My review: 4.5ā
Gripping, suspenseful, intense and twisty ~ just how I expect my thrillers to be.
Whoop whoop š I am so excited when there’s a twist I didn’t see coming!!
The Killerās Family is told by sisters ~ Cara, Rachel and Molly and in 4 parts.
Margaret Grace Martin died of cancer and 6 months later, Henry Martin was gone as well. The 3 sisters were as close as sisters can be, up until they discovered Henry is the notorious serial killer, Gemini. One sister wants to go to the police with the evidence and the other two burn it so she can’t. Thus begins a yearlong rift between them as they all grieve and process this information in their own way.
Cara is the oldest daughter and married to Tate ~ a detective. She’s an author of true crime novels, so she is no stranger to seeing crime scenes photos and whatnot, and researching serial killers. She becomes obsessed with uncovering anything she can on Gemini. Can she find proof it really was her father?
Rachel is the middle child and believes Henry is Gemini. When her sisters take away her chance of bringing the evidence to the police she goes on a downward spiral ~ dropping out of the Master’s program and turning to drugs and alcohol.
Molly is the baby and always treated like one. She was the closest to her father and just CANNOT believe it’s true. Someone must be setting him up, but who?
Now it’s a year later ~ how could there possibly be more women being killed in the same way when the killer is already dead? Is there a copycat or was their father set up? The girls think they are being targeted when each death is connected to them. They are suspecting everyone and wondering if they made the right choice a year ago to burn the evidence.
When we get to part 3 I was really on the edge of my seat. As the pages turned the story got more intense.
Okay, so I did figure something out about someone that was made out to be something other than it was, but I didn’t see what resulted from that. Didja catch that?š¤£
Nice final twist!!
I really liked that we had the 3 perspectives ~ although it did result in a bit of repetitiveness I think it was essential to make the story flow as well as it did.
First and definitely not my last time with this author.
Side note ~ I love Molly’s dog’s name ~ very clever, if it’s what I think it’s supposed to reference šŖā”
I don’t know about the cover either ~ why is there only one woman? Hmmm….
*Thanks to Netgalley, Bookouture andĀ Miranda SmithĀ for the ARC. I am voluntarily leaving my honest review*
Book blurb: Release date ~ March 31, 2022
I still canāt believe my father is gone. Especially here in his workshop, my mind flooded with happy memories. Then I notice the uneven floorboard. I lift it, finding a dusty cardboard box hidden beneath. And when I open it, I realize everything I thought I knew was a lieā¦
I followed my sisters into the church at our fatherās funeral, my heart breaking at the knowledge he would never walk me down the aisle. Afterwards, we gathered at his house to celebrate his lifeāthe family man, the loyal friend, the beloved teacher.
But later that night, going through his things, I found the box, hidden in a crawl space in his shed. It was full of tangled jewelryā¦ and a confession.
Evidence that behind his kind smiles, my father was an entirely different man. A killer.
My sisters and I made a pledge to say nothing. Surely, telling the truth would only bring more pain? I set fire to the confession, turning his secrets into ash.
But now another woman has been killed, her wedding ring stolenā¦
Someone is sending a message. Someone who knows we lied.
But who could possibly know the truth? Can I even trust my own sisters? And if I try to protect myself, will I destroy my family for ever?
