Read: October 17 - October 19
Format: Audio 9 CDs equivalent 400 pages
Source: Public Library
Subject: cold cases, disfunctional families
Challenges: 11 in 11, 75 Book, TIOLI, SYLL, Audio
Category: Honeymoon - foreign settings/thrillers
Genre: Mystery
Stars: ★★★★
Three families are impacted by tragedies in a different way - a 3 year old disappears, one young woman killed, and a husband murdered. 10 years later private detective Jackson Brodie starts investigations of all three cold cases. Jackson is just what a reader wants in their central character - skeptical, suspicious, resentful - which means that when someone tries to stop him, he just digs in deeper.
The characters involved in all three of the cases are unique and diverse. The Land sisters found Blue Mouse after 10 years are still wondering if little Olivia is alive. Theo Wyre lost his daughter and wonders why she was cut down in the prime of her life and he was left behind. Michelle places her daughter in her sister's care who then proceeds to lose her. The cases are solved, not always skillfully, but in the end, we see how lives intertwine and events resonate like ripples in a lake. The reader can see from the clues that connections are there but how they twist and connect is what makes this book so riveting.
I'm definitely looking forward to the next Jackson Brodie mystery.
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