First, let me say that I love a good who-done-it. And I also enjoy books in which the narrative point of view shifts from character to character because I enjoy learning how one character's memory or impression of events varies from another character -- even when they may be in the same room at the same time. And I enjoy flawed but sympathetic characters, because as we all know, in real life no one is all good or all bad.
This book has all of the above, and is what I call a real page-turner. There's a difference, of course, between great or even good writing and good story-telling. This book is an example of good story-telling. If I had had the time I could have and would have read this book from cover to cover in one sitting. Is it great writing? No. But it is a compelling story with lots of suspense, and more than a few surprising twists and turns. A nice debut for Ms. Hawkins. It will be interesting to see if her next effort is as enjoyable.
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