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Author: Kate Wilhelm

Pretty good mystery novel, though the plot feels too simple during most of the book until you get to the very end when there are a few interesting twists. Still it’s highly readable with some interesting characters. The murder’s an arrogant doctor everyone hates, so the suspects are many, and the heroine’s a criminal attorney hired to defend the two key suspects. Wilhem’s written books with this character before and at times some of the history is assumed, and I found certain portions of the book confusing (like her relationship with her father). But other than some minor flaws like that, it’s certainly worth the read.

Definitely a chick flick, but not as sappy as I expected, though too predictable (the trailer gives away pretty much all the plot). The story’s about two un-alike sisters who love each other but drive each other crazy and how the one grows up and the others learns to be less serious. There’s some deep stuff underneath everything involving family secrets about their mother’s death, but the tone of the film’s too light for much profundity.