What the Dead Know: A Novel
Thirty years ago two sisters disappeared from a shopping mall. Their bodies were never found and those familiar with the case have always been tortured by these questions: How do you kidnap two girls? Who—or what—could have lured the two sisters away from a busy mall on a Saturday afternoon without leaving behind a single clue or witness?
Now a clearly disoriented woman involved in a rush-hour hit-and-run claims to be the younger of the long-gone Bethany sisters. But her involuntary admission and subsequent attempt to stonewall investigators only deepens the mystery. Where has she been? Why has she waited so long to come forward? Could her abductor truly be a beloved Baltimore cop? There isn't a shred of evidence to support her story, and every lead she gives the police seems to be another dead end—a dying, incoherent man, a razed house, a missing grave, and a family that disintegrated long ago, torn apart not only by the crime but by the fissures the tragedy revealed in what appeared to be the perfect household.
In a story that moves back and forth across the decades, there is only one person who dares to be skeptical of a woman who wants to claim the identity of one Bethany sister without revealing the fate of the other. Will he be able to discover the truth?
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| From: Amazon Posted: Apr 19, 2007 Type: User Review |
Stunning!
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| From: Amazon Posted: Apr 17, 2007 Type: User Review |
Good story but have reservations about author's motives
I agree with Norene, earlier reviewer. I also live in the area and recall the Lyons sisters disappearance. The author does have a note at the end of the book, explaining the similarity of her story to those events but it did not excuse her in my...
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| From: Amazon Posted: Apr 16, 2007 Type: User Review |
What can I say......
I read the reviews and the books description, set aside a weekend when the book had all of my attention and was let down so much! The parents did not seem real, the father was living in another world while the mother was doing her thing. Sunny...
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| From: Amazon Posted: Apr 15, 2007 Type: User Review |
I guess I just live too close to her....
I wanted to give her a five, but to be honest, I can't say I thought it was a top-ranked book. I realize I may be the only person out there thinking that way, though.
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| From: Amazon Posted: Apr 14, 2007 Type: User Review |
Read it in two days- and I'm the mother of a newborn :)
Really great reading if you like suspense, mystery and drama. Keeps you guessing til the very end.
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