It has been over five years since I read Lisa Jackson's "Chosen To Die" which I also liked very much. In this installment of the lives and times of Detectives Alvarez and Pescoli, Jackson does a great job of introducing characters into the 'who done it' line of possibles and leaves you with a high probability of picking the wrong killer right to the very end. That is punctuated with a terrific surprise ending as well... at least it was for me. This is a departure for me from my usual stream of reading mostly thrillers and historical fiction and it was a pleasant return to the murder/mystery genre. I find Lisa Jackson to be an imaginative writer who is fun and easy to read. Scary, creepy and wow...close to the truth. What you think when you look at a "perfect" family isn't always what you get. This book is #3 in the Montana series, but it begins in LA with the death of an actress, who looks a lot like a doctor in Grizzly Falls, Montana where bodies of women who look eerily similar start to pile up. The characters of Grizzly Falls are all there - Selena who works too much; Reagan with her two problem kids and a hunk of a boyfriend who wants to be more; Sheriff Dan Grayson - watch for something brewing with him. Undersheriff Cort Brewster whose hot 15-year-old daughter is sexting with Reagan's son. Joelle is full of Christmas cheer. Jackson set this book during the holiday season again - probably to add a little hope, comic relief or cheeriness to an otherwise terrifying story. I felt a little smarter reading this book, I figured out the connection between the victims just before the detectives did. This one had enough elements of realism that when I went for my morning walk, I kept a close look over my shoulder. I could see these traits manifesting themselves in families I know although I don't think they'd murder anyone, but still - family secrets don't go away, they leak out in the tiny cracks caused by holding them in so tightly. A killer of a good read.
What do You think about Zwillingsbrut (2012)?
good book, took a while to get into it, but love Lisa Jackson's style of writing
—slogar
loved it, her best book i have read so far.
—sajad
