Behind the Red Door
The Red Door by Megan Collins
320 Pages
Publisher: Atria Books
Release Date: August 4, 2020
Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Suspense, Kidnapping, Psychological
Fern and Eric Douglas are watching the news when a story airs about Astrid Sullivan’s disappearance twenty years ago. Fern believes she knows her but Eric thinks it is because it was a famous case from New Hampshire not far from where she was from. Now Astrid is missing again just as her memoir was released.
Fern’s father, Ted, asks her to help him pack the house for his move to Florida. Ted has used every life experience for Fern as an experiment. Once he and his wife told Fern they were going to diner but did not return until the next morning. They came into the house just as Fern was calling for help. They had been hiding outside recording her actions all night. Fern continues to have dreams of Astrid and believes she may have been the witness detailed in the book.
The book has a fast pace, the characters are developed, and it is written in the third person point of view. It is truly disturbing to see how Ted treated Fern over the course of her life. If you like psychological thrillers, this would be a good choice to read. What a ride!
