I Would Die for You
A Novel
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3.5 • 29 Ratings
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Publisher Description
From the New York Times bestselling author of the Reese's Book Club Pick The Other Woman and The Guilt Trip comes an electrifying next novel.
California, 2011: Nicole Forbes lives a quiet life in the small seaside town of Coronado with her husband and daughter. She is not expecting a writer to knock on her door asking for her personal insight into the downfall of the biggest British band of the 1980s—unveiling the threads of a life she left behind years ago. The same day, her daughter goes missing and the school claims her aunt picked her up . . . but she doesn’t have an aunt. Convinced of a link between the two, Nicole is forced to revisit long-abandoned memories from her past to protect everything she now holds dear.
London, 1986: Sixteen-year-old Cassie is obsessed with Secret Oktober, the hottest band of the moment. Harboring an intense crush on the leading man, Ben Edwards, she will do anything she can to capture his attention among the throngs of groupies at the band’s scandalous backstage parties. But when Ben discovers her older sister Nicole singing at a local bar one night, he can’t help but feel drawn to her, setting in motion a collision course that could tear their family apart.
Infused with the sounds of the 80s, this thrilling novel from the inimitable Sandie Jones explores the chaos that the frenzy of fandom can provoke.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
A missing child kick-starts this fast-paced thriller, which sends a terrified mother back into the raucous rock-and-roll world of her youth. When a journalist approaches Nicole Forbes about her connection to a superstar ’80s rock band on the same day her nine-year-old daughter goes missing, the California mom senses a connection. To save her daughter, she must revisit her memories of the hedonistic music world and of her own wild teen sister, who was besotted with the band’s singer—even if it means dredging up the painful past and finally facing what happened way back when. Best-selling author Sandie Jones skillfully takes us through Nicole’s two timelines, from ecology-minded mom to the bartender who sang at open-mic nights. Playing on the strength of family ties, past and present, she makes us feel Nicole’s fears for those she loves and her determination to save her daughter. A rip-roaring blast of ’80s rock drives this thriller, adding an adrenaline rush to the already oh-so-tense mystery at its core.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A British expat's connection to a defunct rock band comes back to haunt her in this sturdy thriller from Jones (The Trade Off). Over the past 10 years, Nicole Forbes has built a comfortable life in Coronado, Calif., with her husband and young daughter, Hannah. That stability gets shaken by a visit from writer Zoe Mortimer, who's working on a book about the popular 1980s band Secret Oktober and wants to know about Forbes's relationship with one of its members. Twenty-five years earlier, Secret Oktober stopped performing under mysterious circumstances that gave rise to a slew of conspiracy theories, but Nicole knows the truth—and she doesn't want to share it. While Nicole considers what to do about Zoe's inquiry, a stranger posing as Hannah's aunt abducts the girl from school. Flashbacks to 1986 flesh out the grisly truth about Nicole's connections to Secret Oktober and gradually link those events to her desperate search for Hannah in the present. While a few plot beats land on the predictable side, Jones makes good use of alternating timelines to build tension, and Nicole's maternal nightmare feels frighteningly real. This is a good bet for fans of Lisa Unger.
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