3* If you can suspended disbelief that a 2024 self-employed, roughly 9m pregnant businesswoman can go off on a job without her phone, this sort of works.

For me, believing that Katie could leave her phone, her business and personal lifeline behind when driving to a job to meet a virtually unknown client, didn't really work. Who doesn't think about the dangers? Who doesn't worry that she's days from giving birth and wonder about the sanity of her decision? Plus, most modern cars habe tracking devices these days, so for me, this tale required a huge suspension of disbelief.

It had not-as-horrible shades of Misery. Minus the cutting of limbs. It sadly wasn't very believable but it was quite predictable.

The Zoe character with Katie's husband wasn't very believable. She's a Glenn Close type at the start and middle, then a meek kitten at the end. Hmm. And the supposed twist on the airline? Just asking for too much suspension of disbelief from me.

It's not a badly written book but it's not believable in 2024, sadly.

ARC courtesy of NetGalley and HQ, for my reading pleasure.

Well there were def a lot of wows in this book! Overall, I felt it was too drawn out and I found myself skimming more than anything. Kate is kidnapped when she thinks she is going on a work call. Magda tells her that she is her birth mother and will not let her go. Meanwhile, Kate's mom and husband are trying to find her before Magda steals her baby. It was ok.