With The First Time
I Saw Him, Laura Dave has written her first sequel featuring Hannah Hall
from The Last Thing He Told Me from 2021. While readers welcomed the
sequel, turns out it is not quite the sequel they expected with the
introduction of two new characters who bog down the narrative. {I really did not care for this one}
Five years have passed
since Hannah Hall’s husband and her step-daughter Bailey’s father Owen seemed
to drop off the face of the earth. They have moved on, settling in the Los
Angeles area. Over these years, they have begun a relationship with Bailey’s
grandfather Nicholas, once an attorney for a crime syndicate boss.
During the latest exhibition of Hannah’s art, Owen makes an
appearance, though neither she nor he acknowledge one another. She learns later
that during the encounter, Owen slipped a flash drive into her pocket. A phone
call comes the next day that puts Hannah and Bailey on the run for safety.
The action is interrupted repeatedly with narratives of exchanges between
Nicholas and the crime boss, detracting from the way Hannah and Bailey have put
into action the run-for-safety plan they developed long ago in case this day
came. How can they make it to safety? What chance is there for Owen to reunite
with his family.
Laura Dave’s books have been chosen by Reese Witherspoon’s Book Club, Indie Next,
Book of the Month Club, The Richard and Judy Book Club, Best of Amazon, and
Best of Apple Books. Goodreads readers voted The Last Thing He told Me
as Mystery & Thriller of the Year for 2021. That book became a series on
Apple TV+. Dave lives in California.
