Behind the Red Door

By Megan Collins

The Blurb –

“When Fern Douglas sees the news about Astrid Sullivan, a thirty-four-year-old missing woman from Maine, she is positive that she knows her. Fern’s husband is sure it’s because of Astrid’s famous kidnapping—and equally famous return—twenty years ago, but Fern has no memory of that, even though it happened an hour outside her New Hampshire hometown. And when Astrid appears in Fern’s recurring nightmare, one in which a girl reaches out to her, pleading, Fern fears that it’s not a dream at all, but a memory.

Back at her childhood home to help her father pack for a move, Fern purchases a copy of Astrid’s recently published memoir—which may have provoked her original kidnapper to abduct her again—and as she reads through its chapters and visits the people and places within it, she discovers more evidence that she has an unsettling connection to the missing woman. With the help of her psychologist father, Fern digs deeper, hoping to find evidence that her connection to Astrid can help the police locate her. But when Fern discovers more about her own past than she ever bargained for, the disturbing truth will change both of their lives forever.”

The Review –

This was another book I couldn’t put down! I should probably start reading the synopsis of books instead of just getting them base on the covers. This was very well written of a first person point of view of returning home to think that you are just helping out your parents in a tough situation. Then it turns into your worst nightmare of your childhood that you have repressed. I liked that there weren’t many characters to have to follow along with and also the timeline of events was pretty cut and dry if we were in the past or in the present. I did guess correctly about who the kidnapper was and the reasoning behind it, however I did not guess who “kidnapped” Astrid for the second time. Looking forward to reading another book by this author soon.

⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4/5!