Confessions on the 7:45

 Confessions on the 7:45 is the second novel by Lisa Unger that I’ve read and reviewed in this blog. She’s been a remarkably prolific author whose work I only became aware of recently.  This is a story of painful and failing marriages and vulnerable people who end up entrapped by sociopaths who prey on such defenseless people. The novel is complicated by family and genetic entanglements that are only known by the sociopaths who are playing a long game against their victims. Also, the story covers some of the long-term complications of the victims who learn to identify with their captors. This is a most interesting and captivating novel in which Unger displays her grasp of the psychological thriller.