The Perfect Stranger by Megan Miranda
This is the third book I have read by this author, and though not horrible, it didn't have me on the edge of my seat like the ones I'd read before.
Leah Stevens is a teacher in a small Pennsylvania town. This is not her life's calling, but she's trying to make a new start since she screwed things up as a journalist in Boston. To make this fresh start, she moves into an old farmhouse with a longtime friend she's lost touch with, Emmy.
One morning, she finds out a woman who looks exactly like Leah herself does is attacked and nearly killed not far from her house. The thought is that it was the high school coach who had been harassing Leah who did it. Also, Emmy seems to be missing. So, not only is Leah caught up in the case with the coach, but she is also caught up with a missing person's case. Not a good place to be. To top it off, the police are starting to think that Leah made Emmy up to cover something up. It is now up to Leah to figure out what's going on and who Emmy really is.
In her effort to figure things out, we learn why Leah is no longer a journalist, we see her creepy student stalker, and her would be relationship with the police detective in charge of both cases. There's a lot going on, and I think that is why it takes the book more time than it should to get truly interesting. Again, not a bad book, just a bit slower than I would have liked.
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