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Thirty years ago two sisters disappeared from a shopping mall. Their bodies were never found and those familiar with the case have always been tortured by these questions: How do you kidnap two girls? Who -- or what -- could have lured the two sisters away from a busy mall on a Saturday afternoon without leaving behind a single clue or witness?
Now a clearly disoriented woman involved in a rush-hour hit-and-run claims to be the younger of the long-gone Bethany sisters. But her involuntary admission and subsequent attempt to stonewall investigators only deepens the mystery. Where has she been? Why has she waited so long to come forward? Could her abductor truly be a beloved Baltimore cop? There isn't a shred of evidence to support her story, and every lead she gives the police seems to be another dead end -- a dying, incoherent man, a razed house, a missing grave, and a family that disintegrated long ago, torn apart not only by the crime but by the fissures the tragedy revealed in what appeared to be the perfect household.
In a story that moves back and forth across the decades, there is only one person who dares to be skeptical of a woman who wants to claim the identity of one Bethany sister without revealing the fate of the other. Will he be able to discover the truth?
Now a clearly disoriented woman involved in a rush-hour hit-and-run claims to be the younger of the long-gone Bethany sisters. But her involuntary admission and subsequent attempt to stonewall investigators only deepens the mystery. Where has she been? Why has she waited so long to come forward? Could her abductor truly be a beloved Baltimore cop? There isn't a shred of evidence to support her story, and every lead she gives the police seems to be another dead end -- a dying, incoherent man, a razed house, a missing grave, and a family that disintegrated long ago, torn apart not only by the crime but by the fissures the tragedy revealed in what appeared to be the perfect household.
In a story that moves back and forth across the decades, there is only one person who dares to be skeptical of a woman who wants to claim the identity of one Bethany sister without revealing the fate of the other. Will he be able to discover the truth?
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Donna C. (
3 member(s) found this review helpful.
disappointment! third try for her books and just can't read them so full of description and takes forever to get to the story and this one has too much back and forth, back and forth just makes it too hard to stay with it.
Loretta F. (
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I thought this book was excellent. Don't let the subject matter make anyone nervous that it will be too heart wrenching. Though it does have a lot of sad moments I never found them overwhelming until the last sentences of the book made me cry and so glad that I had read the book. Laura Lippman is a fantastic writer and this was such a great story. I really loved this book.
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Juanita F. (I did not like this book. This is the first I've read by Lippman and it will be my last. The story jumped back and forth, the main character was totally unlikeable and it took forever for the story to unfold. Bleh! I'm upset at myself that I even finished this!
Well written. This book unravels a mystery surrounding the disappearance of two teenage sisters by using first person narration from a half dozen characters switching between the present and various flashbacks in time. Each chapter adds a little more to the story.
Lippman explores family relationships and adolescence in a very raw, real way.
Not the mystery escapism I was looking for.
2.5 stars out of 5
Shannon A. (I just could NOT get into this book. I could not stand the way her characters referred to cops. "I'm a police because..." "A police would never..." AHHHH, it's a cop, not a police. And it just dragged on and on.
Just not for me at all.
Julie M. (Excellent, suspenseful mystery story that kept me puzzled throughout the book. I just couldn't figure out if the woman was who she claimed to be, and if not, why she would be hiding the truth. One of the best mysteries I've read in a loooong time.
This was a great book - took turns I didn't see right away. Thouroughly enjoyable!
Fantastic mystery! The author gives you just enough "clues" so your brain is constantly trying to resolve the questions presented without tipping her hand so much that the ending is a giveaway. A page-turner from start to finish - great read!
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