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Laura Dave: The Last Thing He Told Me (Hardcover, 2021, Simon & Schuster) 3 stars

3 stars. No spoilers, but I found this book very frustrating because I feel like the protagonist did the wrong thing in the end. Nevertheless, it was an entertaining whodunnit that kept me engaged. The relationship between Hannah and Bailey feels lacquered-on, as if the editor pushed the author to play it up in order to give the book more of a “literary fiction” gloss, and it doesn’t quite work. But I enjoyed reading it, and it would make an absorbing beach or airplane read.