Guest Review: Lying with Strangers - Jonnie Jacobs




Review: Lying with Strangers - Jonnie Jacobs - December 2013

Chloe Henderson had everything going against her. A mother who had more boyfriends and broken relationships than Ms Liz Taylor, without the money behind it. A father she never knew. Life was tougher than old boots on a rubbish dumb. She could write a book on stepfathers for dummies. Then her mom died when she was thirteen years old. When Trace enters her life at the age of seventeen and tells her he loves her, she is in heaven and very soon pregnant to boot. She dreams about a house of her own with birds in the garden and little children playing outside. And never having to go back to the group home for girls she escaped from. Trace was her savior, and the promises for a better life keeps piling up. He just needed to sort out some guys pushing him around.

Diana Walker had it all. A devoted loving husband who is a successful lawyer in the DA’s office, two beautiful kids, enough middle-class perks to be declared the billboard family of the American dream.
Their friends are few and far apart, but the best they could ever ask for.

Joel Richards is a small town journalist dreaming of making it big. When a girl’s remains is found twenty years after she vanished, he is tasked to write the story, the real story behind it. The suspect left town many years ago, lives were destroyed. He desperately needs a scoop.

Roy Walker, Diana’s husband, gets shot in what seems to be a robbery gone wrong in a convenience store.

Their lives will connect when Diane’s seven-year-old son, Jeremy, hits Chloe with his bicycle and fate would take a totally new turn, or so it seems...

This is a fast-moving, riveting tale; never a dull moment, and totally believable. It could happen to anyone. Every single word in the story is there for a reason, nothing is wasted. Neither the reader’s time, nor the chain of events are compromised in this murder mystery, thanks to the perfect choice of words. The title says it all. Family relationships, mother-and-daughter issues, secrets in marriages, hopes and dreams are the colors filling up this painting on display. A saga cannot get more colorful than this.

Five stars for a perfectly and masterfully constructed detective story. A Brilliant, easy, delightful read.

Reviewed by Margitte from http://wingbackchoices.blogspot.com/ 



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