Monday, October 29, 2018

Pieces of Her/Karen Slaughter/470 pages

                                              Pieces of Her by Karen Slaughter is a suspense novel that opens with an
                                       active shooter scene.  Andrea Oliver and her mother, Laura, are in a
                                       restaurant when the killer starts shooting.  Bullets are flying but Laura is not
Pieces of Her: A Novel
                                       diving for cover.  She is approaching the shooter, challenging him,
                                       taunting him--and when he suddenly pulls a knife she turns the tables on him
                                       and he is dead.
                                               What follows is unexpected.  The police are questioning
                                        why the shooter is dead.  They are looking at Laura not as a victim but
                                        as a criminal. A stranger shows up threatening Laura and someone else
                                        dies!  Andrea is abruptly on the run following her mother's instructions,
                                        slowly uncovering what is really going on, trying to save herself and
                                        solve the puzzle that appears to be her mother's former life.
     This is a truly involved mystery.  It is written in the back and forth style that is not my favorite but is necessary to explain what happened originally and how it is causing the current events.  Pick this one up when you have time to devote to reading.  You'll be drawn in immediately.


                                    

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