The Note
Oprah's Number One Spring Thriller Pick
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'Deviously smart.' KARIN SLAUGHTER
'Her most accomplished yet.' FINANCIAL TIMES
'No one lands plot twists like Alafair Burke.' HARLAN COBEN
It was only meant to be a prank . . .
May has always been the good girl, the rule follower.
But even good girls have secrets.
When she reunites with her two best friends for a holiday in the Hamptons, a drunken joke lands the trio in the middle of a missing persons investigation.
As the case takes a deadly turn, and long buried secrets are uncovered, the three friends are suddenly unsure who they can trust, least of all each other.
Readers were gripped by The Note:
'Twists and turns that keep you engaged and guessing - highly recommend.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Tough to put down! A must-read!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'LOVED it. Easy read and nice flow. Kept me guessing for sure.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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A prank goes wrong in this disappointing standalone from bestseller Burke (Find Me). Law professor May Hanover jumps at the opportunity to meet her two best friends, commercial real estate heiress Kelsey Ellis and renowned musician Lauren Berry, for a weekend getaway in the Hamptons. Frustrated by a couple who steals their parking space at a restaurant, the women write a cryptic note ("He's cheating. He always does") on a napkin and leave it on the strangers' car. On the last day of their trip, they learn that David Smith, the driver of the car, has gone missing. When the NYPD show up at May's building in Manhattan, she attempts to clear the air, but the police remain suspicious—owing, in part, to each woman's involvement in heavily publicized scandals: Lauren has been engaged in a decades-long affair with a married Texas oilman; May suffered a breakdown on a New York City subway platform that went viral; and Kelsey's estranged husband was gunned down five years earlier by an unknown killer. Patient readers will enjoy the clever conclusion, but each woman's backstory is given so much space that it significantly slackens the narrative tension, and there's no one to root for among the unpleasant cast. Burke has done better.
