cath518 's review for:

The Locked Ward by Sarah Pekkanen

3.75

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 Georgia is in a psychiatric ward after being arrested for the murder of her sister, Annabelle. 

Mandy is running her family’s bar after inheriting it when her parents died.  Mandy receives a call one day from Georgia’s lawyer asking her to come visit her twin sister, that she never met.  Her twin who could be a murderer.  Skeptical, Mandy goes to meet Georgia and the connection is undeniable.  When Georgia tells Mandy she is innocent of murder, Mandy feels compelled to uncover the truth about what happened. 

In doing so, she discovers that there are people involved in this scandal that want Georgia dead and now she herself is embroiled in the scandal and could also be in danger. 

This is a fast-paced story told by the alternating points of view of Georgia and Mandy.  Georgia’s backstory is told via flashbacks from Georgia’s point of view leading up to the night Annabelle is murdered. 

I enjoyed the book, but some plot points were a bit predictable.  Georgia is made to be a lifeless shell of a person in the psych ward which made it hard to connect to her as a character.