As a teen, Hana lived in war-torn Bosnia, where she saw the atrocities creep closer and closer until she was violently thrown into the middle of them. So when Hana's best friend is found murdered, Hana fears that her past is coming back to haunt her.
Told in alternating chapters between flashbacks to Hana's youth and Hana's current attempts to find her friend's killer while simultaneously adapting to her new role as caregiver for her friend's grandson, the book gives readers insight into the Bosnian War 30 years ago while keeping a thrilling pace in both times. I thought the flashback chapters were more compelling, though as they were also much more harrowing, it was nice to have the calmer current-day chapters as breaks between the historic action sequences.
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