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Keeper of the Keys
For ambitious, troubled architect Ray Jackson, the nightmare begins one sultry California night when his wife disappears. No phone call, no ransom note, no body, reveals whether Leigh is dead or alive.
Then, suddenly, a woman shows up on Ray’s doorstep demanding Kathleen, an old friend of Leigh’s. Ray wants answers, too, but his questions seem strange and shady to Kat. Suspected by his wife’s friend and by the police, Ray launches a desperate and alarming search of his own. Using a collection of keys he has held on to since he was a boy–keys to homes he and his mother once lived in–Ray quietly yet boldly enters each house, one by one, hoping to unlock the secrets of his own past. As past and present collide, as a chilling mystery begins to unravel, Ray is suddenly confronted with the most agonizing decision of his life–to face his own violence-laden past, acting to prevent another horrendous act of violence, or not. His choice will leave nothing and no one the same.
Then, suddenly, a woman shows up on Ray’s doorstep demanding Kathleen, an old friend of Leigh’s. Ray wants answers, too, but his questions seem strange and shady to Kat. Suspected by his wife’s friend and by the police, Ray launches a desperate and alarming search of his own. Using a collection of keys he has held on to since he was a boy–keys to homes he and his mother once lived in–Ray quietly yet boldly enters each house, one by one, hoping to unlock the secrets of his own past. As past and present collide, as a chilling mystery begins to unravel, Ray is suddenly confronted with the most agonizing decision of his life–to face his own violence-laden past, acting to prevent another horrendous act of violence, or not. His choice will leave nothing and no one the same.
336 pages, Hardcover
First published October 1, 2006
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Perri O'Shaughnessy
42Ìýbooks275ÌýfollowersPerri O’Shaughnessy is the pen-name for two people, Pamela and Mary O’Shaughnessy, sisters. The authors' pseudonym is an homage to Perry Mason, the man who never met a guilty client, and a melding of their two first names, Pamela and Mary. O’Shaughnessy is their paternal family name.
They are the authors of eleven bestselling Nina Reilly novels as well as a collection of short crime fiction, Sinister Shorts.
They are the authors of eleven bestselling Nina Reilly novels as well as a collection of short crime fiction, Sinister Shorts.
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November 29, 2009
One thing missing from this entry is the suspense. The premise of the story in itself is somewhat far fetched � a grown man enters houses where he lived with his mother as a kid; he kept a key to each house when they’d move. What sane person does that? The man is not present as insane, but scorned. His wife cheated on him so he’s on the quest to find out what his mother is hiding. I mean, really…seriously? Not very entertaining, not very worth of anyone’s time. In a word: ridiculous fluff that bored me to tears.
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March 11, 2009
Keeper of the Keys was an excellent novel. Leigh Jackson is missing. Her husband Ray, a successful architect, is the prime suspect in her disappearance. Enter her estranged best friend Kat Tinsley and the story takes off like a rocket. While everyone who knows Leigh is desperately searching for her, Ray and Kat form a tentative partnership and begin to discover things which have been repressed for years. Like a spider spinning its web, the plot trickles out thin threads which are intricately woven into a stellar mystery. The characters are rich and full of secrets. Ray and Kat are perfectly matched as two lost souls who are discovering themselves while helping each other. Leigh is a question from start to finish. The supporting characters of Esme (Ray's mother) and Tom (Kat's late brother) provide solid insight into Ray and Kat. With a steady pace full of meaningful twists and turns, the story unravels to reveal a strong surprise ending that brings everything full circle. Keeper of the Keys was loaded with gripping suspense and I would recommend this book to anyone who is looking for a mystery to keep them guessing.
October 17, 2020
Wow! People were harsh in their reviews of this book. I didn't find it that bad. I did find it odd that the keys would still work in houses that he previously lived in. Most people would change the locks when moving in. As for Ray's behavior, I didn't find it super odd. He seemed to be the type to hold things inside but he was slowly losing his cool. Things were setting him off which proved that he wasn't handling her being gone very well. His mother seemed to be a ticking time bomb. I certainly wasn't a fan of hers. Martin was pretty low on my list as well. Overall, I found the book held my attention and was enjoyable.
