Goodreads Blurb
Anna Williams-Bonner has taken care of business—that is to say, she’s taken care of her husband, bestselling novelist Jacob Finch Bonner, and laid to rest those anonymous accusations of plagiarism that so tormented him. Now she is living the contented life of a literary widow, enjoying her husband’s royalty checks in perpetuity, but for the second time in her life, a work of fiction intercedes, and this time it’s her own debut novel, The Afterword. After all, how hard can it really be to write a universally lauded bestseller?
But when Anna publishes her book and indulges in her own literary acclaim, she begins to receive excerpts of a novel she never expected to see again, a novel that should no longer exist. Something has gone wrong, and someone out there knows far too much: about her late brother, her late husband, and just possibly… about Anna herself. What does this person want, and what are they prepared to do? She has come too far, and worked too hard, to lose what she values most: the sole and uncontested right to her own story—and she is, by any standard, a master storyteller.
My Review: Rated 4 out of 5 stars
A thriller by the author of The Plot will leave the reader on a wild goose chase with Anna Williams-Bonner to bury her hidden past at any cost. Anna isn’t who everyone thinks she is. So be wary of what information you might know about Anna, or she may silence you. Anna was living her best life until her past knocked on her door again. Who might know about her past, and will they expose her secrets? The readers are in for a roller coaster ride with a character fearlessly fighting to keep her skeletons locked in her childhood home.
The story started slow at the beginning. Halfway through the book, it starts getting thrilling. As the story went on, I wondered who might be behind all the threats, and I wasn’t really sure. I was surprised at how the story turned out. I knew that Anna would be the winner in the end. This character is intelligent, deceiving, and ten steps ahead of everyone. She is also not scared of getting into situations that might end in death for her or someone else. She is a manipulator and sneaky. I liked that the story provided more context on the deaths that occurred in the previous book. Making Anna a writer in this sequel was ironic and brilliant. If you haven’t, I hope you decide to read The Plot and pick up The Sequel to continue this plot twist.
Author Biography
Author of nine novels: THE SEQUEL (coming in October ’24), THE LATECOMER (2022), THE PLOT (The Tonight Show’s “Summer Reads” pick for 2021), THE UNDOING, originally published as YOU SHOULD HAVE KNOWN (adapted by David E. Kelley for HBO and starring Nicole Kidman, Hugh Grant and Donald Sutherland), ADMISSION (adapted as the 2013 film of the same name, starring Tina Fey, Lily Tomlin and Paul Rudd), THE DEVIL AND WEBSTER, THE WHITE ROSE, THE SABBATHDAY RIVER and A JURY OF HER PEERS, as well as a middle-grade reader, INTERFERENCE POWDER, and a collection of poetry, THE PROPERTIES OF BREATH.
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