Tucson, Arizona – Eighteen-year-old Matt Garrison is harboring two terrible secrets: his involvement in the drowning death of his 12-year-old cousin, and a night of drunken sex with his best friend’s mother, Crystal, whom he finds dead in a bathtub of blood. Guilt forces Matt to act on impulse and hide his involvement with Crystal.Detective Winston Radhauser knows Matt is hiding something. But as … something. But as the investigation progresses, Radhauser’s attention is focused on Matt’s father. Matt’s world closes in when his father is arrested for Crystal’s murder, and Travis breaks off their friendship.
Despite his father’s guilty plea, Matt knows his dad is innocent and only trying to protect his son. Devastated and bent on self-destruction, Matt heads for the lake where his cousin died—the only place he believes can truly free him. Are some secrets better left buried?
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I got lost in all of the narratives.
I will be continuing with the Winston Radhauser tales because this book held my interest all the way tot he end.
A great story.., with a beautiful ending… as good as a Harlan Coben if not better…
Great story
I liked the mystery of this story, but a major premise was unlikely. That made what followed hard to imagine.
Read it! You won’t be disappointed
It was a great book. Characters were easy to follow and real.
I couldn’t put it down! Highly recommend!
Enjoyed
Excellent! Keeps you guessing the very end. Take a confused teenager, a few lies, a murder and you wind up with a page turner.
got to admit, this is a great one!!!
Already reviewed it after reading it.
I live in Tucson so, for me, I enjoyed reading about familiar places. I really like mysteries and this was a pretty good one. My only complaint was it seemed a bit like a young persons book except – spoiler- for the boy having sex with the older woman – yuck! Anyway, I would read another book by this author. I just hope it doesn’t include the above objection.
You are forever guessing who the killer was very interesting
The book was really good. I did n’t figure out who the killer was until it was revealed in the book. It makes the book interesting! I like how it ended with the “best friends” reconciling! I would recommend this as a good mystery read for guys or woman.
Too slow to get into, probably just not my cup of tea rather than a boring book. I did not get far into it before abandoning it for a book that was more to my interests.
Interesting twists and turns in this murder/mystery. Good characters.
I could not stop reading this book! I really liked the characters and the story line. So much emotion! Since I live a few miles south of Tucson, this book was so interesting for me to read. An easy 5+ stars for me.
Eighteen year-old Matt Garrison is harboring two terrible secrets: his involvement in the drowning death of his 12-year-old cousin and a night of drunken sex with his friend’s mother, Crystal, whom he finds dead in a bathtub of blood. Guilt forces Matt to act on impulse and hide his involvement with Crystal. Detective Winston Radhauser knows Matt is hiding something. As the investigation progresses, Radhauser’s attention is focused on Matt’s father. Matt’s world closes in when his father is arrested for Crystal’s murder, and Travis breaks off their friendship. Despite his father’s guilty plea, Matt knows his dad is innocent and only trying to protect his son. Devastated and bent on self-destruction, Matt heads for the lake where his cousin died – the only place he believes can truly free him. Some secrets may be better left buried. – Matt was a unique young man. He still needed healing from the guilt he felt over his cousin’s death four years ago. The friendship between Matt and Travis was special, as was their friendship with each other’s moms. The mystery is interesting. Matt made mistakes along the way but learned from them. All the information about the detective’s past seemed to be unneeded to me. It did not pertain to the mystery and as disruptive.
This book kept my interest until the very end, it has a few typo’s but I over looked
them. It is a very good mystery. I recommend it.