Catching up…

This is the story of reclusive Linda Conrads. She hasn’t left her home for over 12 years because of the tragic murder of her sister. She believes she saw the killer, and because he is still-at-large she has suffered from PTSD. Linda writes best-selling novels.

Wanting to enact revenge on her sister’s killer, she decides to write a fiction novel based on the events of her sister’s murder, hoping this will cause the murderer to surface and confess.

Her novel, “Blood Sisters” is interspersed within the main narrative – two for the price of one – within this story.

Intense. Succinct writing. Taut. Compelling.

Yet…

We have an unreliable narrator.

Did she really see her sister’s murderer?

Can we truly trust Linda’s state of mind?

Or, could Linda have been the culprit?

Because readers were stuck for the majority of the novel within the confines of one setting – Linda’s home, there was a claustrophobic, tense feeling throughout the story.

And yet…

The story was suspenseful, with expert plotting.

But…

It moved slowly.

Still..

As a translation from German, it seemed to read smoothly.

And…

There were so many moving parts – even though the focus was on Linda, there were other characters who had important roles – the reader needed to pay attention to them, as well…

And…

Stay with the story to the end, for the great reveal.