I received an ARC of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. This did not affect my opinion of the book or my review itself.
Mia Eliot has just hit it big as an actress in her native London, which leads to her agent sending her to L.A. for pilot season. But when Mia does a favor for another aspiring actress, Emily, and then Emily disappears, Mia is unable to stop herself from trying to help her fellow actress and solve the mystery-especially when Emily supposedly reappears but is not the person Mia remembers meeting.
This was definitely a very suspenseful and at times scary read. Steadman knows how to build up tension and does that expertly here. Just like Mia, readers don't know who to trust, or even if Emily is completely fine somewhere and Mia is just reading too much into everything. Setting the story during L.A.'s pilot season also ups the dramatics as well. Technology is also well-used here, as characters' cell phones and laptops become crucial to unraveling the plot.
Reading this, I had this whole complex conspiracy theory in my head about what was going on and how it would play out. While I was completely wrong (and thus a little disappointed), the ending did still work for me and wrap everything up well.
Steadman is a steady writer who always seems to produce a well thought out suspenseful thriller, and this is no exception.
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