SuitabookCharlie, Presumed Dead
Anne Heltzel
- Reading
- Consider checking in around the opening funeral and explosion, then again as the mystery develops. A reader who enjoys piecing together secrets and weighing conflicting impressions may find the suspense engaging.
- Themes
- Suspense, secrets and trust: After learning they both dated Charlie, Lena and Aubrey travel in search of him; the story also says the girls have secrets of their own. The premise uses concealed information and uncertainty about whom to trust to drive a suspenseful search.
- Worth knowing
- The story opens with mourning after an explosion and the discovery of a bloodied jacket identified as Charlie’s. His death remains presumed, making loss and uncertainty part of the premise.