Archive for July, 2010
Julie Parsons, Mary, Mary
When 20-year-old Mary Mitchell disappears, Margaret, her mother, harasses the police with phone calls, but is not taken seriously. But when Mary’s body is found, with proof that she has been raped and battered, inspector McLoughlin feels guilty, and is ready to help Margaret, to whom he also feels attracted. But Margaret seems to have [...]
Laura Lippman, What the Dead Know
In 1975, two girls from Baltimore, Sunny and Heather Bethany, went to the mall on a Saturday afternoon and both disappeared. Despite the resources used to find them, no trace has ever been found, except an empty purse in the parking lot. Thirty years later, a woman is involved in a car accident and flees [...]
Diane Chamberlain, The Lost Daughter
Eve Elliott is the mother of two grown-up children, Corinne and Dru. Corinne, pregnant and battling a lot of anxieties and phobias, is estranged from her mother. She accuses Eve of being the cause of her fears, because of her smothering love… But Eve Elliott had a reason for protecting her eldest daughter the way [...]