NetGalley: Twenty-Seven Minutes by Ashley Tate
Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press
Published: 1/30/2024
Pages: 384
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Review: NetGalley, Poisoned Pen Press
THE QUESTION
For the last ten years, the small town of West Wilmer has been struggling to answer one question: On the night of the car accident that killed his sister, why did it take Grant Dean twenty-seven minutes to call for help? If he'd called sooner, Phoebe might still be alive.
THE SECRET
As the anniversary of Phoebe's death approaches, Grant is consumed by his memories and the secret that's been suffocating him for years. But he and Phoebe weren't the only ones in the car that night. Becca was there too - she's the only other person who knows what really happened. Or is she?
THE TRUTH
Everyone in West Wilmer remembers Phoebe, but only June remembers that another person was lost that night. Her brother Wyatt has been missing for ten years and, now that her mother is dead, June has no one left - no family, no friends. Until someone appears at her door.
Someone who may know where Wyatt went all those years ago.
Someone who knows what really happened on the bridge that night.
For the last ten years, the small town of West Wilmer has been struggling to answer one question: On the night of the car accident that killed his sister, why did it take Grant Dean twenty-seven minutes to call for help? If he'd called sooner, Phoebe might still be alive.
THE SECRET
As the anniversary of Phoebe's death approaches, Grant is consumed by his memories and the secret that's been suffocating him for years. But he and Phoebe weren't the only ones in the car that night. Becca was there too - she's the only other person who knows what really happened. Or is she?
THE TRUTH
Everyone in West Wilmer remembers Phoebe, but only June remembers that another person was lost that night. Her brother Wyatt has been missing for ten years and, now that her mother is dead, June has no one left - no family, no friends. Until someone appears at her door.
Someone who may know where Wyatt went all those years ago.
Someone who knows what really happened on the bridge that night.
I totally did not see the bombshell that came toward the end of it.
It was not my favorite read, though, honestly; it has so much going on with so many characters. We start the book with one of the characters, Phoebe, who dies. She died within twenty-seven minutes. What happened during that time? Why did she not get the help she deserved? Well, you don't find that out until towards the end, which is the bombshell that dropped.
We go back and forth between the present and the past. Which is easy to follow it just leads us to how it occurred, and it took its time to get there. You can tell this death really truly gets to people because they make it seem like the death happened yesterday instead of 10 years ago. Yet, I guess that is what happens when a death like that happens it stays with the community.
We have June, whose brother is missing, or is he? What is going on with June? She has some mental health issues as well, I believe. I know that her brother not being in her life seemed to have messed her up, or at least that is the vibe that I am getting.
Becca is another character who I assume has some mental health issues that she needs help with. She was in the vehicle with Phoebe and Grant. She is just a volatile character, and I couldn't relate to her in any way. I didn't understand why no one truly didn't get her the help she needed.
Grant is the brother of Phoebe, and he feels guilty. Though he has a secret to hide.
Secrets don't stay buried even well after many years have passed.
Ashley Tate is a Canadian author. TWENTY-SEVEN MINUTES is her first novel.
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