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Laura Dave

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Laura Dave is an American novelist. She is the author of several novels, including The Last Thing He Told Me, which became a New York Times bestseller and has been adapted for television.
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The Last Thing He Told Me

4.3/5

reader rating · 172,117 ratings

Laura Dave's *The Last Thing He Told Me* is a tightly constructed domestic thriller in which Hannah Hall races to uncover the true identity of her vanished husband, Owen Michaels, while forging an unlikely alliance with his fiercely resistant sixteen-year-old daughter, Bailey. A Reese's Book Club pick, a Goodreads Mystery & Thriller of the Year for 2021, and the basis of an Apple TV+ series, the novel earned wide commercial and critical traction — and readers who gravitate toward fast-paced mysteries laced with emotional stakes will find it squarely in their wheelhouse.

Reviewed May 11, 2026

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