A young Lindsay pulls an unconscious teen from the wreckage of a stolen car. When she comes to, the girl has no ID or memory of who she. Suffering from amnesia, Lindsay and her Police Chief father take the girl under their wing and help her cultivate a new life for herself as Hope Miller.

15 years later, Hope decides it's time to branch out on her own in a town that doesn't just see her as the girl with amnesia and moves to East Hampton. But when Hope suddenly disappears, Linsday, now a successful defence attorney, can't help but think something has happened to her best friend.

Has Hope's past finally caught up with her?
What was she really running from the night of the accident all those years ago?

💭 Thoughts:
The Girl She Was is a fast paced and twisty thriller that had me quickly invested in uncovering the truth behind Hope's past and her current disappearance.

I found the concept of a traumatic accident causing permanent amnesia very interesting. How would one be able to go about their life with no formal identification? And how this impacts so many aspects of one's life and their sense of identity.

When I first picked this up, I didn't realise it tied in with the Authors ’Detective Ellie Hatcher’ series. Thankfully, The Girl She Was (alt title: Find Me) also reads well as a standalone as Ellie plays more of a side role in the book, but I liked it enough that I may check out the earlier books in the series to get a better understanding of Ellie's backstory.

If you're looking for a fast suspenseful read with an interesting plotline, give this one a go.