A vacation in the Hamptons goes terribly wrong for three friends with a complicated history.
It was meant to be a harmless prank.
Growing up, May Hanover was a good girl, always. Well-behaved, top of her class, a compulsive rule-follower. Raised by a first-generation Chinese single mother with high expectations, May didn’t have room to slip up, let alone fail. Her friends didn’t call her the Little Sheriff for nothing.
But even good girls have secrets. And regrets. When it comes to her friendship with Lauren and Kelsey, she's had her fair share of both. Their bond—forged when May was just twelve years old—has withstood a tragic accident, individual scandals, heartbreak and loss. Now the three friends have reunited for the first time in years for a few days of sun and fun in the Hamptons. But a chance encounter with a pair of strangers leads to a drunken prank that goes horribly awry.
When she finds herself at the center of an urgent police investigation, May begins to wonder whether Lauren and Kelsey are keeping secrets from her, testing the limits of her loyalty to lifelong friends.
What had they gone and done?
The Note is a page-turner of the highest order from one of our greatest contemporary suspense writers.
The Sexy Nerd's Review. . .
One thing I do not like are pranks. I realize that many people find them to be hilarious, but I’m not that person. And, unfortunately, our three main characters find themselves dealing with that very thing. May, Kelsey and Lauren have been friends for many years. As with most friendships, life got to lifin’ and friends come and go and drift apart. They weren’t any different to most people.
But the things these young ladies endured in their separate lives was enough to somehow force them to reunite. They decide to get together and catch up on old times and while they’re headed to the restaurant, a very rude and inconsiderate driver cuts them off and steals the parking spot they were about to enter. In today’s society, some people are just mean spirited and couldn’t care less who they hurt. Even though they were a bit miffed about the whole ordeal, they carried on with their plans and went to lunch and had a good time. As they were about to leave, Kelsey advised the ladies she’d catch up with them because she had something she had to do. May and Lauren didn’t give two thoughts about it and left.
The next thing they knew there’s news spreading about a man who went missing and when they saw the picture of the guy, immediately they recognized him as the guy that cut them off. Why was he missing and what on earth happened to him? As luck would have it, or the lack thereof, the police get information that May, Lauren and Kelsey may have been the last people to know of his whereabouts. Hmm? Why would they know anything about his whereabouts? He was a jerk, true, but they had nothing to do with his disappearance, right?
It’s at this time they discover there was a note. And Kelsey wrote it, but why? What did this note say and why was it important to the disappearance of this young man who stole their parking space? Well, Nerds, this is where you’ll have to finish the story to find out.
I must say there was a whole lot of who-shot-John going on within this story. The more I got to know the characters, the more my suspicions went up. If you can’t trust your friends, then who can you trust? Hmm? The plot thickens!
This was a pretty decent story. There was a lot of carrot dangling and I felt the story dragged on a bit, but once I began to truly understand the players and the game they were playing, I enjoyed the chase. Yes, this story had lots of roller coaster moments in a good way.
The Sexy Nerd gives The Note four extra sheets of paper to continue the prank. This was a pretty decent read. Just when you think you’ve figured it out, you realize you didn’t quite have it all figured out. The Note goes on sale on Tues., January 7, 2025, at your favorite book retailers or wherever books are sold. Until next time, Nerds, you know how we do.
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