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Alicia Berenson is a successful artist who seems to have it all until one day she’s found standing over the body of her dead husband, presumably after she’s shot him in the face. Except no one really knows what’s happened, because Alicia hasn’t said a word since that day. Theo Faber is a psychotherapist who is intrigued by Alicia and her story and determined to
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This was a solid thriller that I zipped through over Thanksgiving break. The crime (and how it was witnessed) was chilling, and Barclay keeps the suspense going with a lot of twists and turns. You can try to put the puzzle pieces together yourself, but don’t be surprised if you’re wrong! Yet it still all makes sense. I thought the portrayal of small town and
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This was the second Alafair Burke novel I read in 2 months, but this one wasn’t as good as the first. The story is about Alice Humphrey, a rich girl who has declined the help of her father and is therefore in need of a job and surprise, one falls into her lap one evening at an art show. Before she knows it, she is
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This was a decent read, but a tough one for me. Content warning: there’s a dead baby in it. I’m a little surprised at how hard that stuff is for me to read now that I’m not a brand new mom. As far as the issues the book tries to cover, I think it did a decent job depicting post-partum depression, though it was frustrating
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