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The next morning, Waylon arrives at Isabelle’s house, and the two record a podcast episode about Mason’s disappearance. I thought there was WAY too much dwelling on her lack of sleep, sleepwalking, keeping herself awake, being tired, micro sleeps, etc.
In the present, Waylon claims to have interviewed Detective Dozier, which Isabelle knows to be impossible because Dozier was speaking with her.When you login first time using a Social Login button, we collect your account public profile information shared by Social Login provider, based on your privacy settings. But so much about her childhood seems to be behind a curtain of things she doesn't want to think about and things she can't quite remember. Isabelle's entire existence now revolves around finding him, but she knows she can’t go on this way forever.
Stacy Willingham’s masterful use of dual timelines adds intrigue and atmosphere to this compelling mystery, while her immersive writing draws readers into our protagonist’s increasingly unstable state of mind. Think of Iain Reid: he can bring all the spooky vibes without winding similes and melodramatic run-on sentences.Isabelle remembers Ben pressuring her into freelance reporting so they could be together, as he was her boss at the time. But Waylon has motives of his own and as long-forgotten memories of Isabelle’s past resurface, doubt begins to cloud her sleepless nights. After the ceremony, Isabelle seeks refuge in a cathedral and almost attends a group grief counseling session. ONE WHOLE YEAR, since her eighteen month old toddler, was taken from his room, in the middle of the night-the window by his crib open-but neither she, nor her husband Ben, awakened by any noise.
This sparks a memory of when Isabelle met Allison, Ben’s first wife, at an office party before she died by suicide.It's after speaking at an event dedicated to True crime that she meets True Crime Podcaster, Waylon Spencer. There are so many subtle ways we women subconsciously protect ourselves throughout the day; protect ourselves from shadows, from unseen predators. I'm glad I gave Willingham another chance and will be interested to see what she comes up with next. Isabelle confronts him, and he tells her that they have known each other for two years but that the last time he saw her, she had Mason with her.