October 7, 2018
EXCELLENT!!! The Authors, who are 2 Sisters, there writing is Superb... Keeps you guessing till the end. Like so many of the different authors I read, once you start reading, you never want to put the book down till your done... Amazing, this wonderful life of having a book in your hand and sharing this with my Hubby, till you finish a book and go onto another :-)
June 26, 2012
This book was awesome, and you never see the end coming. Great story!
October 10, 2017
A book that doesn't pull you right in - picks up as the story goes on, but no real character development. Like a cut rate Harlan Coben book.
July 16, 2022
A basic thriller that ends in a typical HEA. I am so used to the gory types that i got bored with the happy resolution in this one. Not much happens, even the reveal of the decades old secrets wasn't that surprising. It was more of a drama that anything else.
September 18, 2019
This book had some hard to believe aspects . Keys don’t fit after many years . Not every house has a hiding place . If his mother didn’t have custody all his father would have to do is contact the police . She went drinking with her baby ? Babies don’t roll over when they are newborns . So many things that were hard to believe .
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December 10, 2018
Certainly kept you guessing, had a few twists and turns but over all it was "meh"
January 10, 2023
This book is a mess. The one star is for its ability to be published. I admit this is my humble opinion.
August 6, 2020
Excuse my language. I've known one or two real life idiots in my time, but Ray is the biggest idiotic shit that I've ever come across - real or fictional.
I chose this book because Perri O'Shaughnessy (two sisters using one name) wrote an introduction to one of Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe books. I thought that anyone who writes one of these introductions must write good mystery books themselves. OMG, was I ever wrong.
Ray's wife has gone missing and all he can think about is coming to terms with his childhood. He doesn't give a damn about his wife. How do you think he comes to terms with his childhood? He comes to terms with his childhood by breaking into other people's houses. He's got a silver ring with about a dozen different keys on it, eight of which belong to houses that he lived in with his mother when he was a child.
The first house that he goes to is one he lived in when he was five years old. He takes out his keys and tries them one by one until he finds the one that works the lock. He enters the house and finds two children watching cartoons on TV. He tells them "I used to live here; I'm going to look around." They say "ok" and keep watching TV. He asks the kids if they want to go out to the ice cream truck and buy an ice cream. They tell him they're not allowed to go out while they're home alone; they're only allowed to go out if their parents are home.
There are three problems here - first of all, stranger danger is obviously not working here. Two kids sit and watch cartoons while a stranger walks around in their house. Seriously???? Secondly, it's not ok to go out when your parents are not home, but it's ok to let a stranger walk around inside your home. Thirdly, when people buy a house, don't they change the locks after they've moved in? If I'd be the one buying a "new" house, the first thing I'd do after moving in is change the locks. This is the most bizarre thing I've ever read.
Bizarre scenario number two - a week after his wife's disappearance, the police come to his house and want to come inside. He doesn't let them in. They ask him if he wants to file a missing person's report. He says "no - she's an adult. I'm not concerned that she's missing". He tells them that she may have been in contact with his mother. When they ask him for his mother's phone number he says he doesn't have it on him. Strange that. Almost all of us know our mother's phone number off by heart.
One weekend he goes to the cottage that his wife went to with her parents when she was a child. He finds a purple, blood-stained shirt there - it's the last thing his wife was wearing before she disappeared. He puts it in the trunk of his car and drives around with it. He calls the police and tells them what he found at the cottage. He tells them that he's got a meeting at work and can't drop off the shirt. How stupid does Shaughnessy think that we - the readers - are? The police should have gone to his office and arrested him for tampering with evidence and with tampering with a possible crime scene. Are we to believe that the police are that stupid?
