Thank you Knopf for the review copy of The Note. I sat with this review for a few days, unsure of how to approach a review. On the one hand, I really enjoyed getting into the story, of exploring the complex relationships in this story and thinking about the idea that one action releases a domino effect that reveals deeper older secrets... that's a great premise for many strong mysteries. One the other hand, the story for me was filled with fairly unlikable characters who never really redeemed themselves and a somewhat uneven plot progression that lead to a predictable, for me, resolution (one that was identifiable early on). The story held a lot of promise and Alafair Burke has a knack for offering stories about complex people and messy relationships that are engrossing, but overall The Note did not captivate me as I hoped it would.