Book Review - The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave

Title: The Last Thing He Told me
Series: -
Author: Laura Dave
 
Description: Before Owen Michaels disappears, he manages to smuggle a note to his beloved wife of one year: Protect her. Despite her confusion and fear, Hannah Hall knows exactly to whom the note refers: Owen’s daughter, bailey, who lost her mother tragically as a child. Bailey want absolutely nothing to do with her new stepmother.
 
As Hannah’s increasingly desperate calls to Owen go unanswered; as the FBI arrests Owen’s boss; as a US Marshal and FBI agent arrive at her Sausalito home unannounced, Hannah quickly realizes her husband isn’t who he said he was. And that Bailey just mat hold the key to figuring out Owen’s true identity. And why he really disappeared.
 
Hannah and Bailey set out to discover the truth, together. But as they start putting together the pieces of Owen’s past, they soon realize they are also building a new future. One neither Hannah nor Bailey could have anticipated.
 
Review: Hannah hall’s adoring husband, Owen Michaels, disappears on the same day his company is raided by the FBI for large-scale security fraud. He leaves behind a large duffel bag filled with money for his daughter Bailey. And for his wife, Bailey’s stepmother, he leaves a note: Protect her.
 
Hannah wants to do so, but she also wants answers. And as she searches for the truth about her missing husband, she realizes Owen isn’t who he said he was.
 
First of all, this book is more a mystery than a thriller. It would fit in the domestic thriller category, if I we would label it a thriller though. The most interesting part is the search for the truth, where Hannah and Bailey are trying to figure out what is happening. And the connection (or lack thereof) between them. The book has some reveals. Not new to me tropes, but they did it well. It’s a solid story, I enjoyed it, but it’s nothing groundbreaking and it's not a book that stands out to me.
 
If you are new to the mystery/ thriller genre, I would recommend this to you. It’s a good book to start with and get familiar with the genre.
 
Rating: 3/ 5