Books from the Backlog is a fun way to feature some of those neglected books sitting on your bookshelf unread. If you are anything like me, you might be surprised by some of the unread books hiding in your stacks.
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This week’s neglected book
Red River Road by Anna Downes Published by Minotaur Books on July 16, 2024
Genres: Fiction / Thrillers / Suspense
Length: 12 hours 8 minutes
Pages: 384
Source: Purchased
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Anna Downes's extraordinary next thriller Red River Road follows a woman desperate to discover what happened to her sister on a solo road trip through the Australian outback.
Katy Sweeney is looking for her sister. A year earlier, just three weeks into a solo vanlife trip, her free-spirited younger sister, Phoebe, vanished without a trace on the remote, achingly beautiful coastal highway in Western Australia. With no witnesses, no leads, and no DNA evidence, the case has gone cold. But Katy refuses to give up on her.Using Phoebe’s social media accounts as a map, Katy retraces her sister’s steps, searching for any clues the police may have missed. Was Phoebe being followed? Who had she met along the way, and how dangerous were they?
And then Katy’s path collides with that of Beth, who is on the run from her own dark past. Katy realizes that Beth might be her best—and only—chance of finding the truth, and the two women form an uneasy alliance to find out what really happened to Phoebe in this wild, beautiful, and perilous place.
Anna Downes takes us on a twist-filled journey into the dark side of solo female travel, in this gripping novel that explores what drives us to keep searching for those we have lost, the family bonds that can make or break us, and the deception of memory.
Why did I add Red River Road to my bookshelf?
I received a copy of this book in one of my Aardvark book boxes and still think that it sounds very good. My book club voted to read this book in February, so I know that I will be reading it soon, and I must say that I am looking forward to it. Most of my Goodreads friends who have read it enjoyed it, and I hope that I will have the same luck.
What are your thoughts? Have you read this book? Would you recommend it?
OOh nice! That’s a new to me one! Nice that your book club picked it to read soon. Hope you love it once you do!
I’m familiar with this one but it does sound good!
I read this one, audio. It was bizarre. Sorry, I thought it was just okay. I gave it 2.5 hearts.
That does sound good.
This does sound good! I love that Australian setting.