Book Review: What Rose Forgot by Nevada Barr

Title: What Rose Forgot 

Author: Nevada Barr

Stars: 5

Review:
I have been a long time fan of this author. When the opportunity arose to read and review her latest book I jumped at the chance and hoped I would not be disappointed. Well I was not disappointed Ms Barr still has the ability to catch my attention early and keep me enthralled to the final page. The story line centers around a rich elderly female who has found herself drugged and being held in a secure memory care facility. Fearing for her life she manages to escape not once but twice. In the process she discovers who the villains are and exposes their deadly misdeeds with the help of her young teen granddaughter and others. There are several well laid red herrings to mislead the reader so careful attention is required of the reader.

I have rated this book the maximum of 5 stars.

I received an ARC from Netgalley for my unbiased review.

Thank you Frank for your review.

Synopsis:

Rose Dennis wakes up in a hospital gown, her brain in a fog, only to discover that she's been committed to an Alzheimer's Unit in a nursing home. With no memory of how she ended up in this position, Rose is sure that something is very wrong. When she overhears one of the administrators saying about her that she's "not making it through the week," Rose is convinced that if she's to survive, she has to get out of the nursing home. She avoids taking her medication, putting on a show for the aides, then stages her escape.

The only problem is—how does she convince anyone that she's not actually demented? Her relatives were the ones to commit her, all the legal papers were drawn up, the authorities are on the side of the nursing home, and even she isn't sure she sounds completely sane. But any lingering doubt Rose herself might have had is erased when a would-be killer shows up in her house in the middle of the night. Now Rose knows that someone is determined to get rid of her.

With the help of her computer hacker/recluse sister Marion, thirteen-year old granddaughter Mel, and Mel's friend Royal, Rose begins to gather her strength and fight back—to find out who is after her and take back control of her own life. But someone out there is still determined to kill Rose, and they're holding all the cards.

Kindle Edition, 304 pages

Expected publication: September 17th 2019 by Minotaur Books

About The Author:

Nevada Barr is a mystery fiction author, known for her "Anna Pigeon" series of mysteries, set in National Parks in the United States. Barr has won an Agatha Award for best first novel for Track of the Cat.

Barr was named after the state of her birth. She grew up in Johnstonville, California. She finished college at the University of California, Irvine. Originally, Barr started to pursue a career in theatre, but decided to be a park ranger. In 1984 she published her first novel, Bittersweet, a bleak lesbian historical novel set in the days of the Western frontier.

While working in Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Barr created the Anna Pigeon series. Pigeon is a law enforcement officer with the United States National Park Service. Each book in the series takes place in a different National Park, where Pigeon solves a murder mystery, often related to natural resource issues. She is a satirical, witty woman whose icy exterior is broken down in each book by a hunky male to whom she is attracted (such as Rogelio).