I’ve been a big Reese Witherspoon fan since Legally Blonde (2001).

(She keeps me watching The Morning Show, for example.)

In 2017, Witherspoon started Reese’s Book Club. Quite influential.

When she finally got around to writing her own novel, she reached out first to Harlan Coben (not James Patterson 😀).

A good call. Coben is a master of the plot twist.

Gone Before Goodbye (2025) is best on audio as Reese is the voice of Army combat surgeon Maggie McCabe.

Upside down after a devastating series of tragedies leads to her medical license being revoked, Maggie has lost her purpose, but not her nerve or her passion.

At her lowest point, she is thrown a lifeline by a former colleague, an elite plastic surgeon whose anonymous clientele demand the best care money can buy, as well as absolute discretion. …

Needing the money, she reluctantly flies to Russia to do plastic surgery on a reclusive Oligarch.

It’s a fast paced thriller.

Try not to pay too much attention to the plot. 😀

Porkchop is easily the most interesting character.

I did find the emerging medical technology and technical details of trauma surgery quite interesting. They certainly had good researchers.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.