The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave

 

Title:  The Last Thing He Told Me

Author:  Laura Dave

Narrated by:  Rebecca Lowman

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio

Length: Approximately 8 hours and 49 minutes

Source: Review Copy from Simon & Schuster.  Thank-you!

 The Last Thing He Told Me was the May selection for the Page-turners Book Club at the Kewaunee Public Library.  I enjoyed this book, but sadly missed the lunch time meeting due to work commitments.

 Hannah is happily married to Owen Michaels and loves being the stepmother to Owen’s daughter, Bailey.  Bailey has hit her teen years and parenting has gotten tricky.  After Owen’s firm gets embroiled into a scandal that will defraud investors, he disappears.  After the FBI shows up, Hannah discovers that Owen is not who he said he was. Where has Owen gone and what secrets now threaten the family?

 I enjoyed that the Michaels family is found living in a houseboat in Sausalito at the start of the novel.  This was a unique and fun setting.  I found this audiobook to be very engaging and I really wanted to know how this mystery would end.  I can’t say much more about this without ruining the story.  I did like the overall theme of family and love in this story.  What are you willing to do to protect those that you love?

 Rebecca Lowman was an excellent narrator.  I wanted to keep driving past my work to listen keep listening to this story.

 Favorite Quote:

“This is the thing about good and evil. They aren't so far apart - and they often start from the same valiant place of wanting something to be different.”

 Overall, The Last Thing He Told Me is an engaging suspense novel and an excellent audiobook.