Ever since I discovered Mr. Bell's books a few years ago, I can't wait to get my hands on his new release every summer. There's only been one that I wasn't the biggest fan of, and it was still a good book. This one, however, is more in line with his earlier books, and I loved those.
At the beginning of this one, Ryan is leaving money in the mailbox of a family of the victims of a drunk driving accident. He leaves money every year because he was the one driving the car, although someone else did the time for the accident. An older sister of the victims catches Ryan and blackmails him to give her $10,000 in a couple of weeks' time. He doesn't have it, but what can he do?
As a reader, you think this is the request referred to in the title, but Bell goes a step further and adds another one.
Ryan's friend, Blake, surprises him when he is checking in on the bar he is part owner of, and asks him to talk. They go across the street for coffee, and Blake has a request of his own. Blake needs Ryan to go into the house of a woman he recently broke things off with and retrieve some letters he'd written to the woman that told the truth about the drunk driving accident all those years ago. Blake gets Ryan to do it because Ryan knows if the truth gets out, his life will be ruined.
So Ryan goes over there. While attempting to retrieve the letters, he finds the woman dead on the floor. He flips out and leaves. What happens next is a roller coaster of Ryan trying to find out who killed this woman. Was it Blake? Can he trust his friend?
Like all of Bell's books, I can't recommend this one enough. Find it and read it. You'll thank me later.
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