The day Adam Dunne’s girlfriend, Sarah, fails to return from a Barcelona business trip, his perfect life begins to fall apart. Days later, the arrival of her passport and a note that reads ‘I’m sorry – S’ sets off real alarm bells. He vows to do whatever it takes to find her.

Adam is puzzled when he connects Sarah to a cruise ship called the Celebrate – and to a woman, Estelle, who disappeared from the same ship in eerily similar circumstances almost exactly a year before. To get the answers, Adam must confront some difficult truths about his relationship with Sarah. He must do things of which he never thought himself capable. And he must try to outwit a predator who seems to have found the perfect hunting ground…

Highlights

Prologue: It begins with a scene from the end of the book which I actually liked as it gave me the hook to find out what lead up to that stage.

The idea of a disappearance at sea was very intriguing and it kept me turning the page to find out if Sarah was actually alive or dead

the middle third of the book is definitely the best part of it with some fast-moving action and events

Lowlights

The first 3rd of the book is slow to start with way too much ‘mansplaining’ going on which did not add anything to the story.

There was a secondary subplot about a French family running alongside the main story which was confusing as I could see absolutely no need for it. it very loosely ties in at the end of the book to the main story but was completely unnecessary

Everything comes together too conveniently so the conclusion of the book feels too rushed which makes the end lack lustre and unbelievable

We find out why the killer picked his victims, but it just doesn’t wash as there wasn’t enough of a back story to give it any credence

Conclusion

It’s not a bad read but more of an ok read and I was left feeling a little bewildered by it when finished.