Review “THE EMPTY BED” By Nina Sadowsky

This is the second in the Burial Society series. Having not read the first, it was a while before I figured out what that is. It turns out to be a service, run by the main character, Catherine, to hide people when they are in danger. It’s a wonderfully fast-paced thriller that takes us globetrotting between exotic locales—a fun read.

The main thread is the story of Eva and Pete Lombard. They are Americans in London temporarily for his job. They’ve been trying to get pregnant and Eva thinks this will happen while they’re there. Pete, however, works incredibly long hours and Eva, frustrated, takes to day drinking. Pete says he’s going to take her to Paris, which delights and sobers Eva. However, at the last minute, Pete announces that they’ll go to Hong Kong instead. Furious at the change in plans, Eva commences drinking as soon as they check in. Pete, disgusted, takes Ambien and conks out. He’s been ignoring Eva when she tells him a sinister man is following her. But when he wakes up and she’s gone, he starts to think she hasn’t been paranoid at all.

Another thread involves Maggie Guzman, an FBI agent paired with a new partner, Ryan Johnson. A man named Roger Elliot has reported that his wife and son are missing and Maggie and Ryan must find them.

Meanwhile, Catherine whisks a family away to Mexico to protect them until the man of the family, Steve Harris, can testify in a federal case.

The stitches running through these threads and connecting them might wrap around a powerful man named Forrest Holcomb, who is completely different things to various people.

With all these seemingly separate story lines to keep straight, and so many characters, you might want to keep a chart. The chapters bounce around among the people and places, but they are clearly labeled, so you can read it straight through without taking any notes. Yet the story is so compelling, you might want to anyway.

Review “The Empty Bed” by Nina Sadowsky

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