In the first chapter, a scared woman that Morgan has never seen calls her by name and tells her to take care of her baby before jumping in front of a train. What was the woman running from and why did she entrust her baby to Morgan? How did she know her name?
Chapters alternate between Morgan, in the present, and the baby’s mother, Nicole, in the past.
Nicole’s situation as a new mother spotlights the reality of postpartum depression for women while Morgan’s circumstance demonstrates life as a widow whose spouse fell victim to suicide.
“Was this what motherhood felt like for everyone? A constant state of fear and panic?”
The overall situation and how things end up transpiring definitely seems implausible if you really think about it, but the suspense was so absorbing that I got caught up in all of it. Things were happening to Nicole that didn’t add up, and I wanted to know the truth.
The ending was a little over the top, but I was still turning those pages as fast as I could.
This was a short and fast-paced read that mystery and suspense readers will enjoy.
Woman on the Edge is Samantha Bailey’s debut novel. Visit her website.
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Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an advance read copy. Opinions are my own.