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The House in the Pines isn’t a whodunit, more of a head scratching howdunit. At least two young women have inexplicably died while in the company of one man, Frank. Seven years ago, Frank was the charismatic older boy that Maya was in love with, until she suspected he was interested in her childhood best friend Aubrey, too. And though she knows in her gut that Frank was responsible for Aubrey’s death, she can’t say how, and there are too many unexplained gaps and black holes in her memory for police to find her a reliable witness. Reyes’ debut has all a thriller reader could hope for: an unreliable narrator, addiction, misdirection, old secrets, and a seven-year old quest for justice. But it’s also an absorbing, cleverly plotted story of female friendship, loyalty repaid, maternal love, and the powerful desire to unlock secrets, even in the face of evil. |
