The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave

The Bay Area is an unusual place because most of the people I have met here over the last 30 years are not from here. Except for my friends Sally and Jay who were born and raised here, most everyone else is a transplant. San Francisco or Marin are not their birth place but rather their chosen homes. That means that given the small geographic size of the area, the cities are teeming with lots of people with messy backstories. People with secrets and baggage are at the center of "The Last Thing He Told Me" by Laura Dave. The story takes place on a houseboat in Sausalito when Hannah Hall's husband, Owen Michael, disappears. The only missive he leaves behind is a note saying, "Protect her." Immediately Hannah knows this means he wants her to watch over Bailey, the 16-year-old daughter from his first marriage. Baily wants nothing to do with her stepmother, but left alone the two women must bond and work together to solve the mystery of Owen's disappearance. When the FBI comes to arrest Owen's boss at the tech firm where he worked, Hannah realizes that her husband had more than a few secrets in his closet. Hannah and Bailey are forced to leave the Bay Area to follow a trail into Owen’s past. If he is not who he said he was, then who exactly is he? Part drama and part thriller, the mystery brings Hannah and Bailey closer together, while also pushing them further away from their once happy life on the houseboat in Sausalito. To buy this book on Amazon click here.