This is the worst book that I've read in a very long time. I doubt that I'll ever read another Shaughnessy book. I've had enough of this author - or rather, two authors using one name.
I chose this book because Perri O'Shaughnessy (two sisters using one name) wrote an introduction to one of Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe books. I thought that anyone who writes one of these introductions must write good mystery books themselves. OMG, was I ever wrong.
Ray's wife has gone missing and all he can think about is coming to terms with his childhood. He doesn't give a damn about his wife. How do you think he comes to terms with his childhood? He comes to terms with his childhood by breaking into other people's houses. He's got a silver ring with about a dozen different keys on it, eight of which belong to houses that he lived in with his mother when he was a child.
The first house that he goes to is one he lived in when he was five years old. He takes out his keys and tries them one by one until he finds the one that works the lock. He enters the house and finds two children watching cartoons on TV. He tells them "I used to live here; I'm going to look around." They say "ok" and keep watching TV. He asks the kids if they want to go out to the ice cream truck and buy an ice cream. They tell him they're not allowed to go out while they're home alone; they're only allowed to go out if their parents are home.
There are three problems here - first of all, stranger danger is obviously not working here. Two kids sit and watch cartoons while a stranger walks around in their house. Seriously???? Secondly, it's not ok to go out when your parents are not home, but it's ok to let a stranger walk around inside your home. Thirdly, when people buy a house, don't they change the locks after they've moved in? If I'd be the one buying a "new" house, the first thing I'd do after moving in is change the locks. This is the most bizarre thing I've ever read.
Bizarre scenario number two - a week after his wife's disappearance, the police come to his house and want to come inside. He doesn't let them in. They ask him if he wants to file a missing person's report. He says "no - she's an adult. I'm not concerned that she's missing". He tells them that she may have been in contact with his mother. When they ask him for his mother's phone number he says he doesn't have it on him. Strange that. Almost all of us know our mother's phone number off by heart.
One weekend he goes to the cottage that his wife went to with her parents when she was a child. He finds a purple, blood-stained shirt there - it's the last thing his wife was wearing before she disappeared. He puts it in the trunk of his car and drives around with it. He calls the police and tells them what he found at the cottage. He tells them that he's got a meeting at work and can't drop off the shirt. How stupid does Shaughnessy think that we - the readers - are? The police should have gone to his office and arrested him for tampering with evidence and with tampering with a possible crime scene. Are we to believe that the police are that stupid?
This is the worst book that I've read in a very long time. I doubt that I'll ever read another Shaughnessy book. I've had enough of this author - or rather, two authors using one name.
January 7, 2013
1st from o'shaughnessy for me...two sisters, one name so on and so forth.
from 2006...385 pages...paperback
dedicated: for brad snedecor, generous soul and benevolent spirit, who has done so much for our family
story begins: prologue
she felt sick all the time now, and it was guilt making her feel that way. the guilt had spread like malignant cells throughout her body. now it squeezed her neck until she choked, and couldn't breathe, and couldn't speak truthfully. she didn't want to live like this, and she couldn't anymore. she would rather die. she felt she was dying anyway.
okee-dokee, then...as the good doctor said...wagons ho!
time & place...scene/settings
*california...the modern era...nothing definitive, as yet
*topanga canyon, the jackson residence...the basement, where ray jackson builds model homes, houses he had lived in. he calls it his studio...calls the house "eyrie"
*a cheesy motel on pacific coast highway, the camelot motel
*a cemetery, where tom is buried
*marina del ray, a restaurant, unnamed, where kat & jacki, sisters meet & eat
*their childhood home on franklin street in whittier, their scapegoat...doesn't everyone want to flee their childhood?
