Laura Dave writes contemporary fiction and suspense about marriage, family secrets and people discovering that the life they trusted was built on missing information. The Last Thing He Told Me follows Hannah after her husband disappears and leaves behind a brief message asking her to protect his teenage daughter, turning a difficult stepmother relationship into an investigation of his hidden past. Eight Hundred Grapes centres on a woman returning to her family’s California vineyard just before her wedding and discovering several secrets at once. Hello, Sunshine uses public scandal and professional collapse as the route into reinvention. Dave’s prose is accessible, fast and relationship-led, with mystery used to expose family dynamics rather than elaborate criminal procedure. Her work sits within domestic suspense, contemporary women’s fiction and family mystery. The Last Thing He Told Me is the defining thriller entry. Read more Less
