Twenty eight years ago Charlie and Samantha Quinn had no bigger worries than learning how to pass the baton between them as they practiced for a relay race for a school track meet. Twenty eight years ago, their mother, Gamma, an accomplished scientist and mathematician who used to work at NASA and Fermilab in Chicago, and their father, Rusty, a criminal defense lawyer, who defended all the riffraff in the City of Pikeville, were integral to their lives and they were a family. Then in a moment of violence it was all gone.
Now, twenty eight years later, violence has come to Pikeville again. Charlie, the good daughter who became a lawyer like her father, is the first witness at the crime scene and the violence she sees unleashes the horrific memories she has tried so hard to bury. As the investigation into this new crime begins, Charlie reaches out to her sister Samantha, who still carries the scars from that awful day twenty eight years ago. Resentful, at first, Samantha reluctantly joins with Charlie to try and uncover who did it and why, and at the same time come to terms with the crime that affected their lives so radically twenty eight years ago.
Slaughter continues to be one of my favorite authors in the crime genre. Her plots, although complicated and often surprising, are grounded in reality and her characters are people you know and understand. But I think most of all it is her ear for dialogue and her sharp, clean writing style which keep me coming back! If you haven’t read one of her books yet, this is a perfect one to start with!
Brenda’s Rating: ****(4 out of 5 Stars)
Recommend this book to: Sharon, Marian and Keith
Book Study Worthy? Yes
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