Clara, Nick, and four-year-old Maisie Solberg live a quiet
life in a suburb of Chicago where Nick owns a dental
practice. He has taken a week off to welcome his newborn
son, Felix, and help his wife. He has offered to take
Maisie to her ballet class and bring takeout for supper so
Clara can rest. Later, a knock on her door, the
arrival of the police tell her there was an accident. Nick
was driving too fast on a hairpin curve, hit a tree and is
dead. At 26, Clara is a widow with two small children to
raise and her life will never be the same.
Although the police rule Nick's death an accident, Clara is
not convinced. Maisie has been having nightmares screaming,
"The bad man in the black car is going to get us." Is
there more to Nick's death than she is being told? Clara
begins her own investigation.
EVERY LAST LIE by Mary Kubica is a thriller told by Clara,
in the present,
and Nick, in the past until his death. It is a good
character study of grief. Clara uncovers secrets, lies and
betrayals and begins to question and doubt everyone in her
circle. Her father never liked or trusted Nick, said he
was bad news and marrying him would be a mistake. Was her
father right? So many unanswered questions. Clara discovers
Nick was gambling, had cashed in his life insurance policy, was
severely in debt, had a malpractice suit against him, and fired
his best friend working with him in his practice. Now, a
woman from his past has appeared. Who is she?
Mary Kubica is a sterling story teller and introduces a
colorful cast of characters, but I did not like any of them.
I especially disliked Clara. She is too naive and sometimes
even stupid. Leaving small children in a car alone
disgusted and angered me. Her mothering skills left a lot to
be desired. Nick had good intentions but always got
sidetracked when he planned to confess his transgressions.
He waited too long. In her pursuit for the cause of Nick's
untimely death, Clara found so many sad discoveries, and an
unhappy ending. I love happy endings and I did not enjoy
this book, though I tried. It is well-written, if you enjoy
thrillers, this may be for you.
New York Times bestselling author of THE GOOD
GIRL Mary Kubica is back with another exhilarating thriller
as a widow's pursuit of the truth leads her to the darkest
corners of the psyche.
Clara Solberg's world shatters when her husband and their
four-year-old daughter are in a car crash, killing Nick
while Maisie is remarkably unharmed. The crash is ruled an
accident…until the coming days, when Maisie starts having
night terrors that make Clara question what really happened
on that fateful afternoon.
Tormented by grief and her obsession that Nick's death was
far more than just an accident, Clara is plunged into a
desperate hunt for the truth. Who would have wanted Nick
dead? And, more important, why? Clara will stop at nothing
to find out—and the truth is only the beginning of this
twisted tale of secrets and deceit.
Told in the alternating perspectives of Clara's
investigation and Nick's last months leading up to the
crash, master of suspense Mary Kubica weaves her most
chilling thriller to date—one that explores the dark
recesses of a mind plagued by grief and shows that some
secrets might be better left buried.
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