*a bistro in hermosa...kat will meet nikola there for dinner
*esme jackson's house on close street, whittier
*candor court, hermosa beach, kat's apartment
*cal high...where leigh, kat & jacki & tom went to school
*house on bright street
*stokes avenue house in downey
*newport harbor...antoniou's boat...palos verde peninsula
*ucla medical center
*jackstraps...a cafe-bar where esme goes w/friends
*trading post/store, palm springs
*the blue sky motel, palm springs
characters
*ray jackson, an architect, presumably in his 30s, his mother, esme, called him "the keeper of the keys" when young...he kept keys to all the houses they lived in
*leigh (hubbel) jackson, 35-yr-old, his wife...apparently having an affair w/another, & at one time, kat tinsley was her best friend...from childhood. leigh makes custom furniture...business at venice beach, same/close to kat's office.
*kat tinsley, sister of jacki, her big sister. kat is an appraiser; her office in venice beach near santa monica. kat is into buddhism; she has a shrine in her walk-in closet at candor court in hermosa beach
*jacki chavez, 36-yr-old, kat's older sister, & a realtor. she attends? a quaker church, married to raoul (chavez, presumably), lives in marina del ray
*a man in a white cap
*a waiter
*nikola, a man kat met on match.com, "nik" from slovakia
*tom...tinsley perhaps...deceased, recently. was the high school quarterback at cal high/whittier, brother to kat & jacki, was a poly sci major in college, worked at a ketchup factory, in community theater, various parts, had a balboa island/newport apt
*esme jackson, a cashier at a grocery, granada market, 59-yr-old, lives alone on close street, whittier, is ray's mother, lives in this house since ray was 12, & prior to that they moved a lot
*henry "hank" jackson...ray's long-gone father, dead since ray was two, left before that
*lamont, a plumber that is not called...ray's friend
*two women years younger (restroom)
*his american girls jogged along the boardwalk (nik)
*waitress-until-she-hit-it-big...at the hermosa bistro
*one of the point guards/past/kat
*a pack of senior girls/past
*greasy-faced boys/past
*middle-aged men who stopped/past
*three girls followed her/past
*a couple of guys on the team/past
*a designer hair-cutter on greenleaf boulevard/past
*james hubbel, leigh's father, a cop, a deputy sheriff for the county of los angeles
*his wife
*a receptionist
*gus tinsley, the father of tom,kat,jacki
*gus's successor, micky gowecki
*soon-to-be-ex-husband
*to-be-ex-wife
*ashley, leigh's receptionist
*martin horner, ray's associate at ray willshire associciate, architect firm...ray had an affair w/leigh...ray caught them
*achilles antoniou, customer of ray's
*suzanne...fields calls at ray's business
*denise bell, an office worker, ray's
*two kids, a wife...of martin's, brentwood
*mrs. cangi...called mrs. candy...ray, when 5-yr-old
*two children, boy, girl...at the 1st home ray revisits
*clerk in a dusty shop...where ray purchases a cassette player
*a traffic reporter...an acura and an infiniti (vehicles as people)
*the man on the left
*the woman now on the left...commuters
*jacki's doctor, a female
*zak greenfield...a man jacki tries to set up kat with
*esme's mother, in long-term care inmontebello
*two uniformed police:
*walter rappaport, lt. rob/hom
*rick buzas, police officer 2nd
*a woman w/a blanketed baby
*a quavering female voice
*denise, her husband a former u.c.l.a. linebacker
*4 associates...3m, 1w
*hal & gary, associates
*carl, another
*a woman w/a dog...big yellow lab...kobe
*jacki's downstairs neighbor, josh
*joey zaremski...an associate/understudy of ray's
*the baby, a boy, beau thomas chavez
*eleanor beasly, co-corker of esme's
*ward cameron...esme's boss/manager
*3 other female workers
*amy/craig, one of them
*carmen, another
*pablo...grandfather of teenager/cook, palm springs store
*cheche...the boy/teenager at the trading post/store
*james hubbel's beagle...marley
*"gale graham"...fictitious name for leigh
update, finished, 7 jan 13, monday evening 7:41 p.m. e.s.t.
good story. a variety of characters...a few major characters...some major and minor conflict throughout the telling...good settings/scenes, the reader knows where the action is taking place...at times, a character's past is visited for a page or three four, back to the present, the story moves along.
