The One I Left Behind – Jennifer McMahon

A few years back, I somehow came across a book by Jennifer McMahon and, from what I remember, I enjoyed it but didn’t love it.  When I saw one of her books on sale in the Kindle bookstore, I decided to pick it up and give her work another chance.  And, boy, am I glad that I did.

The One I Left Behind deals with an architect whose mother was assumed to be the last victim of a serial killer when she was a kid.  When her mother turns up alive, she returns home for the first time in years to try and figure out what happened to her mother and the identity of the killer.

I don’t know what it was, but the book reached out and grabbed me in a way I wasn’t expecting.  I very much enjoyed it and was sorry that it ended as soon as it did.  Based on this, I will definitely be checking out more of McMahon’s work, without a 4 year wait this time.