December 13, 2019
How Quickly She Disappears by Raymond Fleischmann
Elisabeth Pfautz and her family live in a tiny town in Alaska. Her husband works for the Office
of Indian Affairs, and she spends most of her time home-schooling her daughter
and waiting for the weekly mail delivery, until a stranger appears one
day. He seems to know a lot about
Elisabeth’s sister Jacqueline who went missing 20 years earlier. He offers information to Elisabeth but wants
something in return. Elisabeth is desperate to know what happened to her sister, but can she trust him?
This is a quick read and I was very interested in the time and place
(rural Alaska, right before Pearl Harbor). I also like books about cold cases and missing people. However, the story lost its momentum and the ending just sort of fizzled out. Did the author not know
how to end the story or is he planning a sequel? More character development would have helped, too. It's unfair to compare this thriller to The Silence of the Lambs or The
Dry, both of which are gripping thrillers, since this one isn't in the same
league.
Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for providing an e-ARC in
return for a review.
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