Notes

Sophie Hannah was born in 1971 in Manchester, England. She is a bestselling, award-winning poet. Hannah went to the University of Manchester and published her first book of poems, The Hero and the Girl Next Door, at the age of 24. In 2004 she won first prize in the Daphne Du Maurier Festival Short Story Competition for her psychological suspense story, The Octopus Nest.

Hannah was recently chosen by Agatha Christie's estate to resurrect her beloved detective, Hercule Poirot. Her subsequent novel, The Monogram Murders, was published in 2014.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (2)

Publisher's Weekly Review

In this unnecessarily complex standalone from bestseller Hannah (A Game for All the Family), Englishwoman Cara Burrows, who's frustrated with her family, leaves her husband and two children behind in the U.K. and flies to Phoenix, Ariz., where she stays at the exclusive Swallowtail Resort in the foothills of Camelback Mountain. Pregnant with an unintended third child, Cara anticipates relaxing swims and soaking up the desert sun, until she's accidentally assigned the wrong room and sees a teenage girl who closely resembles Melody Chapa, the most famous murder victim in America. Seven years earlier in 2010, seven-year-old Melody was allegedly murdered by her parents, though her body was never found. Cara soon goes down the internet rabbit hole of the Chapa case and looks up transcripts of Nancy Grace-type true crime TV shows, most hosted by the overly opinionated Bonnie Juno, an early believer in the guilt of Melody's parents, despite a dearth of evidence. The present-day plot devolves into a kidnapping free-for-all, with Cara inexplicably at the center. Hannah, known for her labyrinthine plots, loses her way early on. (Sept.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

Library Journal Review

Faced with an unexpected pregnancy that only she wants, Cara Burrows runs away from her family in the UK and arrives late at night at an exclusive Arizona resort. She is accidentally given the wrong room assignment, a room that a man and a teenage girl are already using. Cara thinks nothing of it until she overhears another guest talking about Melody Chapa, the most famous murder victim in the States. Because she is British, Cara had not known much about the case involving the abduction and presumed murder of a seven-year-old girl. But the more she learns about Melody, the more convinced she is that the girl she saw her first night was Melody. With the help of other guests, Cara puts herself in danger to get at the truth. While Hannah's premise is intriguing, she complicates her story with unnecessary plot twists and confusing character motivations. Cara never really seems to be in any real danger, while the case of Melody, presented through a series of YouTube clips from a Nancy Grace-like television show, has a remoteness to it. Verdict A rare miss from this best-selling author. [See Prepub Alert, 3/13/17.]-Lynnanne Pearson, Skokie P.L., IL © Copyright 2017. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.