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Megan Collins

Auteur de The Winter Sister

8 oeuvres 967 utilisateurs 60 critiques

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USA
Lieux de résidence
Connecticut, USA
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Sharon Pelletier

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The story is told through alternating POV explaining how Julia and Jason Larkin are living in his childhood home in Connecticut. Julia was never thrilled with the idea as she felt the old wallpaper roosters looked like blood stains. Julia is business partners with Sienna, Jason's ever loyal sister, and best friend. Life is going well until Jason's boss, Gavin Reed, is found dead with his mouth sewn shut with evidence pointing police to suspect Jason. Unfortunately, he is so distraught that he gets into a car accident and is placed in a medically induced coma. The questions and evidence remain unsolved waiting for Jason to be well enough to be interrogated.

Julia and Sienna soon find themselves seeing Jason through different eyes for the first time. Julia's mother had warned her to never trust men so this starts whirling in her head since she married Jason because she was pregnant and now share a son Aiden. She questions the life they have built together. His sister, Sienna, is strong willed and determined to prove her brother's innocence. Her personality is rather annoying with her impulsive nature jumping into investigating the murder herself. Although they hired a private investigator, Sienna ignores his instructions to not do anything as it starts to compromise the investigation. She seeks the help of her ex-boyfriend, Wyatt, who is a police officer and still in love with her. I found myself disliking her aggressive and argumentative behavior like nails on a chalkboard. I did not find her a likeable character given her disregard for the concerns of other people.

Ultimately, they need to determine what happened and why it appeared that Jason knew more than he admitted and why the evidence points to him. Will Sienna's determination to prove his innocence work in his favor or jeopardize his case? Will Julia be able to trust Jason or will the evidence change her mind? Will the relationship between Julia and Sienna survive this test of this commitment to family?

Thank you Edelweiss and Atria/Simon & Schuster for providing this book for review
consideration. I have read this digital book and all opinions expressed are my own.
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marquis784 | 5 autres critiques | Mar 19, 2024 |

From characters named after murder victims to an eerie, isolated setting - it doesn't get more isolated than an island, right? – The Family Plot by Megan Collins is penned with killer precision. This is my second novel by Ms. Collins and I loved Behind the Red Door this novel was no different. The Lighthouse family knows everything there is to know about murderers and serial killers. They were home-schooled by their mom. She had been obsessed with true crime since her parents were murdered. Hence her children are named after murdered famous people. They are proficient in how murders occurred as well as placement of the murder victim’s body. Can you imagine that being the home school that you are accustomed to? Being a true-crime lover it would be cool and a bit twisted, and I think that is what drew me to this book.
Dahlia Lighthouse knew her family was different and did not fit in. How many families have the sheriff of the community constantly in their backyard with a flashlight? But the children stuck together until they were of the age to be able to leave the island. Then they moved away. Except when Dahlia left, she had to leave alone. Dahlia had a twin, Andy who had promised they would leave together. But on their sixteenth birthday, Andy disappeared, leaving a note. Dahlia was heartbroken that he left without her. So when Dahlia was able to leave the island, she spent all her time and energy trying to find out where her brother had gone and why he left without her. The death of their father brings everyone back but Andy why? What we find is that in the plot where their father is supposed to go we find the body of sixteen-year-old Andy. The story that unfolds after the body is found is one I think you should as the reader journey on your own. What I can say is that it is as spooky and as unexpected as you think and it is worth every page turn. After reading the arc I not only bought the ebook for a friend but have the audiobook for myself considering this was a book I will read again when Ms. Collins brings out her next book.
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b00kdarling87 | 20 autres critiques | Jan 7, 2024 |
Seeing Red

Insomnia is a good thing when it comes to reading some nights. I want to say that Megan Collins writes a very twisty story in this book and it was worth every minute of lost sleep. Before I continue I do want to say that this book does contain Child Abuse, Kidnapping and Mental Abuse so if these are triggers for you then I will say tread lightly. I do not want to warn you away from the book because it is such a great read so please give it a chance just go at your own pace.
Now that all the trigger warnings are out of the way let us talk about the good parts and why I loved this so much. Fern is a school teacher who has the summer off and gets a call from her father to come help him move and the call in my opinion came across like Fern was bothered by it. She is always looking for her father’s approval and she seems to never get it. When she comes across a book by Astrid Sullivan and for a reason, she couldn’t figure out it made her uneasy. It also is important to mention that Astrid was missing and is now missing again twenty years later.

I loved the creepy feeling that this book gave me and the questions I had all the way through. What Megan Collins does beautifully in this book is that she answers all your questions and still leaves you wanting more. While this is my first exposure to this author it will not be the last. I enjoyed the fast paced ride that this book was able to offer. I do want to say I was sorry to all parties involved in deciding in my arc of this novel. My delay has nothing to do with the book and more to do with life.
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b00kdarling87 | 10 autres critiques | Jan 7, 2024 |

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Œuvres
8
Membres
967
Popularité
#26,626
Évaluation
½ 3.4
Critiques
60
ISBN
38

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