I didn't think I liked suspenseful/crime drama/mystery books. This one was surprisingly good, and I am going to check out more books by this author. The story moves quickly, the author knows a lot about the legal system and the characters were well developed.
Uh. I couldn't sleep, it was the middle of the night, so this was the perfect light read. I didn't have to think too hard, but the book kept my mind off of other things.
The story was engrossing in the beginning, and then in the middle was a 'jump the shark' part where the teenage daughter is kidnapped and held captive. So much more could have been developed with the story line, but it just kind of sags in the middle and doesn't really go back up.
A collection of short stories focused on service men deployed and their families left behind. Good development of stories, and some really left me wanting to know more about what happened. The book is like a quick peak into military family lives.
These are the books on my list to be read next:
Push (which the movie Precious was based on) was a book I stayed up through the night to read, and left me haunted. I'm not sure I can handle the sequel to Push right now. It's a library book, so I've got 21 days left to work up the courage.
And then this book was recommended on NPR. And my motto is "if it's on NPR, it's worth reading."
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