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Summary
Summary
A young man embarks on a desperate search for the truth in this chilling, razor-sharp thriller
Five years ago, Rosa walked to the pier in the dead of night, looked into the swirling water and jumped. She was a brilliant young Cambridge student who had just lost her father. Her death was tragic, but not unexpected.
But is that what really happened?
Her death was ruled a suicide. But Rosa's boyfriend, Jar, still can't let go. He sees Rosa everywhere--a face on the train, a figure on the cliff. He is obsessed with proving that she is still alive. And then he gets an email.
"Find me, Jar. Find me, before they do..."
As Jar digs into the past, he enters a dark underworld where nothing is as it seems and no one can be trusted. He is soon thrust into the heart of a larger intrigue that may finally shed some light on Rosa's death...even as it dangerously threatens his own life.
Author Notes
J.S. Monroe (a pseudonym for Jon Stock) is a British journalist and novelist. He read English at Magdalene College, Cambridge University. He worked as a freelance journalist, a contributor to BBC Radio 4, foreign correspondent (Delhi) and staff writer (London) for the Daily Telegraph. His novels include The Riot Act, The Cardamom, and The Legoland trilogy (Dead Spy Running, Games Traitors Play, and Dirty Little Secret), and Find Me.
(Bowker Author Biography)
Reviews (3)
Publisher's Weekly Review
Jarlath "Jar" Costello, a London-based Internet click-bait content writer and the hero of Monroe's thrilling debut, has started seeing a dead person. Specifically, he's been seeing glimpses of Rosa Sandhoe, his girlfriend who leapt to her death into the sea off Norfolk in 2012 when she was a student at Cambridge University. Five years later, Jar is certain of two things: that Rosa and he are soul mates and that she's still very much alive. A body was never recovered. When he gets ahold of an encrypted file containing Rosa's journal, his faith is confirmed and his search for her kicks into high gear. A gear so high that the pages all but turn themselves as the story unfolds in taut chapters alternating between Rosa's journal entries and Jar's frantic quest. Monroe adds more voices in the book's second half, keeping the guess-who's-crazy/guilty ball in the air until the all-consuming reveal. Pacing is crisp and the plot is credible, but it's the cast of expertly crafted, psychologically ambiguous characters that rivets. Monroe is the pseudonym of a well-known British author and journalist. Agent: Will Francis, Janklow & Nesbit. (Mar.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Booklist Review
Five years ago, Jar Costello's girlfriend jumped from a pier and was lost at sea. Jar has never believed that Rosa died that night and swears he's spotted her in London. His therapist dismisses the sightings as bereavement hallucinations, and Rosa's family agrees. Then Rosa's Aunt Amy fearfully slips Jar her hard drive, claiming that detectives seeking access to Rosa's encrypted diary have trumped up child-pornography charges against Rosa's Uncle Martin. When the files are unencrypted, Jar finds Rosa's heart-wrenching chronicle of their love story interwoven with details of her recruitment into a covert espionage program called Eutychus. Convinced that Rosa is alive and in danger, Jar partners with a reporter who investigated the program before Rosa's disappearance, and they track Eutychus, using Rosa's diary, clandestine message boards, and boots-on-the-ground detection. Readers will easily fall into step with sensitive, quick-witted Jar, and Monroe's journalism experience lends realistic detail to the back-channel investigation. Smart, well written, and tangled in unpredictable twists a top-notch psychological thriller.--Tran, Christine Copyright 2017 Booklist
Library Journal Review
Since Jar Costello's girlfriend Rosa died of an apparent suicide five years ago, he has struggled with her death. To cope, he frequently imagines that she is nearby. When Jar spots a girl during his commute to work who greatly resembles Rosa, he is convinced that this was not a grief-induced hallucination. A mysterious phone call and other communications that seem to be from Rosa convince Jar that she might be alive. When Jar discovers Rosa's encrypted diary recounting their short dating history and the days that led up to her death, he begins to suspect that her apparent suicide might have been staged so she could join a covert operation. But is Jar simply consumed with false, or is there another explanation? Verdict Monroe, the pen name of a well-known British author and journalist, provides enough intrigue and plot twists to keep readers interested, but the narrative can be confusing as it jumps time sequences. Fans of thrillers who can handle the sometimes grisly subject matter, which includes human and animal torture, will want to get a copy.-Mary Todd Chesnut, Northern Kentucky Univ. Lib., Highland Heights © Copyright 2017. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.