THE ONE I LEFT BEHIND by Jennifer McMahon begins in 1985 in
a small town called Brighton Falls, CT. It is the story of
Regina Dufrane. She is 13 years old and that summer a
serial killer named Neptune is kidnapping women. He leaves
their right hand on the door steps of the
Brighton Police Department, as if he is mocking them. After
five days, he leaves their bodies somewhere in town on
display. The last victim is Reggie's mother, Vera. Her
hand is left on the steps, but her body is never found.
Fast forward 25 years and Reggie's Mom is found alive. All
of a sudden her past comes back to smack Reggie right in the
face. Reggie must return to Brighton Falls to bring her mom
back to her sister Lorraine's
home. Reggie left all of that behind, sort of, when she
left at the age of 17.
She has a boyfriend who comes with no strings attached. He
wants more
but Reggie is afraid to commit because of her past. He
doesn't even know
about any of it and she refuses to tell him. With the
return of Vera, also
comes the return of Neptune. He takes a new victim, one of
Reggie's best
friends when she was young. Now the only one who can save
this friend is
Reggie. Reggie learns a lot about her past and what
happened twenty five
years earlier.
THE ONE I LEFT BEHIND really kept me guessing. I
had no idea who Neptune was until the end. I was so caught
up in
Reggie's life; my heart broke for her and her mother. I was
frantically turning the pages during the second half of the
book...so many twists and turns. I just had to find it how
it was going to end.
This was my first book by Jennifer �McMahon and it will NOT
be my last.
You will be sucked in right from the beginning and it will
not let you go until
the very last page. �The chapters go back and forth between
1985 and the
present so you have to pay attention to the dates so you
won't be confused.
The summer of 1985 changes Reggie’s life. An awkward
thirteen-year-old, she finds herself mixed up with the
school outcasts. That same summer, a serial killer called
Neptune begins kidnapping women. He leaves their severed
hands on the police department steps and, five days later,
displays their bodies around town. Just when Reggie needs
her mother, Vera, the most, Vera’s hand is found on the
steps. But after five days, there’s no body and Neptune
disappears.
Now, twenty-five years later, Reggie is a successful
architect who has left her hometown and the horrific
memories of that summer behind. But when she gets a call
revealing that her mother has been found alive, Reggie must
confront the ghosts of her past and find Neptune before he
kills again.
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