James has lost her brother Johnny, and as twins they have always had a personal connection. She knew he was gone before she picked up the ringing phone, despite his young age of 37. She returns to their hometown and is flooded with memories of the previous accidental “golden boy” death when James, Johnny, and their friend Micah were young. We are following both accidental (?) deaths and learning about Johnny’s late life and those he was close and closer to. Micah is James’ second chance romance.
This is the definition of a slow burn. Pacing and reveals are extremely important in mystery/thrillers, you need to care enough about the main and side characters for the reveals to be impactful, so with missing persons and deaths, it is ALL about the pacing. In this book you get to know the characters at different intervals, the payoff is strong although it takes awhile to get to the drama and twists and turns.
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