Gone Before Goodbye by Reese Witherspoon and Harlan Coben (audiobook)

genre: contemporary thriller

For Maggie McCabe, being a surgeon was the culmination of every dream.  But to be a surgeon alongside her beloved husband, Marc? Helping refugees and other truly unfortunate people in the most underserved of places?  That felt like a gift - until it wasn't.  And now being a surgeon is no longer a choice for reasons both beyond her control as well as squarely on her shoulders.  When an old acquaintance comes to her with an opportunity that might make her feel like herself again, Maggie really wants to take it, common sense be damned.

And there is a lot of that in this book - "common sense be damed."  Maggie is trained for Army combat, so she has skills beyond her competence in the OR, but still sometimes I got too much of her stream of consciousness that left me with so many questions.  But here is the thing - this is the kind of story that has a thousand questions right from the get go and it does a good job of leading you astray, telling you just enough to keep you interested.  While I feel like it was not particularly well written - often quite wordy and bordering on cheesy, it DID hook me.  Like, I listened to it in about a day and a half.  I liked the secrecy and the searching for answers.  The ending was confusing - I wasn't positive I understood it all until I looked it up - and definitely a twist, but I can't say it's not satisfying.  This is NOT the sort of thing I usually listen to but I appreciated the fast pace and plot twists.