Olivia Miller has just finished her first year of law school. She is staying at her cousin John’s house in Howland, Massachusetts to dog-sit his chocolate Lab while John goes on a business trip. Olivia promises to clean out the attic and she finds a forty-year-old newspaper with an article recounting the grisly murders of a young mother and her four-year-old daughter. John tells Olivia that the … the mother and daughter were their cousins and that the murderer was never brought to justice. Olivia is still dealing with feelings of loss, guilt, and sorrow over last year’s murder of the aunt who raised her, but she decides to research the killings and find out why no one was ever accused of the crime. By trying to uncover any piece of information that might shed new light on the old murders, Olivia may be putting her own life in danger.
Although some of the details of this novel’s crime are loosely based on the unsolved murders of my distant cousins in Rutland MA in 1973, this is a fictional story and the characters and setting are products of the author’s imagination.
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Not complex enough for me. Boilerplate and a little boring.
Took forever to grab my interest.
Fair mystery plot. Story line referred too often to previous books about the main character which I found off-putting. Plot was ok but easy to figure out way before the ending. Not an author I will follow although I did finish the book which I don’t always do.
Tried to read this and couldn’t get interested in it.
I would have recommended this book if I hadn’t figured out who was the murderer halfway through the story. It would be a good story if the author took out some of the clues.
It was an interesting plot and characters. The writing was a little sophomoric. But I think it was meant for a different reader than myself.
Loved the characters
Very well written and total plausible. At 24% completed, however, I knew exactly who the murderer was and how it happened.
Unless the definition of the thriller genre has changed, I would classify this book as a mystery. Yes, there’s a body count and some violence, but none of it is particularly graphic or there strictly for shock-value. As a mystery it succeeds very well because it nicely weaves together two mysteries. One is Olivia Miller’s desire to solve the unsolved murder of her previously unknown second–I think–cousin and her child years previously. The second is to face the personal trauma related to the disappearance of her beloved aunt and the killing of a man to save herself. But amidst all that, Olivia has a supportive network of friends. All she needs to do is learn to use them for support. That too is a mystery.
This was a quick read and entertaining.
Interesting story line that kept me involved from start to finish.
I have enjoyed this series. Well written and easy to follow. Look forward to reading more by this author.
I really like this book. So many different people could be the culprit
A bit predictable but a fun read.
Basic plot line was stupid…
This book is almost poetic. Good writing.
Had the plot figured out before I was even through half of the book. Not thrilling, not suspenseful. I felt as if I were reading a young adult/teen novel (of which I am neither). The most interesting part of the book was Lily the dog.
Well written. Tight plot.