Hello everyone. I hope you are having a great day.
Can we talk? That sounds like the opening of a Saturday Night Live skit, maybe something by Gilda Radner as Rosanne Rosanna Danna...a classic. Serious, let us discuss sisters. Sisters share a bond like no other. They keep each other's secrets, understand each other's problems, and always root for the other. Well, usually. Occasionally you get a bad egg, literally. Instead of those endearing qualities you get nothing but brats and betrayal. Such is my sistuation (yes, I spelled it like that on purpose). The trips as we call them, my three sisters who are actual triplets, are on the brattier side. What do you call people that always cheat at Monopoly? How about someone who always goes to festivals, while you are stuck at home, then send you pictures...almost every weekend? What about sisters that go on vacation together each year, without you, to one of the last remaining "balls" in the US? See I told you; these are critical issues! Brats, I tell you, brats.
I recently read Fifty Fifty by Steve Cavanagh. This is my second book from this author. I also read Thirteen and loved it. In this story we follow two sisters. Both in the house at the same time as their brutally murdered father, they each call 911 blaming each other. The reader basically witnesses the investigation and trial of the siblings, reading from the point of view of each sister. Keeping us guessing we also get the point of view from the unnamed killer.
If you like legal thrillers, this book is for you. If you are just a thriller addict, you will still love this, while it is rich in legal happenings it doesn't get bogged down in them. Fast paced, atmospheric and well-constructed, this book had me switching back and forth as to the guilty sister. Lots of fun. My only word of warning, read at your peril, once you start it is very difficult to put down.
Okay, I feel a smidge of guilt. I confess, I am the chronic Monopoly cheater. Hey, as banker it is expected!
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