ray jackson does some wild things...he has these keys that he has accumulated since childhood...and the keys lead to some crazy situations, strange and comedic even. his wife disappears and initially, he does not attempt to locate her. motivation for that comes later in the story...after the police are looking at him...after his wife's friends are wondering about him...this that the other.
i wonder how much writers labor under a limit? say like all these paperbacks, 400 pages or less? like, is there a limit? does that have an effect on the story? i dunno, me, no idea really, but...perhaps the telling as it winds down to the finale, maybe things are happening quickly...maybe not. or maybe all the pieces falling into place...this is a kind of mystery.
and...i like that some of the characterizations are a bit more than one-dimensional, that the characterizations go a level or two below the surface--ray i'm talking here...kat...the others to lesser degrees.
good read.
from 2006...385 pages...paperback
dedicated: for brad snedecor, generous soul and benevolent spirit, who has done so much for our family
story begins: prologue
she felt sick all the time now, and it was guilt making her feel that way. the guilt had spread like malignant cells throughout her body. now it squeezed her neck until she choked, and couldn't breathe, and couldn't speak truthfully. she didn't want to live like this, and she couldn't anymore. she would rather die. she felt she was dying anyway.
okee-dokee, then...as the good doctor said...wagons ho!
time & place...scene/settings
*california...the modern era...nothing definitive, as yet
*topanga canyon, the jackson residence...the basement, where ray jackson builds model homes, houses he had lived in. he calls it his studio...calls the house "eyrie"
*a cheesy motel on pacific coast highway, the camelot motel
*a cemetery, where tom is buried
*marina del ray, a restaurant, unnamed, where kat & jacki, sisters meet & eat
*their childhood home on franklin street in whittier, their scapegoat...doesn't everyone want to flee their childhood?
*a bistro in hermosa...kat will meet nikola there for dinner
*esme jackson's house on close street, whittier
*candor court, hermosa beach, kat's apartment
*cal high...where leigh, kat & jacki & tom went to school
*house on bright street
*stokes avenue house in downey
*newport harbor...antoniou's boat...palos verde peninsula
*ucla medical center
*jackstraps...a cafe-bar where esme goes w/friends
*trading post/store, palm springs
*the blue sky motel, palm springs
characters
*ray jackson, an architect, presumably in his 30s, his mother, esme, called him "the keeper of the keys" when young...he kept keys to all the houses they lived in
*leigh (hubbel) jackson, 35-yr-old, his wife...apparently having an affair w/another, & at one time, kat tinsley was her best friend...from childhood. leigh makes custom furniture...business at venice beach, same/close to kat's office.
*kat tinsley, sister of jacki, her big sister. kat is an appraiser; her office in venice beach near santa monica. kat is into buddhism; she has a shrine in her walk-in closet at candor court in hermosa beach
*jacki chavez, 36-yr-old, kat's older sister, & a realtor. she attends? a quaker church, married to raoul (chavez, presumably), lives in marina del ray
*a man in a white cap
*a waiter
*nikola, a man kat met on match.com, "nik" from slovakia
*tom...tinsley perhaps...deceased, recently. was the high school quarterback at cal high/whittier, brother to kat & jacki, was a poly sci major in college, worked at a ketchup factory, in community theater, various parts, had a balboa island/newport apt
*esme jackson, a cashier at a grocery, granada market, 59-yr-old, lives alone on close street, whittier, is ray's mother, lives in this house since ray was 12, & prior to that they moved a lot
*henry "hank" jackson...ray's long-gone father, dead since ray was two, left before that
*lamont, a plumber that is not called...ray's friend
*two women years younger (restroom)
*his american girls jogged along the boardwalk (nik)
*waitress-until-she-hit-it-big...at the hermosa bistro
*one of the point guards/past/kat
*a pack of senior girls/past
*greasy-faced boys/past
*middle-aged men who stopped/past
*three girls followed her/past
