Dahlia's Gone Author:Katie Estill Sand Williams reluctantly agrees to look in on her fundamentalist neighbor Norah Everston's two teenage children while Norah and her husband are on vacation. Worried after a terrible rainstorm, Sand checks the house to find Timothy, a sweet but slow sixteen-year-old, asleep, while his sister lies dead, brutally stabbed. Deputy Patti Callahan is ... more »first on the scene of a case that will alter her life.
Alternately, guilt, rage and desperation consume the lives of all three women. For as Sand struggles with the hidden secrets of her childhood home, she offers unwanted comfort to Norah, who is barely able to cope with the terrible fear destroying her world?especially as Patti's professional and personal feelings become blurred. But justice is a unifying force, especially for the murdered girl?a force that will gravitate toward the most tragic truth.« less
Three women's lives cross when an 18 year old girl is found stabbed to death with no blood in her bed or room where she is found. The step mother who asked the neighbor to watch over her children while she is on vacation, the neighboor who reluctantly says she will check in on the teens and the lady deputy who is called in on the case are all major characters in this murder mystery. The story is intense with the inner feelings of all three women which holds the readers interest until the conclusion.
Not the traditional mystery/cozy that I expect to get from the worldwide mystery library but still worth reading. A different feel to it - dark and less detail about the murder investigation than I would have expected. It did, however keep me interested and I would be willing to try other offerings from this author.
First time reading one of Katie Estill's books but it won't be the last I read! Quite an interesting and thought provoking story.......makes a person wonder how they would react if something like this happened to their family. Hard to put this book down......