HAIRPIN BRIDGE by Taylor Adams

 

From the author of the “full-throttle thriller” (A. J. Finn) No Exit—a riveting new psychological page-turner featuring a fierce and unforgettable heroine.

Three months ago, Lena Nguyen’s estranged twin sister, Cambry, drove to a remote bridge seventy miles outside of Missoula, Montana, and jumped two hundred feet to her death. At least, that is the official police version.

But Lena isn’t buying it.

Now she’s come to that very bridge, driving her dead twin’s car and armed with a cassette recorder, determined to find out what really happened by interviewing the highway patrolman who allegedly discovered her sister’s body.

Corporal Raymond Raycevic has agreed to meet Lena at the scene. He is sympathetic, forthright, and professional. But his story still seems a bit off. For one thing, he stopped Cambry for speeding just an hour before she supposedly leaped to her death. Then there are the sixteen attempted 911 calls from her cell phone, made in what was unfortunately a dead zone.

But perhaps most troubling of all, the state trooper is referred to by name in Cambry’s final enigmatic text to her sister: Please Forgive Me. Lena will do anything to uncover the truth. But as her twin’s final hours come into focus, Lena’s search turns into a harrowing tooth-and-nail fight for her own survival—one that will test everything she thought she knew about her sister and herself...

MY THOUGHTS: 

First of all, this is my first Taylor Adams book. Second, I got it from Joffe Books via NetGalley not William Morrow and Custom House publishing. But that is neither here nor there. This book was GREAT. I will request more from this author.

This is a real, true, page turning, heart stopping, heart pounding, book. One that could easily be a tv series. If you took each case and made a weekly show about that one it would fill your night with enough to last a while. This book is about two sisters but there is so much more involved. 

It basically takes place in one day. Three hours and so many minutes plus whatever time was not recorded. To understand that you will have to read this book. It's what happens after a young woman commits suicide and her sister refuses to accept that she really took her own life. They are twins. Identical. They share the same DNA identical. But they are as different as night and day in every other way. Though I suppose after reading I do think maybe they share the same will to live. Have the same fight in them. 

Twins, Lena Nguyen and Cambry Nguyen are identical twins. Like looking in a mirror identical. Yet they were so different. Lena was more closed off. More into books and school and family. Cambry was not. She lived for adventure. For the open road. For the thrill of life. That thrill came to a screeching halt in September of 2019 in Howard County, Montana, when she supposedly jumped to her death on Hairpin Bridge. Three months later, Lena, is there to find the truth. She never believes that her sister jumped willingly. She does not believe that Cambry committed suicide. She intends to find out what happened even it if costs her her own life. And it may do just that.

Lena meets Raymond Raycevic at a small diner and he has her follow him to the bridge. He is the one who found her sister's body. He is the one who called her parents with the news of their daughter's suicide. There is something about him that Lena does not think is right. She feels as if things are a bit off. But what can she do. Maybe try to get him to explain the things that are bothering her. Try to get to the full truth. From here Lena's life will never be the same. Finding out the truth is the most painful thing she will ever confront. The battle that rages inside of her is strong. The will to live is strong. The will to find out what happened is even stronger.

This book has so many twists and turns you will not know what to believe. Until the end when it all comes out. When all the gory details are displayed. Very graphic and realistic. You will feel the pain that these sisters feel. You will root for Lena to win and come out with the whole truth and for someone to be held accountable. You will be surprised in parts as to what has been happening. There are secrets revealed also. 

This book takes you down a dark and emotional rollercoaster of a ride. One that you can not get off of until that very last sentence is read. You will hold your breath. You will cringe and you will feel pain. It's so realistically written. It makes you feel like you are right there on that bridge. Both the night of Cambry's death and the day Lena learns the complete truth. All the bends in the road will feel so realistic and all the twists will feel like a knives being pushed. This book is a very dark and thrilling ride for sure. Can you handle it is the question?

Told from each twins POV and in each one's voice you will learn many things. Some you may not believe but that is how things happen. I found one thing that didn't add up or was forgotten in this book but I won't mention that. It's not relevant at all. 

Two quotes in this book that I liked: "Sometimes all that matters is your voice in the dark." and ""My sister helped me find you.""

Thank you to #NetGalley, #tayloradams, #joffebooks for this ARC. This is my own true feelings about this book.

I gave it 5/5 stars and recommend it. Just be warned it has parts that will truly make you cringe. But it's good.