When her boyfriend goes missing and a woman turns up dead, Charlotte must connect the dots for herself before she becomes the suspect, or the next victim. Charlotte, a mid-thirties Long Island woman, has felt so alone since her promising career in neuroscience imploded. But she has an online support group; she has Rachel, a friend who has seen her through the worst of it; and now she also has … now she also has Peter, a mysterious new boyfriend who has asked that their budding romance remain a total secret.
That is why she is too scared to report his disappearance to the authorities when he vanishes without a word.
Weeks later, police contact her to make an ID on a body, and she fears the worst for her missing beau. Instead, she arrives at the morgue and feels a terrible relief when she sees a woman she has never met on the table in front of her. But relief is replaced by confusion, then terror, when Charlotte realizes she has become a person of interest.
Why did Jane Doe have Charlotte listed as her emergency contact? Was it revenge or a warning? And where exactly does Peter factor into all this? As Charlotte becomes the prime murder suspect, she enters into a race against the clock to find out the truth about the dead woman and the connections they shared. But what she discovers is beyond anything she could have ever imagined.
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Charlotte has had to reinvent her life after her career as a neurosurgeon ended with a tragedy. She turned her love for helping others into her acupuncture practice on Long Island with her best friend Rachel as her business partner. Charlotte’s most important support besides Rachel has been her trauma survivors group and her long-distance boyfriend Peter. But Peter’s mysterious job has forced their romance to be a secret, and when he suddenly goes silent, Charlotte doesn’t know what to do.
After weeks of no trace of Peter, Charlotte is called to ID a body. Instead of finding Peter in the morgue, a woman she has never met is lying there. The Jane Doe was found with Charlotte’s name and number, leading to more questions than answers as Charlotte tries to find a connection to her. As the story unfolds, more mysteries arise and Detectives Wolcott and Silvestri turn to Charlotte as their prime suspect.
In Case of Emergency by E.G. Scott is full of surprising twists and dark turns. It will keep you guessing until the end.
The story was a bit slow moving in the beginning with many different characters revolving through the story. Once it picked up, there were many twists and the characters made sense. Thank you @netgalley for the opportunity to read this ARC!
E.G. Scott’s novel “The Woman Inside” was one of my favorite reads last year and I’ve been eager to jump into this new one. It did not disappoint!
Charlotte was on track to become a successful neurosurgeon, until a scandelous incident ended her career. Now she is settled into her new life as an accupunturist, trying to leave her past behind her.
Then an unidentified woman is found dead, with no signs of her cause of death, and Charlotte is listed as her emergency contact. But she doesn’t know her. Add in Charlotte’s mysterious BF, Peter, and you have a suspenseful and unpredictable read that keeps you guessing!
Thank you to Edelweiss, E.G. Scott and Dutton Books, for this free digital ARC in exchange for my honest opinion!
I’ve been considering Accupunture for quite some time, so I found the discussions pertaining to it to be very interesting.
Another incredible group read with No Rules – Just Thrills!
My Rating: 4.5 ’s (rounding up)
Published: August 4th 2020 by Dutton
Pages: 381
Recommend: YES!
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Starting over is hard, but Charlotte thinks she’s finally settled into her new life. She has a home, a struggling business, a small group of friends, and even a boyfriend. It’s starting to come together for her, finally. That is, until she gets a call that will not just change her life but shatter everything she’s come to rebuild.
Charlotte was an interesting woman. I enjoy complex characters with some kind of tragedy or hardship in their past. Her struggle to regain her sense of self was a hard one, and it’s easy to see and understand why she did some of the things she did. It was hard to see her realize her mistakes later on, however, because you know she was coming from a place of honesty.
The duo of detectives – Wolcott and Silvestri – were great. You can tell they’re pals as well as co-workers, even if they do annoy each other once in a while. They had to make tough choices and did everything they could to find the truth. Also, I both loved and hated the way one of them would discover something and then their POV would end so you didn’t know what they’d found until later. It was both evil and genius at the same time.
From the very beginning, the premise of this novel had me hooked. I’m not sure how I’d cope if some random person had me listed as their emergency contact. In Case of Emergency was a surprising thriller that caught me off guard with who the real bad guy was in the end. Every time I thought I knew what was going on, I discovered how wrong I am. I really hope that we get to see more of Detectives Wolcott and Silvestri in the future, I thought they were a great team.
Charlotte has felt alone since her promising career in neuroscience fell apart. But she’s found support via an online group for trauma survivors; her best friend, Rachel; and Peter, a mysterious new boyfriend who has asked that their budding romance remain a total secret.
That is why Charlotte is too scared to report Peter’s disappearance to the authorities when he vanishes without a word.
Weeks later, police contact her to make an ID on a body and she fears it’s Peter. Who else could it be? Instead, the deceased woman is a complete stranger. But relief is fleeting, when Charlotte realizes Jane Doe had Charlotte listed as her emergency contact, making Charlotte a person of interest in the death.
In Case of Emergency is a fascinating, fast-paced mystery with compelling characters. I recommend this novel for fans of mysteries and suspense.
Content Warnings: SPOILERS
forced psychiatric commitment (in the past); medical malpractice END SPOILERS
Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for the ARC. The opinions in this review are honest and my own.
After Charlotte’s career in neurosurgery fell apart, she has to to make a new life. She is lonely and meets Peter. They begin dating and Peter says their relationship must be kept a secret. When Peter disappears, Charlotte doesn’t report his disappearance to the police. A few weeks later Charlotte is asked to identify a dead body, Charlotte thinks it must be Peter. But it isn’t! It’s a stranger who has her listed as her emergency contact. Now Charlotte is a person of interest in this stranger’s death. This was a fast paced thriller that kept me guessing until the end. I received an advanced readers copy and all opinions are my own.