You Came Back
A novel
Christopher Coake

Grand Central Publishing
June 12, 2012 / ISBN 10: 1455506702
Fiction
Amazon

Reviewed by Nicole Merritt

Good book. I enjoyed Coake's third person writing style. It made me feel like I was a fly on the wall.

After the death of his son, Brendan, and his subsequent divorce from his wife Chloe, Mark Fife has moved on with his life. He thinks. Then on a cold snowy night, his fiancée, Allison, away at a friend's house; he falls apart.

That night he receives a call from his ex-wife coming from their old home on Locust St. He slaps the phone shut refusing to return the call. But he's stir crazy. After a short grueling trek to a local convenience store to buy some staples for the night, he has locked his keys in the house and has to break the window to get back in. He fixes a drink and then another, and so on until he relives his son's death and sinks into a stupor.

And then it happens. He begins the journey back, back to the house, back to ex wife and her desperate attempt to bring back their dead son.

Very well written. It gets to you and you're drawn to the action. I am not sure how I feel about the ending, yet. You will need to judge for yourself. But, if you like a little suspense in your drama, this one's for you. Good read on a rainy night.