Everyone from Liane Moriarty to Jane Green to NPR to instagram was raving about this one. Book of the Month Club said, "You'll be glued to this heartwarming romance with the pacing of a thriller until its last satisfying page."

I'm so glad I picked this up on the recommendation of bookseller friends. The premise is this: Emma and Leo have been happily married for ten years when Leo, an obituary writer, takes on an assignment at work. As an esteemed obituary writer, one of his jobs is to draft advance obituaries for well-known individuals so they're ready, should they be needed. As a noted marine biologist, Emma ranks an advance obit—but when Leo begins researching his wife's life, he quickly discovers the truth doesn't match the story she's told him. He doesn't even know her real name, and she's never breathed a word to him about the first love of her life. The multiple points of view Walsh employed served the story perfectly; I raced through this book to learn the truth alongside Leo. Two notes: I began this on audio, but quickly switched to print, a change I think was for the best. And while details would spoil the plot, sensitive readers may want to research this book's content warnings before diving in.

This soulful suspense asks: can we ever truly know the ones we love? In 2010, Carrie marries Johan on a Thailand beach, deeply in love though she hasn’t known him long. But before the wedding night is over, authorities raid their wedding and arrest Johan for smuggling drugs. He begs her to leave him in prison, move back to the U.K., and go on with her life. Flash forward to 2022: Carrie, remarried with young twins, stumbles upon the shocking news that Johan is alive and well in his native Sweden. She needs answers—and as she investigates the past, she realizes how many secrets from back then still control her present. I inhaled this in two days.