Linda Strong
4.5 Stars Jack and his 2 sisters lose their pregnant mother to a killer. The last time they saw her, she left them in their broken down car and went to find a phone. She was never seen again. Nothing will ever be the same again ... for any of them. Three years later Jack is in charge. Still living in their house, it's just the three of them. Their father has left and has never returned. Jack turns to robbing houses to make money enough to pay the few bills and keep food in the house. There is no such thing as school ... they are essentially living off the grid. Catherine While wakes only to find a note saying "I could have killed you" weighted down by a knife she's never seen before. She's in her third trimester of pregnancy and her husband is out of town. Should she call him ... call the police? She hides the knife and decides to do nothing. Jack, his sisters, Catherine, her husband, Adam, and the police .... all come to a crossroads. There are mistakes made, and several of them have secrets .... secrets that all have consequences should they be brought to light. This is such an imaginative story, well-written, by a well known author. The characters are memorable and Jack, especially, will stay with you for a long, long time. A couple of characters demand to be mentioned ... one is the knife-maker, the other is the detective's mother. There is so much in the action-packed book, I didn't want to put it down for any reason. The ending was quite explosive, and while exciting, still a tad disappointing. Many thanks to the author / Grove Atlantic / Netgalley / Edelweiss for the advanced digital copy of this riveting novel. Opinions expressed here are unbiased and entirely my own.