Genre: Mystery & Thriller
Length: 352 pages
First Published: 2021
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Rachael’s Review
The night after having Easter dinner with their three grown children, a wealthy couple is murdered. Of course, the Merton children are devastated. Or are they? They stand to inherit millions and Daddy dearest wasn’t exactly the nicest guy. Was it a random act of violence or was the perpetrator someone much closer to home? But if one of your siblings was a murderer, you would know … wouldn’t you? Despite its less than original premise, Lapena’s latest domestic thriller is a fast-paced fun thriller to read that will keep you guessing whodunit.
Publisher’s Description
In this family, everyone is keeping secrets–especially the dead. Brecken Hill in upstate New York is an expensive place to live. You have to be rich to have a house there. And they don’t come much richer than Fred and Sheila Mercer. But even all their money can’t protect them when a killer comes to call. The Mercers are brutally murdered the night after an Easter Dinner with their three adult kids. Who, of course, are devastated.
Or are they? They each stand to inherit millions. They were never a happy family, thanks to their capricious father and neglectful mother, but perhaps one of them is more disturbed than anyone knew. Did one of them snap after that dreadful evening? Or was it someone else that night who crept in with the worst of intentions? It must be. After all, if one of your siblings was a psychopath, you’d know.
Wouldn’t you?
About Shari Lapena
Shari Lapena is the author of the thrillers The Couple Next Door, A Stranger in the House, An Unwanted Guest, Someone We Know, Everyone Here is Lying, Not a Happy Family, and The End of Her. She currently lives in Toronto. Visit the author’s website →
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