Review 545: The Note

The Note by Alafair Burke
My rating: 3.75 of 5 stars

Enjoyed this more than I thought I would. A mystery, thriller type book. Three long-time friends get together in person, in the Hamptons for the first time in person after the pandemic. They are the cancelled crew, each found themselves in the midst of a scandal that went viral in the past few years.

The main character is May Hanover, we get her point of view for over a third of the book, when it suddenly shifts and shows other character points of view. That was jarring.

The three now are trying to keep a low profile after going viral. For May it was a video where she became known as the Asian Karen, yelling mistakenly at a black man. Lauren is older than the other two friends, but seem to have been the glue to reuniting them all. Her scandal involved a married man who had influence to get her the job as the music director of the Houston Symphony and race plays into this as well. Then there’s Kelsey who’s husband she was divorcing was murdered. The suspect has not yet been found, and of course she was one of the main suspects, but has a solid alibi.

On this Hampton trip they find themselves involved in a mystery of a missing man.

There's more to this book than on first glance.