Bring Me Back
A Novel
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3.7 • 112 Ratings
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- $13.99
Publisher Description
THE NEW TWISTY, GRIPPING READ FROM B.A. PARIS, THE AUTHOR OF THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLING NOVELS BEHIND CLOSED DOORS AND THE BREAKDOWN
“We’re in a new Golden Age of suspense writing now, because of amazing books like Bring Me Back, and I for one am loving it.” —Lee Child
"[An] outstanding Hitchcockian thriller.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
She went missing. He moved on. A whole world of secrets remained—until now.
Finn and Layla are young, in love, and on vacation. They’re driving along the highway when Finn decides to stop at a service station to use the restroom. He hops out of the car, locks the doors behind him, and goes inside. When he returns Layla is gone—never to be seen again. That is the story Finn told to the police. But it is not the whole story.
Ten years later Finn is engaged to Layla’s sister, Ellen. Their shared grief over what happened to Layla drew them close and now they intend to remain together. Still, there’s something about Ellen that Finn has never fully understood. His heart wants to believe that she is the one for him...even though a sixth sense tells him not to trust her.
Then, not long before he and Ellen are to be married, Finn gets a phone call. Someone from his past has seen Layla—hiding in plain sight. There are other odd occurrences: Long-lost items from Layla’s past that keep turning up around Finn and Ellen’s house. Emails from strangers who seem to know too much. Secret messages, clues, warnings. If Layla is alive—and on Finn’s trail—what does she want? And how much does she know?
A tour de force of psychological suspense, Bring Me Back will have you questioning everything and everyone until its stunning climax.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
B.A. Paris has packed in all the best elements of a psychological thriller: dark secrets, unravelling psychodrama, and a crackling pace. Twelve years ago, Finn McQuaid’s girlfriend, Layla, went missing at a rest stop. Now Finn is engaged to her sister, Ellen—and there are disconcerting indicators that Layla is back. Though Finn drops hints that he’s an unreliable narrator, soon everyone around him seems deeply suspect, too. Bring Me Back is a giant snowball hurtling towards a big, unsettling reveal that stuck with us for days.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Investment manager Finn McQuaid, the unreliable narrator of this outstanding Hitchcockian thriller from British author Paris (Behind Closed Doors), has settled into a comfortable routine in the small English community of Simonbridge, bolstered by financial success after landing a big client for his equities firm. But his tranquility is shattered when a friend phones to tell him that his old girlfriend, Layla Gray, who vanished 12 years earlier while the two were on holiday, has been spotted near the cottage they shared in France. Then his wife, Ellen, who's Layla's sister, discovers outside their home a Russian doll that she believes Layla stole from her when they were children. Finn, who has kept the actual circumstances of Layla's disappearance a secret from Ellen, starts finding Russian dolls himself. The stakes rise when he begins getting emails purportedly from Layla. Paris plays fair with the reader as she builds to a satisfying resolution. Fans of intelligent psychological suspense will be richly rewarded. 400,000-copy announced first printing.
Customer Reviews
Bring Me Back
Interesting read. Suspenseful in a psychological way.
I am wondering how this book came out as a new release when I know I have read this book years ago.
Do not recommend
Very long, drawn out, almost childish plot. Silly really. I had to force myself to read to the end because it was so obvious what had happened.
Not worth your time.
Bring me back
This started off quite well, until the paranoia and irrational behaviour of “Finn” became too much…. And the plot became convoluted and unrealistic. I could barely finish this book, as it started to drag on….. but I did finish it, ugh to my disappointment.