It also resulted in a felony being affixed to Connor’s permanent record, which means he’s stuck doing menial jobs. Connor’s alcoholism isn’t just socially embarrassing to Kristen, it’s responsible for a personal tragedy in their lives in the form of a car accident that left his cousin with brain damage. Lawyer Kristen Moss and her alcoholic husband Connor are on vacation near the Warner family and claim to know nothing about Sophie’s disappearance.

The last thing Lee wants to do is point the finger of blame at her old friend, but Adam’s increasingly obvious thirst for revenge has her doubting her ability to trust his version of events. The family had been on Memorial Day vacation at Washington’s Hood Canal, an attempt at relaxing and reconnecting with one another, Adam’s obsession with getting ahead at work and Sophie’s desire for more than a humdrum job doing graphic design work for Starbucks having pulled them in different directions over the previous few years.ĭetective Lee Husemann, whom Adam knows intimately, and her dryly sarcastic partner Zach Montrose have their suspicions about what might have really happened to Sophie. As he holds three-year-old Aubrey in his arms and surveys the damage, Adam can only wonder why he couldn’t act quickly enough, and why his beloved wife has become the victim of such a vicious crime.

The event is startling as it is nightmarish – a man punches Sophie out cold and carried her off while Adam is on the lake with his daughter trying to trap crabs for dinner. Adam Warner has just witnessed the kidnapping of his wife, Sophie, from the deck of their summer cabin. Lying Next To Me starts with an abduction and takes us much, much further, deep into the psyches of its imperfect main characters, leaving the reader to wonder who’s good, who’s right and who’s in charge. Gregg Olsen is an expert at writing thrillers that engage the reader and keep them jumping through narrative hoops with its characters. Note: This novel contains an explicit depiction of child abduction and rape.

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