Published: October 18th 2022 by Thomas & Mercer
Format: Kindle, Paperback, 272 pages
Genre: Suspense
Source: My thanks to Netgalley and the Publisher for the opportunity to read an advanced copy of this book.
First Sentence: I looked down at the release form on the desk, my main focus being the empty line awaiting my signature.
Blurb: A journalist begins to question everything she knows about her mother’s murder in a startling novel of suspense by the New York Times bestselling author of The Body Reader.
Culpable in an exposé gone tragically wrong, investigative journalist Jupiter Bellarose takes her boss’s advice: head back to her hometown for a fluff piece and get her world in balance. But in Savannah, the past is waiting.
Twenty years ago Jupiter’s mother, actress and celebrated beauty Marie Nova, was murdered, leaving many in her wake: Jupiter’s father, who has erased memories of his wife’s murder with alcohol. The matriarch of the cosmetics company who helped make Marie a star—and who takes every opportunity to reopen old wounds. Then there’s the fragile cop with blood on his hands, and the killer whose confession no longer seems convincing.
With so many lingering questions, Jupiter must revisit the grisly event that has influenced every decision in her life. Maybe her homecoming will bring closure.
Or maybe the worst is yet to come. (GoodReads)
My Opinion: Beginning with the origin of the title, the reader is quickly taken to the “what?” moments, the “well, that was an interesting way to relay information” moments, and the “wait, what is Anne Fraser letting me know?” moments. There are many moving parts, and when you think you might have, you realize you don’t, and you quite possibly have been wandering down the wrong path all along. Not a book to rush, the reader will need to sit down and read in large chunks and ponder, or they will miss the cleverly hidden subtleties.
Anne Frasier is a relatively new author for me. Beginning with the Inland Empire series, I knew I had found an author who can grab me from the beginning, with twists and subtle humor, and won’t let me go until the last chapter.
Will Anne Frasier turn this into another successful series? I certainly hope so since there are many stories investigative journalist Jupiter needs to tell.
Blurb: A journalist begins to question everything she knows about her mother’s murder in a startling novel of suspense by the New York Times bestselling author of The Body Reader.
Culpable in an exposé gone tragically wrong, investigative journalist Jupiter Bellarose takes her boss’s advice: head back to her hometown for a fluff piece and get her world in balance. But in Savannah, the past is waiting.
Twenty years ago Jupiter’s mother, actress and celebrated beauty Marie Nova, was murdered, leaving many in her wake: Jupiter’s father, who has erased memories of his wife’s murder with alcohol. The matriarch of the cosmetics company who helped make Marie a star—and who takes every opportunity to reopen old wounds. Then there’s the fragile cop with blood on his hands, and the killer whose confession no longer seems convincing.
With so many lingering questions, Jupiter must revisit the grisly event that has influenced every decision in her life. Maybe her homecoming will bring closure.
Or maybe the worst is yet to come. (GoodReads)
My Opinion: Beginning with the origin of the title, the reader is quickly taken to the “what?” moments, the “well, that was an interesting way to relay information” moments, and the “wait, what is Anne Fraser letting me know?” moments. There are many moving parts, and when you think you might have, you realize you don’t, and you quite possibly have been wandering down the wrong path all along. Not a book to rush, the reader will need to sit down and read in large chunks and ponder, or they will miss the cleverly hidden subtleties.
Anne Frasier is a relatively new author for me. Beginning with the Inland Empire series, I knew I had found an author who can grab me from the beginning, with twists and subtle humor, and won’t let me go until the last chapter.
Will Anne Frasier turn this into another successful series? I certainly hope so since there are many stories investigative journalist Jupiter needs to tell.
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