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A review by themomwithabook
Woman on the Edge by Samantha M. Bailey
4.0
⭐️⭐️⭐️✨(3.5 stars)
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Morgan Kincaid is on her way home from work and in the subway waiting for a train when a woman suddenly approaches her and thrusts her infant daughter into her arms, telling her to “keep her safe” before jumping in front of a train and killing herself. The woman is CEO Nicole Markham. Morgan is struggling to process what happened and how this woman knew her name. Why is this stranger naming Morgan the guardian of her infant daughter in her Will? What links them together? When no one on the subway platform can corroborate her story that Nicole jumped, she quickly moves from being a witness to a suspect in a murder with a motive. Did she push her or did she really jump? In piecing things together, she learns of Nicole’s traumatic past and someone who has sent her threatening messages for years. Was Nicole in danger or was she just paranoid? Morgan starts to question just that until strange things start to happen to her that make her feel both unsafe and paranoid. Is Morgan and the baby now in danger? And if so, who can Morgan trust if the police don’t believe her?
What would you do if you believed yourself to be innocent but the police and community didn’t believe you? I can imagine how incredibly frustrating that would be to not feel heard. This book immediately starts off with a bang; Nicole handing her infant daughter over to Morgan and then falling in front of a train. Bailey makes you question everyone’s motives and who to trust. From the beginning it is hard to tell if Nicole was simply experiencing postpartum depression and psychosis or if someone was exploiting her vulnerability. Throughout the entire book you question the motives of every characters’ actions and what role they played in Nicole’s life. But when all the loose ends are tied up, it makes for a satisfying conclusion to the story. Bailey’s debut novel is suspenseful and will have you on the edge of your seat turning the pages (or swiping left) until the very end!
⚠️ Trigger Warning: This book does incorporate topics including sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), trauma, depression, postpartum depression and psychosis, psychological abuse, and suicide.
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Thank you @netgalley and @simonandschuster for an advanced readers copy of Woman on the Edge by Samantha M. Bailey in exchange for an independent and honest review. This book is scheduled to be released on 03/03/2020. Go check it out next week!
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Morgan Kincaid is on her way home from work and in the subway waiting for a train when a woman suddenly approaches her and thrusts her infant daughter into her arms, telling her to “keep her safe” before jumping in front of a train and killing herself. The woman is CEO Nicole Markham. Morgan is struggling to process what happened and how this woman knew her name. Why is this stranger naming Morgan the guardian of her infant daughter in her Will? What links them together? When no one on the subway platform can corroborate her story that Nicole jumped, she quickly moves from being a witness to a suspect in a murder with a motive. Did she push her or did she really jump? In piecing things together, she learns of Nicole’s traumatic past and someone who has sent her threatening messages for years. Was Nicole in danger or was she just paranoid? Morgan starts to question just that until strange things start to happen to her that make her feel both unsafe and paranoid. Is Morgan and the baby now in danger? And if so, who can Morgan trust if the police don’t believe her?
What would you do if you believed yourself to be innocent but the police and community didn’t believe you? I can imagine how incredibly frustrating that would be to not feel heard. This book immediately starts off with a bang; Nicole handing her infant daughter over to Morgan and then falling in front of a train. Bailey makes you question everyone’s motives and who to trust. From the beginning it is hard to tell if Nicole was simply experiencing postpartum depression and psychosis or if someone was exploiting her vulnerability. Throughout the entire book you question the motives of every characters’ actions and what role they played in Nicole’s life. But when all the loose ends are tied up, it makes for a satisfying conclusion to the story. Bailey’s debut novel is suspenseful and will have you on the edge of your seat turning the pages (or swiping left) until the very end!
⚠️ Trigger Warning: This book does incorporate topics including sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), trauma, depression, postpartum depression and psychosis, psychological abuse, and suicide.
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Thank you @netgalley and @simonandschuster for an advanced readers copy of Woman on the Edge by Samantha M. Bailey in exchange for an independent and honest review. This book is scheduled to be released on 03/03/2020. Go check it out next week!