While I was reading, my husband claims I kept muttering "... this is so confusing..."; but that did not deter me in the least. The book involves time travel – of a sort, but not exactly – and that phenomenon always commands extra thought. On Day Zero, just after midnight, Jen, mother of eighteen-year-old Todd, witnesses her son stab a man, be arrested, and taken to spend the night in prison. The next day when Jen awakens it is Day Minus One, 08:00 and Todd is calmly and obliviously in his room getting ready for school. What? How can this be? Did Jen dream the crime? But clues reveal she must be truly(?) and incredulously(!) reliving a previous day in time.
Chapter headings continue to go backward in time, not always at the same rate, but ever backward. Chapter headings such as Day Minus Twelve or Day Minus Seven Hundred and Eighty-Three place the reader on a timeline as Jen tries to be super observant of details in those days in the past to see what she could have done differently as a mother/wife/daughter to change the outcome of the hideous act she witnesses at the start of the story.
Chapter headings continue to go backward in time, not always at the same rate, but ever backward. Chapter headings such as Day Minus Twelve or Day Minus Seven Hundred and Eighty-Three place the reader on a timeline as Jen tries to be super observant of details in those days in the past to see what she could have done differently as a mother/wife/daughter to change the outcome of the hideous act she witnesses at the start of the story.
The author did a good job clarifying where Jen was in time by elaborating on each chapter title with hints as to a month or year or season. My initial mutterings of confusion soon tapered off and I became immersed in the psychological thriller, packed with mystery, twists, and great characters all within the context of the love/angst of a mother for her child. Wrong Place Wrong Time was an instant New York Times Bestseller and a Reese's Book Club Pick. I loved this book but I will not give away any more. Check out the Amazon reviews by other authors for more details (in bold print and without spoilers). Enjoy reading Wrong Place Wrong Time for yourself.
★★★★★ Great! Read it!
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