A volcanic eruption is quite another, for, as the journalist who does a framing voice-over narration for Brooks’ latest puts it, when Mount Rainier popped its cork, “it was the psychological aspect, the hyperbole-fueled hysteria that had ended up killing the most people.” Maybe, but the sasquatches whom the volcano displaced contributed to the statistics, too, if only out of self-defense.

Light on suspense but still a solid page-turner.Īre we not men? We are-well, ask Bigfoot, as Brooks does in this delightful yarn, following on his bestseller World War Z (2006).Ī zombie apocalypse is one thing. But what really drives the story is the evolving nature of Hannah and Bailey’s relationship, which is by turns poignant and frustrating but always realistic. Hannah’s narrative alternates past and present, detailing her early days with Owen alongside her current hunt for him, and author Dave throws in a touch of danger and a few surprises. They must also learn to trust one another. Hannah doesn’t know whom to trust, though, and she and Bailey resolve to root out the clues that might lead to Owen. marshal assigned to the case claims Owen isn’t a suspect. Hannah refuses to believe her husband is involved in the fraud, and a U.S. Hannah learns that the FBI has been investigating the firm for about a year regarding some hot new software they took to market before it was fully functional, falsifying their financial statements. Then there’s the bag full of cash Bailey finds in her school locker and the shocking news that The Shop’s CEO has been taken into custody. Their lives are shattered, however, when Hannah receives a note saying “ Protect her” and can’t reach Owen by phone. They live in a lovely houseboat in Sausalito Hannah is a woodturner whose handmade furniture brings in high-dollar clientele and Owen works for The Shop, a successful tech firm.

Despite the drama, the family is mostly a happy one. She’s also determined to win over his 16-year-old daughter, Bailey, who has made it very clear that she’s not thrilled with her new stepmother. Hannah Hall is deeply in love with her husband of one year, Owen Michaels. When a devoted husband and father disappears, his wife and daughter set out to find him.

The last thing he told me book review