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This is a debut book by Author: Nora Murphy. Upon reading her bio she has studied survivors of domestic abuse / violence and her debut novel addresses this issue. When the book begins we have Leah, once a educated attorney who has now quit her job and every day goes to a different liquor store to buy alcohol. We don't know why she has quit her job and suffers from alcohol problems but one day she sees another woman at the store who reminds her of herself.
This throws her off and she begins to follow her and soon learns that this woman, McKenna, is a perfect mirror image of herself. Both are victims of domestic abuse from abusive, successful husbands and both are trapped in a horrible marriage they can't escape from. Not only are they victims of abuse but their husbands have blackmailed them to not escape their marriage.
The book is unsettling in descriptions of abuse and as both women start to take control of their situations and settle it their own way. Along the way they start to become investigated in a hard police investigation and the book turns quickly into a police procedural novel.
The prose and pacing are great. You start to get into Leah's,and McKenna's shoes and feel trapped with no solutions just like them.
A few negatives are character development. Leah and McKenna are created with distinct personalities but the two husbands are just carbon copies of their selves. It's like the author just wanted to make a blanket evil personality. Plus the police procedural was just boring. There are no twists..... Just a straight A to B procedural that just ends abruptly. It actually took away from the theme of the book.
But still a great written, debut novel which I recommend overall.
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Book given free for honest review
This throws her off and she begins to follow her and soon learns that this woman, McKenna, is a perfect mirror image of herself. Both are victims of domestic abuse from abusive, successful husbands and both are trapped in a horrible marriage they can't escape from. Not only are they victims of abuse but their husbands have blackmailed them to not escape their marriage.
The book is unsettling in descriptions of abuse and as both women start to take control of their situations and settle it their own way. Along the way they start to become investigated in a hard police investigation and the book turns quickly into a police procedural novel.
The prose and pacing are great. You start to get into Leah's,and McKenna's shoes and feel trapped with no solutions just like them.
A few negatives are character development. Leah and McKenna are created with distinct personalities but the two husbands are just carbon copies of their selves. It's like the author just wanted to make a blanket evil personality. Plus the police procedural was just boring. There are no twists..... Just a straight A to B procedural that just ends abruptly. It actually took away from the theme of the book.
But still a great written, debut novel which I recommend overall.
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Book given free for honest review