Hairpin Bridge

A Novel

By: Taylor Adams

Narrated by: LuLu Lam, Sophie Amoss

From the author of the “full-throttle thriller” (A. J. Finn) No Exit—a riveting new psychological page-turner featuring a fierce and unforgettable heroine.

Three months ago, Lena Nguyen’s estranged twin sister, Cambry, drove to a remote bridge seventy miles outside of Missoula, Montana, and jumped two hundred feet to her death. At least, that is the official police version.

But Lena isn’t buying it.

Now she’s come to that very bridge, driving her dead twin’s car and armed with a cassette recorder, determined to find out what really happened by interviewing the highway patrolman who allegedly discovered her sister’s body.

Corporal Raymond Raycevic has agreed to meet Lena at the scene. He is sympathetic, forthright, and professional. But his story still seems a bit off. For one thing, he stopped Cambry for speeding just an hour before she supposedly leaped to her death. Then there are the sixteen attempted 911 calls from her cell phone, made in what was unfortunately a dead zone.

But perhaps most troubling of all, the state trooper is referred to by name in Cambry’s final enigmatic text to her sister: Please Forgive Me. Lena will do anything to uncover the truth. But as her twin’s final hours come into focus, Lena’s search turns into a harrowing tooth-and-nail fight for her own survival—one that will test everything she thought she knew about her sister and herself...

Amazing use of language to create pictures

I loved the back-and-forth suspense, the view of each different person in the story. And I loved the writer’s ability to create feelings and images just with her words.

Good not great

As implausible as No Exit was, it kept me reading until the bitter end. Of the hundreds of books I’ve read or listened to THAT book is one of the few I truly remember. I still know the desperate and stressful feelings I experienced while reading that book. With so many novels vying for space in my brain that book succeeded in searing itself into my memory. I get it - No Exit set a really high bar. Hairpin Bridge doesn’t match it in the least - if my eye rolls while listening are anything to go by. Still, it’s worth a read or a listen as long as you don’t expect a book a great as No Exit.

great thriller

really exciting storyline and keep up with all suspense i could handle. great book and will read more like it.

Suspenseful female heroine

Lena’s twin sister, Cambry, is found dead at the bottom of Hairpin bridge. The cause of death? Suicide. Only Lena is convinced it was murder and arranges a meetup at the exact location with who she thinks committed it.

I picked this book up because I enjoyed Adam’s No Exit so much. This one definitely didn’t live up to the storyline and suspense in No Exit, in large part to how the story is told. It jumps from past to present and it’s difficult to differentiate between the two at times. I did stay entertained throughout though, and there were some twists that genuinely surprised me and were very well done.

The best of the Taylor Adams in my opinion.

I have listened to three Adams books now and like this the best. definitely worth a listen for any fans of crime.mystery.