Twenty Years Later by Charlie Donlea

A news reported trying to prove she has what it takes. A twenty-year-old murder. A sister wanting to clear her sister’s name. A retired agent called back to investigate. A horrible tragedy.

Twenty Years later started slowly for me and I didn’t get fully invested in the book until around the 40% mark. The book starts with a strong opening scene, and I was onboard, the book hits the brakes and begins with the back story. Usually, I don’t mind this but this one just hit the brakes for me. There are a lot of characters in the mix – don’t worry you will be able to remember and keep track of them, but they did add to the slower pace. Once I got to the 40% mark, things began getting interesting, so hang in there if you feel the beginning is slow as I did.

By the halfway mark, I was trying to figure things out and get to the truth myself. There is the main plot and some subplots and when they merge, there was a nice payoff. The second half of the book went much faster, and the pages began turning. As we learn more and more is revealed, things got juicy and just when I thought, I knew what was going to happen, Donlea threw a curve ball and shocked me at the ending. Well, played, Donlea, well played.

Although, this was not my favorite Donlea book, I did enjoy it once I got past the slow beginning. As always, I will be on the lookout for future books by Donlea.

Be aware that this book does use the 911 tragedy in the plot.

Thank you to Kensington Publishing Group, Goodreads and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own.