For the last fifteen years Edie Beckett has been living in the shadow of her mother, the notorious Lilith Wade. You see, Lilith Wade is a serial killer and is on death row for her crimes. Edie is finally starting to put her life back together, she has a good job and a friend who could be a boyfriend. But she has a secret. She is obsessed with the "remainders", those her victims left behind. The husbands, the children, the friends of those she killed. A recent tell-all book has brought it all to the surface again. There is one guy, in particular, Peter Lipski. His wife's murder never really fit Lilith's MO, but she was convicted of her death. One night Edie hooks up with Peter Lipski. He was found dead the next morning and the police believe Edie killed him. Edie was drunk, but she doesn't believe that she has it in her to kill anybody, no matter who her mother is. The thing is that the police won't believe her and Edie knows that she has to find the real killer before the police find her. Will she be able to prove her innocence and find out who killed Peter?
In Her Bones is a very fast paced thriller that covers a topic rarely covered in fiction - women serial killers. But Kate Moretti takes it even one step further and introduces the family of a female serial killer. How did Edie and her brother Dylan and her father not know that Lilith was a killer? I really liked Edie. She was obviously permanently damaged by her mother, but she was still trying to survive. The author throws a lot of "red herrings" at the reader, but really the reader needs to go with their initial guess on who actually killed Peter. It was my gut reaction, even though the author tried to throw me off, but I was right. - CLICK HERE FOR SPOILERS - I really loved the end, though. The much later epilogue where Edie runs into Brandt at the coffee shop. It felt - right.
Bottom Line - I read so many thrillers and mysteries that it is rare for an author to give me a new "spin" on things. In Her Bones is definitely a fresh look at what happens after a serial killer is caught. Even though I had figured out the "whodunit" fairly early, I kept second-guessing myself and was eager to get to the end. Which are the best stories to read!
Details:
- In Her Bones by Kate Moretti
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- Pages: 320
- Publisher: Atria Books
- Publication Date: 9/4/18
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