THE BREAKDOWN
B. A. PARIS
MY RATING ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️▫️
PUBLISHER St. Martin’s Press
PUBLISHED June 20, 2017
A chilling page turner that will make you question everything you think you know!
SUMMARY
It’s pouring, it’s dark and it’s a winding road. Cass sees a car on the side of the road. Should she stop. She pulls over but the woman in the drivers seat doesn’t act like she needs help. So Cass drives away. The next day, Cass heard the news that a woman was murdered in her car on that winding road right up from her house. It was the woman in the car. Cass knew that woman too. Cass had met Jane at a party several weeks earlier. Ever since that night, Cass has not been the same. She feels so guilty. She should have done more to help. She should have gotten out of her car. She never told anyone about seeing the car that night.
Next, she starts getting silent calls. Multiple times a day. She’s convinced they are from the murderer. He must have seen her that night. He is after her now! The calls, the murder and her guilt have upset her so much, that she has started forgetting things. Does she have dementia? She forgets things like: where she parked the car, signing a contract for an alarm, buying a baby pram or inviting friends over for dinner.
What she can’t forget is that rainy night in the woods, and the look on the woman’s face as she drove by.
The Breakdown is a gripping and intense read. From the moment Cass turns down that dark, winding road you can’t stop turning the pages. It’s addictive. Cass’s forgetfulness ever since the murder is gut wrenching but you can’t stop reading. Her life is like a roller coaster, but you can’t stop reading. Thankfully, her new husband and friends are supportive.
B. A. Paris writes a fabulous page turning thriller. Her writing is clear and succinct, and her pacing is quick. She does a great job of creating a horrifyingly realistic situation and describing it with ease. I couldn’t put it down until the last satisfying page was read.
B. A. Paris is the New York Times and USA today best selling author of Behind Closed Doors.
Thanks to Netgalley and St. Martin’s Press for an advanced reading copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.