Three individuals somehow connected to one singular tragic event.

Janie. Robbie. Vanessa.

Janie is a young 18-year-old woman from a small town on the cusp of launching a new life, with dream job in the city of London waiting for her. But she is tragically ploughed down by a van in a hit-and-run and left for dead.

Robbie is huge popstar with a lovely home, wife and two kids, living the dream life. He is a celebrity, but well respected, known for being an upstanding citizen and family man. Twenty years after the incident, Robbie is arrested and charged for hitting Janie. He goes willingly with police and accepts the charges with no denials. He has been running from this for two decades and it has caught up with him. But is he guilty?

Janie is not dead, and survived even after being in a coma. Although severely injured and maimed, and not able to speak, she wants to be involved in the justice process. Is she a reliable witness so many years later? How accurate is her memory in her current state?

Vanessa, a lady who lives in the small town, works as support for witnesses attending court proceedings. Vanessa has a complicated back story of her own and is tied to this incident in more ways than one.

This story had so many twists and turns, but it was not hard to follow. Several points of view were used, and there were many characters involved beyond the main three. I was pleasantly surprised by a couple of revelations, as I can usually tell what is coming up based on the author’s writing and clues. The author was able to cleverly weave the connections together. You had to stretch your imagination a little in some cases as there were a lot of coincidences. But that might just be expected in a small town.

I give this a solid 3. I have not read any other Jane Corry books, so this has piqued my curiosity about them. I do like a good mystery. Thanks to NetGalley and Penguin Random House Canada for an advanced copy for an honest review.