*a couple of guys on the team/past
*a designer hair-cutter on greenleaf boulevard/past
*james hubbel, leigh's father, a cop, a deputy sheriff for the county of los angeles
*his wife
*a receptionist
*gus tinsley, the father of tom,kat,jacki
*gus's successor, micky gowecki
*soon-to-be-ex-husband
*to-be-ex-wife
*ashley, leigh's receptionist
*martin horner, ray's associate at ray willshire associciate, architect firm...ray had an affair w/leigh...ray caught them
*achilles antoniou, customer of ray's
*suzanne...fields calls at ray's business
*denise bell, an office worker, ray's
*two kids, a wife...of martin's, brentwood
*mrs. cangi...called mrs. candy...ray, when 5-yr-old
*two children, boy, girl...at the 1st home ray revisits
*clerk in a dusty shop...where ray purchases a cassette player
*a traffic reporter...an acura and an infiniti (vehicles as people)
*the man on the left
*the woman now on the left...commuters
*jacki's doctor, a female
*zak greenfield...a man jacki tries to set up kat with
*esme's mother, in long-term care inmontebello
*two uniformed police:
*walter rappaport, lt. rob/hom
*rick buzas, police officer 2nd
*a woman w/a blanketed baby
*a quavering female voice
*denise, her husband a former u.c.l.a. linebacker
*4 associates...3m, 1w
*hal & gary, associates
*carl, another
*a woman w/a dog...big yellow lab...kobe
*jacki's downstairs neighbor, josh
*joey zaremski...an associate/understudy of ray's
*the baby, a boy, beau thomas chavez
*eleanor beasly, co-corker of esme's
*ward cameron...esme's boss/manager
*3 other female workers
*amy/craig, one of them
*carmen, another
*pablo...grandfather of teenager/cook, palm springs store
*cheche...the boy/teenager at the trading post/store
*james hubbel's beagle...marley
*"gale graham"...fictitious name for leigh
update, finished, 7 jan 13, monday evening 7:41 p.m. e.s.t.
good story. a variety of characters...a few major characters...some major and minor conflict throughout the telling...good settings/scenes, the reader knows where the action is taking place...at times, a character's past is visited for a page or three four, back to the present, the story moves along.
ray jackson does some wild things...he has these keys that he has accumulated since childhood...and the keys lead to some crazy situations, strange and comedic even. his wife disappears and initially, he does not attempt to locate her. motivation for that comes later in the story...after the police are looking at him...after his wife's friends are wondering about him...this that the other.
i wonder how much writers labor under a limit? say like all these paperbacks, 400 pages or less? like, is there a limit? does that have an effect on the story? i dunno, me, no idea really, but...perhaps the telling as it winds down to the finale, maybe things are happening quickly...maybe not. or maybe all the pieces falling into place...this is a kind of mystery.
and...i like that some of the characterizations are a bit more than one-dimensional, that the characterizations go a level or two below the surface--ray i'm talking here...kat...the others to lesser degrees.
good read.
March 28, 2018
When Leigh Jackson disappears, her architect husband, Ray, doesn't seem all that worked up about it. But when his wife's old friend, Kat, shows up, hurling accusations, Ray realizes he has some explaining to do. Using a set of keys to every home he's ever lived in, Ray revisits his past, trying to find out if he is capable of the thing Kat suspects he might have done. And he uncovers truths about himself so deep and so dark that he begins to question his own identity. The book is a welcome breath of fresh air, especially for readers who've lost interest in the stodgily formulaic Reilly series. This is a well-paced, smartly written thriller with an ambiguous protagonist and a genuinely mysterious mystery to be solved. The dialogue could use a bit more polishing, but, given the novel's virtues, that's a small quibble.
It really gets crazy about a third of the way through the book. But if you hang in there it all comes together and not the way you think it will!
It really gets crazy about a third of the way through the book. But if you hang in there it all comes together and not the way you think it will!
