The Summer Holiday by S.E. Lynes is a psych thriller that takes a minute to get going but then ends up quite satisfying. And a lot happens in between.
Kate is in a marriage that she feels might be one-sided. But she makes it work for years. She and Jeff don’t seem to be very evenly matched, but as with any couple, they probably have their reasons.
Too bad the reasons aren’t the same for both of them.
While on vacation in Spain (because Jeff provides), they run into Coco Moss – a person Kate was enamored with in college. And someone who Jeff may or may not have ties to…somehow.
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Trying really hard not to drop any spoilers.
Suffice it to say that Coco Moss might be the undoing of all of them. (I like the way the author has Coco doing “confessionals.” It breaks up the style and is effective in the overall plot
There are secrets galore in this book – everybody has them. Some are just worse than others. And some of them are just plain horrible. Poor Kate.
The book takes a while to get going. We get a lot of how Kate feels inadequate, how she tries to compensate (for what?), and how she wishes she could be…well, more like Coco.
Until she finds out some info that throws all of her perspectives into disarray.
There are a few characters who don’t figure much in the plot – they just seem to be window-dressing. But late in the game, there are still a few more secrets that make their presence more plausible.
And there’s that lovely last-minute twist I’ve come to love in a psych thriller.
S.E. Lynes is at the top of my list of psych thriller authors, and The Summer Holiday is one of the best.
