Death Valley

 Melissa Broder is the author of Death Valley. This fiction novel is about a woman who goes to  a Best Western to escape from her life. Her father is in the ICU. Her husband is chronically ill. She takes a hiking path that the Best Western staff suggested. On her hike she finds a huge cactus that really shouldn't exist in this area. On her hike she gets lost. This is where the book hooked me in. How many times have I gotten lost on a hike. My old friend always tells me the first rule of safety is to tell someone where you are going. Do I listen? Yes, but I don't do it. I really enjoyed this comical novel.