Readers should be warned: although it revolves around a teenager's mysterious death, "Saint X" by Alexis Schaitkin is by no means a thriller or suspense novel. In fact, it's actually more of a slow-burn description of how a young woman deals with the trauma of losing her sister. It focuses way more on feelings than a whodunnit.
The story behind this novel reminded me a lot of the Natalee Holloway mystery from 2005. Both stories revolve around a white American teenager who goes missing on a resort-style island in the Caribbean. Although Holloway was never found (and yes, I did obsessively watch the coverage of this case on "Nancy Grace"), the teenager's body in "Saint X" is discovered, leaving her family to pick up the pieces after her death.
The story behind this novel reminded me a lot of the Natalee Holloway mystery from 2005. Both stories revolve around a white American teenager who goes missing on a resort-style island in the Caribbean. Although Holloway was never found (and yes, I did obsessively watch the coverage of this case on "Nancy Grace"), the teenager's body in "Saint X" is discovered, leaving her family to pick up the pieces after her death.