Faced with an unexpected pregnancy that only she wants, Cara Burrows runs away from her family in the UK and arrives late at night at an exclusive Arizona resort. She is accidentally given the wrong room assignment, a room that a man and a teenage girl are already using. Cara thinks nothing of it until she overhears another guest talking about Melody Chapa, the most famous murder victim in the States. Because she is British, Cara had not known much about the case involving the abduction and presumed murder of a seven-year-old girl. But the more she learns about Melody, the more convinced she is that the girl she saw her first night was Melody. With the help of other guests, Cara puts herself in danger to get at the truth. While Hannah's premise is intriguing, she complicates her story with unnecessary plot twists and confusing character motivations. Cara never really seems to be in any real danger, while the case of Melody, presented through a series of YouTube clips from a Nancy Grace-like television show, has a remoteness to it.
VERDICT A rare miss from this best-selling author. [See Prepub Alert, 3/13/17.]
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