The story begins when Maya Wolfe, the third wife of Adrian Wolfe, is drunk and alone in the early hours of the morning. She takes a step forwards from the pavement edge and is hit and killed by a night bus.
We are then taken backwards and forwards from the time when Maya and Adrian meet, their lives together, which includes Adrian's two previous wives and families, and how Adrian is coping with being alone and with his grief following Maya's death.
Adrian had left his first wife Susie and their two children to be with Caroline. They had three children together and then Adrian left Caroline to be with Maya. Up until Maya's death Adrian had never been alone.
Luke, Adrian's eldest son, comes to stay with him for a while. Whilst using his dad's laptop Luke finds a hidden file containing the text of anonymous emails which had been sent to Maya, they all start 'Dear Bitch' and suggest that that she should 'just disappear' as no-one wants her in their lives and the families would all be better off without her.
Questions then start to be asked, who sent the emails and why? Was Maya's death really an accident or could it have been suicide? Who is the mysterious Jane who visited Adrian at home? Does she know something about Maya's death or the emails?
This is an intriguing story. We slowly learn more about the different members of the family, their relationships with each other and with Maya. We do find out who wrote the emails towards the end of the book.
I have previously read '31 Dream Street' and 'Ralph's Party'. I have 'The House We Grew Up In', 'After the Party' and 'Before I Met You' on my bookshelf.
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