The Accident by Dawn Goodwin

The Accident by Dawn Goodwin
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Veronica Pullman has been shut off from her friends and pulling away from her husband for months since a tragic accident took the life of their only child, Grace. With everyone pressuring her to overcome her grief Veronica slowly tries to get herself together and try to resume normal daily tasks. When out of the house Veronica runs into a lady that is new to town and someone an unlikely friendship is formed between the two.

Scarlet is everything that Veronica is not, outgoing and feisty and never caring what anyone thinks. Veronica finds herself pulling out of her shell as the two do everything from day drinking to shoplifting. As the two get together more and more Veronica slowly starts to feel she can face what had happened to her daughter and finally uncover the truth of just what had happened that day.

The Accident by Dawn Goodwin was a well written page turner of a psychological thriller that was easily to become engrossed in while reading. The point of view is mostly Veronica’s but it does switch here and there along with some flashing back to tell the story but it was all easy to follow along as the story unfolded.

The one thing that brought this one down a tad bit for me is again I believe I just read too much and immediately figured out where the story was heading. I don’t know that it would overly obvious to the average reader though and still enjoyed reading so I didn’t take off too much in my rating for this since it was still an engaging read. In the end I think this was a solid read that fans of psychological thrillers will enjoy.

I received an advance copy from the publisher via NetGalley.