(26) Long Bright River by Liz Moore

 

Two sisters travel the same streets, though their lives couldn't be more different. Then, one of them goes missing.

In a Philadelphia neighborhood rocked by the opioid crisis, two once-inseparable sisters find themselves at odds. One, Kacey, lives on the streets in the vise of addiction. The other, Mickey, walks those same blocks on her police beat. They don't speak anymore, but Mickey never stops worrying about her sibling.

Then Kacey disappears, suddenly, at the same time that a mysterious string of murders begins in Mickey's district, and Mickey becomes dangerously obsessed with finding the culprit--and her sister--before it's too late.

Alternating its present-day mystery with the story of the sisters' childhood and adolescence, Long Bright River is at once heart-pounding and heart-wrenching: a gripping suspense novel that is also a moving story of sisters, addiction, and the formidable ties that persist between place, family, and fate.

Long Bright River has been lingering on my TBR list for years. When I heard a television series was in the works, I finally moved it to the top. I was not disappointed. Long Bright River is a slow-burning book. It seems like it is moving slowly, but you are hanging on to every word before you know it. 

Now I need to go watch the television show. 

Details:

• Long Bright River by Liz Moore
• Pages: 492
• Publisher: Riverhead Books
• Publication Date: 1/7/2020
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