Has she or the editor ever heard of conjunctions?! There are many more examples (the whole book). Kate doesn’t stand out the way that Bea does. Keep in mind I read an ARC but a friend who read the published copy confirmed the writing. It drove me crazy! Does anyone remember the primers for first graders (yes, I'm old): “See Dick. I haven’t seen a reviewer mention this yet, so I’ll be the first. It was an opportunity for the author to further a personal agenda and lecture us and I didn’t like it.īUT, the worst offense was the writing style. Plus, the scenes with the OB/GYN had no bearing on the story at all. When I found out what happened to the missing women my eyes practically rolled out of my head.Īnd the ending, all tied up in a pretty bow, with a character who has been severely traumatized for YEARS (given the location, that it had been going on for years without detection was laughably ridiculous) goes on to live a completely normal and happy life as if nothing had happened. A CHILD could have seen what he missed.Ī police officer hides a key piece of evidence, but since when is only ONE PERSON in an entire department privy to a key piece of evidence in a very high profile case (or any case)? It made me laugh, but it was supposed to be serious. I can’t give details as they would be spoilers.īUT, the physician who performs an autopsy on a victim is a complete moron to miss obvious signs that it didn't happen the way he said it did. If I listed all the implausible actions, reactions, events, scenarios, and conclusions I would re-write the entire book. Sorry, that's it, there's only one positive that I can come up with. Most of my friends here enjoyed it, but I did not.įirst the positives: I loved the beginning.

A local woman missing