Sara's husband is taking time out with 'the boys', a regular retreat which this time means an escape from the pressures of married life and renovating the family home.

Sara receives a voicemail message from him to say that he's arrived at the cabin, but shortly afterwards his friends call, asking where he is, because in fact he never did join them.

She struggles to get the police to investigate so has to continue with her work as a psychiatrist, focusing on the issues facing her clients while puzzling over the state of their marriage and whether it is this which has caused him to leave.

Eventually the police become involved but the fact that Sara deleted the message she received puts her under suspicion.

Her situation grows ever more fraught and intense with twists and turns keeping the reader guessing and unable to put the book down.

I very much enjoyed it, though was a little dissatisfied at the conclusion. I'd like to read it again, more slowly, paying more attention to Sara's musings on life and her job. Being eager to find out what had happened kept me turning the pages rather too eagerly perhaps! 

Translated from the Norwegian, I'll certainly be looking out for this author again.