Published by Pamela Dorman Books Genres: Adult Fiction, Crime, Fiction, Mystery
Format: Audiobook
With family like this, who needs enemies?
Fred and Sheila Merton have been murdered in their home in Brecken Hill in upstate New York. Earlier in the evening they had an anger inducing Easter dinner with their three children. Fred was not a nice man and he let his nasty cruel personality loose during their meal. Everyone scattered including their hired help. Now that they are dead, all eyes and fingers are pointing at their three adult children. They stand to inherit millions, don’t they? They have something to gain from their parent’s death, right?
This was a fun book to listen to on audio. The narrator was great, and I enjoyed the stories off all involved – not just the siblings. I put on my super sleuth hat- not easy to do while driving and tried to do some detective work of my own. Who could be the heartless killer? What could Fred and Sheila have done to evoke the ire of a killer? Quite a bit as it turns out – well Fred mainly as he was not ever going to win a “Dad of the year” award.
I loved how the lead detective thought everyone he interviewed was the killer. There is a lot of scrambling, a lot of lies, a lot of secrets, a lot of trying to protect others while protecting oneself. There are a lot of liars with their pants on fire in this book. Not all that glitters is gold. Sometimes those who look like they have it all don’t have much in terms of common decency.
Juicy, fun, and full of drama.
Another great read by Shari Lapena!