Private investigator Brenna Spector has a condition known as
Hyperthymestic Syndrome. This is an extremely rare disorder
that allows perfect recall of any memory including the use
of all five senses. It surfaces in various ways depending on
who has it. For Brenna, a simple trigger can propel her
instantly into a past memory so strongly that she has to
have methods to keep herself in the present. While it can be
a difficult thing to live with, it also helps in her job of
investigating missing persons.
Brenna has a teenage daughter and an ex-husband that she
can't seem to move beyond even though he's been remarried
for seven years. She also has a quirky assistant named
Trent, who's a computer genius but also thinks of himself as
quite the ladies' man. She and Trent make a great
professional team. Brenna chose her line of work because
when she was young, her older sister disappeared and she
hopes that, one day, she'll be able to find her even though
it's been many years since the disappearance.
Even though Brenna is very good at her job, she wasn't able
to find a 6 year old little girl named Iris Neff who
disappeared more than ten years ago. That case still haunts
her because she was unable to solve it and because of the
one clue that may just tie her disappearance to Brenna's
sister. Now, she's been called in by Nelson Wentz, to look
into the disappearance of his wife, Carol. Oddly enough, it
turns out that Carol has a connection to Iris Neff and her
mother Lydia.
Brenna meets with Nelson and discovers immediately that
Carol had many secrets in her life; secrets that Nelson had
no idea of even though he thought he knew everything there
was to know about his wife. Now, it seems that Carol has
vanished along with her secrets. The only clue is the
discovery of Carol's wallet in the living room of the Neff
house. No one had lived there in years so what purpose could
Carol have had for being there? Tony Morasco is a police
detective that joins in with Brenna's search for Carol and
he seems to have a few secrets of his own.
When Carol is finally found, it only causes even more of a
mystery. Not only that, but there are many murders happening
in the area that all seem to lead back to the disappearance
of Iris Neff. Before the victims can share any knowledge
they may have, they're effectively eliminated. And no one
knows where Lydia Neff has gone off to for the last two
years.
Told through several points of view, AND SHE WAS is a
gripping story with so many twists and turns, you'll be
shocked at how it all turns out because you just won't see
it coming. You'll be taken by the hand on the investigation
with Brenna, which makes this even a more fascinating book.
Alison Gaylin has crafted a very captivating and edge of
your seat book. Happily, there's a sequel coming out later
this year and I can't wait. Her characters are quite three
dimensional and easy to care about or hate. Treat yourself
to AND SHE WAS. You're going to love it!
On a summer afternoon in 1998, six-year-old Iris Neff walked
away from a barbecue in her small suburban town . . . and
vanished.
Missing persons investigator Brenna Spector has a rare
neurological disorder that enables her to recall every
detail of every day of her life. A blessing and a curse, it
began in childhood, when her older sister stepped into a
strange car never to be seen again, and it’s proven
invaluable in her work. But it hasn’t helped her solve the
mystery that haunts her above all others—and it didn’t lead
her to little Iris. When a local woman, Carol Wentz,
disappears eleven years later, Brenna uncovers bizarre
connections between the missing woman, the long-gone little
girl . . . and herself.
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