I am always drawn to books with a slightly creepy premise. This one had me sucked in right away! Thank you to NetGalley and Dutton for the advanced ebook.

Fun fact! E. G. Scott is the pseudonym of two authors who write together!

Synopsis:

Charlotte has felt alone since her promising career as a neurosurgeon was sent down the drain. But, she has her friend Rachel, her online support group, and her new boyfriend Peter.

Peter is mysterious. He asked that Charlotte keep their new relationship a complete secret. So when he goes missing, and she hasn't heard from him in weeks, she is afraid to report him missing.

Then, she is called into the police department to ID a body that listed her as an emergency contact. Charlotte fears that she is going to ID Peter, but it turns out to be a woman that she has never met before, nor has she ever seen.

Charlotte cannot figure out why the woman listed her as her emergency contact and quickly moves into a nervous panic when she becomes a person of interest in the murder case.

Will she be able to prove her innocence and find Peter before it is too late?

Review:

This book was really enjoyable. For starters, E. G. Scott do great work setting up the suspense and confusion from the first page. What I found really interesting about their writing style was that they wrote from first person point of view for three different characters. It took me a little bit to get the hang of what was happening but it turned out to be quite insightful as we moved through the investigation. This look into each character's personal thoughts helped invest me the loopholes and elements of the mystery.

I loved the medical jargon that was spread throughout this book. The main character and murder suspect, Charlotte, has knowledge and background in both western and eastern types of medicine. The way the authors were able to bring those two together and create a sense of harmony between such different opinions was interesting. They also used the medical jargon in a way that didn't confuse me as the reader.

Charlotte is a very complex character. There were times where I thought she wasn't very intelligent and making all the wrong moves, but after I sat back and thought about it, I think it was a purely intentional move to showcase the trauma and effects that trauma had on her life.

In Case of Emergency is a gripping and interesting murder mystery that is sure to keep you wondering and your mind reeling from the intro until the very end (I mean it, the VERY end).

Happy reading!