The Accident by Glen Ebisch

Summary

Karen Walker is an ex-homicide detective slowly recovering from the trauma of an automobile accident in which she was injured and her husband was killed when a drunk driver struck the car she was operating. After a year of surgeries and attempts to come to terms with her feelings of guilt, she finds herself living the narrow life of a semi-recluse. Her seclusion comes to an end when an old friend from college, Clarissa Hammett, asks Karen to help in the search for her missing sister, Justine. Karen agrees, and she goes to live alone in the family’s summer home on the coast of southern Maine, which Justine was occupying at the time of her disappearance. Karen even goes one step further and takes on Justine’s job as hostess in a local restaurant, hoping to learn more about the missing woman’s life from her co-workers. Conversations with the sister’s estranged husband, her present boyfriend, and a mentally disturbed young girl on the beach, lead Karen to believe that Justine’s disappearance was not voluntary and that, if still alive, she may desperately need help.

My Thoughts

The Accident is a good, fast-paced book.  I wasn't sure how much I would enjoy it but I think I actually liked it more than I thought I would.  There's not much better than a good book that keeps you interested and that is what The Accident did.

The characters were interesting.  There were definitely things I didn't love about some of them but that is usually the case with most books.  I don't expect to love everything about every book character.

I did find that some of the characters and situations didn't seem completely believable to me.  The fact that Karen Walker was able to just walk in and get the job that Justine had so quickly didn't feel real.  Also, Some of the relationships (I don't want to give too much away) felt a little to unbelievable.  It wasn't anything to make me want to stop reading the book but it wasn't great.

Overall, The Accident was a good read.  I enjoyed it enough to read it pretty quick!  Thanks for sending it my way!

*Note: I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.