July 29, 2020
This book was not for me. At no point did I feel any sort of loyalty to any character. Maybe that was the point, to show that everyone is awful in their own way, but we press forward anyway.
But, even the major plot points felt like let downs. Looking back on it some crazy stuff happened in the story. But it never felt like the pace of the story built towards any of them. The ‘twists� just sort of appeared.
Very much a similar feeling to driving on the freeway and seeing an accident on the other side of the road. If that’s your thing you will probably enjoy this book
But, even the major plot points felt like let downs. Looking back on it some crazy stuff happened in the story. But it never felt like the pace of the story built towards any of them. The ‘twists� just sort of appeared.
Very much a similar feeling to driving on the freeway and seeing an accident on the other side of the road. If that’s your thing you will probably enjoy this book
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
November 25, 2020
It was nice reading a book by the O'Shaughnessy sisters that was something different than their Nina Reilly novels which I have read all of. This story takes a different turn and has nothing to do with the legal realm, but does have some suspense and some mystery to it. Certainly some things were a bit of a stretch, but they tried to explain why it was that way. Some of the peripheral characters in the book did not add much and could have been expounded on a bit more or left out. All in all I enjoyed it and look forward to reading more of their novels.
October 31, 2022
Poor man's Harlan Coben mystery - rich LA couple is having marital problems, then one night the wife vanishes. At first the husband doesn't care, but the wife's childhood friend gets involved and they decide to search for her. Characters are not as richly drawn as Coben's, and plotline is basically a straight line with no twists and turns or unexpected surprises. No psychopathic sadistic villains.
March 17, 2025
Keeper of the keys
I have only begun reading Perri O. This is like a stand alone. Not part of her Nina the lawyer series.
I liked this book I kept reading and reading at times it was to much reading.but loved the twists and turns and loved the ending.
I would recommend this author and this book
I have only begun reading Perri O. This is like a stand alone. Not part of her Nina the lawyer series.
I liked this book I kept reading and reading at times it was to much reading.but loved the twists and turns and loved the ending.
I would recommend this author and this book
June 22, 2017
A lot of the things that happened in this book were conveniently convenient. But, I had to stay up late last night to finish it because I HAD to know what happened, and that's the important thing in a book.
did-not-finish
August 12, 2023DNF after 60 pages
I like the Nina Reilly series so I gave this a try. The writing is not up to the level I’m used to from these authors. I couldn’t find one character I liked and couldn’t deal with how they treated one another.
I like the Nina Reilly series so I gave this a try. The writing is not up to the level I’m used to from these authors. I couldn’t find one character I liked and couldn’t deal with how they treated one another.
July 26, 2017
Wanted to know exactly what's going to happen next, not sure I liked ending.
January 5, 2019
Found this book a compelling read.
January 14, 2019
It took me awhile to get into this book but once it got going I couldn’t stop reading . Lot of twist and turns !
February 13, 2019
Used to read everything by Perri O, but it's been awhile. This was not up to her past books IMHO.
March 3, 2019
An entertaining thriller with a twist, this mystery leaves you guessing throughout the reading experience. The two sister authors can spin a tale and write plots that are not easily predictable.
March 29, 2020
It was okay for my first mystery book
October 7, 2020
When I read some reviews I wondered if I had picked a bad choice. I thought this was very good. It kept me interested and I didn't want to put it down. I would definitely recommend.
June 16, 2023
I hated this book. The characters were unlikable and behaved in so many stupid and annoying ways. The plot was all kinds of ridiculous. I should never have finished this dumb book.
December 20, 2023
This was a combination mystery--what happened to the missing wife?-- and character study. I liked both aspects of the book!
August 13, 2024
I liked this book. It was entertaining from beginning to end.
November 29, 2024
Most of this story was quite slow. Last few chapters then felt rushed. All the detail in earlier chapters had to be wrapped in to make sense. Not one that I enjoyed picking up to read
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