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The plot concerns two women who are on vacation in Mexico City. One woman, Wilma, is a domineering, two-time divorcee who hates the world. The other woman, Amy, is her mousy friend. An eavesdropping housekeeper at the hotel describes Wilma and Amy's relationship. Wilma dies by falling out of a hotel window, and Amy then disappears. The setting then shifts to San Francisco, and the novel is told from the perspective of Amy's brother Gill and her husband Rupert. Gill hires a private investigator to try to find out what really happened to Amy. "THE LISTENING WALLS" is the story of two female friends, one loud and obnoxious, the other mousy and insecure, who go to Mexico for a vacation. The loud obnoxious woman commits suicide, and the other woman mysteriously disappears. The missing woman's brother suspects that his sister's husband has done away with her and hires a P.I. to investigate.
The book is short but what a wild ride! At times, it is hilarious. It unrolls so that the reader gets sufficient information to understand by the ending but is confused along the way. The dynamic between the two women is spot on, as is the creepy relationship between the missing woman and her brother. The men in the club enjoyed the book as much as the women did, which is rare. Millar is very cagey about the details she reveals, which may not seem quite fair if you like a lot of fair play in the mystery. But we thought that this trait was exactly what made the book so suspenseful and made it as much a novel of suspense as a murder mystery.
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Content warnings may include themes of suicide and psychological distress.
From The Publisher:
In this suspenseful masterpiece about corrupted love, Rupert Kellogg's wife, Amy, goes missing after an ill-fated trip to Mexico-and Rupert becomes the focus of a paranoid investigation.
Amy Kellogg is not having a pleasant vacation in Mexico. She's been arguing nonstop with her friend and traveling companion, Wilma, and she wants nothing more than to go home to California and the Bay Area. But an uncomfortable stay in a Mexican hotel takes a nightmarish turn when Wilma is found dead on the street below their room-an apparent suicide.
Rupert Kellogg has just returned from seeing his wife Amy through the difficulties surrounding the apparent suicide of her friend in Mexico. But Rupert is returning alone-which worries Amy's brother. Amy was traumatized by the suicide, Rupert explains, and has taken a holiday in New York City to settle her nerves. But as gone girl Amy's absence drags on for weeks and then months, the sense of unease among her family changes to suspicion and eventual allegations lead to a paranoid investigation.
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The Listening Walls?
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