From New York Times bestselling author Kate White comes a gripping novel about one woman’s dangerous quest to recover lost memories someone would rather she never find. The key to her missing memories could bring relief—or unlock her worst nightmares.
On a cold, rainy morning, finance journalist Ally Linden arrives soaked to the bone at her Manhattan office, only to find that she’s forgotten her … Linden arrives soaked to the bone at her Manhattan office, only to find that she’s forgotten her keycard. When her boss shows, he’s shocked to see her—because, he explains, she hasn’t worked there in five years.
Ally knows her name, but is having trouble coming up with much beyond that, though after a trip to the psychiatric ER, she begins to piece together important facts: she lives on the Upper West Side; she’s now a freelance journalist; she’s married to a terrific man named Hugh. More memories materialize and yet she still can’t recall anything about the previous two days. Diagnosed as having experienced a dissociative state, she starts to wonder if it may have been triggered by something she saw. Could she have witnessed an accident—or worse—had something happened to her?
Desperate for answers, Ally tries to track where she spent the missing days, but every detail she unearths points to an explanation that’s increasingly ominous, and it’s clear someone wants to prevent her from learning where those forty-eight hours went. In order to uncover the truth, Ally must dig deep into the secrets of her past—and outsmart the person who seems determined to silence her.
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Good read! Kept me guessing and had a good ending.
Loved it! I couldn’t put it down.
I really enjoyed this author’s last couple of books. Unfortunately, this one fell somewhere in the middle. I mostly fell flat for me.
My blase feelings with this one are hard to express without giving away spoilers, but I will try my best.
This book wasn’t as suspenseful as her other books. I was able to piece many things together pretty easily before they were revealed. The plot and subplots were a little exaggerated and left me feeling disinterested. The twists didn’t surprise me.
The ending felt rushed and forced. I wasn’t especially happy with it. There was a big attempt at suspense up to the end, then it just ended. I was disappointed.
Overall, this book isn’t bad. It just wasn’t what I expected to get from this author. I guess we can’t always love what every book from every author.
Have You Seen Me by Kate White had me turning the pages and staying up late into the night. I was very impressed by how well Ally shared information with those around her. Usually in suspense or thrillers, the main character is hiding things from everyone and very resistant in telling those around her what is going on. And for good reason, since they never know who to trust.
Even though I really enjoyed this book I am only giving it three stars because of how quickly the book ended after we found out what was going on. But if it was only the fast ending I could have overlooked it and would have given Have You Seen Me a higher rating. But combine that with how unbelievable some of the things were that the stalker did, including finding Ally in a huge city and timing it perfectly to try and get her killed by traffic, it was just a bit too unbelievable.
I still recommend it though and look forward to reading future books by Kate White.
So-so thriller with strange twists and turns
I liked the way this newest thriller from author Kate White started out.
Ally Linden walks into the office building, drenched by the rain, and heads to her office. She finds out she forgot her key card and has to wait for someone to let her in.. When the CEO arrives, who she has had a relationship with, she finds out she hasn’t worked there for five years and actually can’t remember anything but her name and age.
At the hospital she starts remembering more but is still missing two days out of her memory. She remembers she’s married and works as a personal finance journalist.
She ends up hiring a private detective firm and personally starts delving into what might trauma have caused her to lose the memories of those two days.
I liked the first part of the book as it proceeded, the revelations got more bizarre. I do have to say the ending surprised me but it was rushed and didn’t feel at all realistic. And there were a couple of side stories that didn’t ring true either.
I have read other books of White’s that I enjoyed much more so this one won’t cause me to quit reading her books.
I received this book from Harper Collins through Edelweiss and Net Galley in the hopes that I would read it and leave an unbiased review.