I am a sucker for an explosive Prologue or First Chapter of a book, and the author had my undivided attention with just seven words. "They found the bodies on a Tuesday." (Side note: I can tell you the book and the author who wrote my all-time favorite opening sentence, and it was ten words long. Please tell me I am not the only reader with this type of obsession!)
Sarah Keller, an FBI agent has the job of delivering tragic news to Matt Pines. His father, mother, sister, and brother have been found dead while on vacation in Mexico. Matt is stunned. This is not the first time the Pine family has been broken. His older brother Danny is in jail, convicted of killing his teenage girlfriend. His father never believed Danny was guilty and has spent the last seven years trying to prove his innocence. Could this have been an accident, or is it somehow related to Danny?
Told from multiple perspectives including a documentary that brought Danny's case to national attention, this is a tale of cover-ups, corruption, false confessions, and murder. Chapters alternate between Matt and Sarah, with Matt's family sharing their stories up until their fateful end. As each chapter added another piece to the puzzle, it became more and more apparent that the Pine family never had a chance. There wasn't one member of the family whose story wasn't gut-wrenching, and when the truth is told, the injustice of it all just left me speechless.
Sarah Keller, an FBI agent has the job of delivering tragic news to Matt Pines. His father, mother, sister, and brother have been found dead while on vacation in Mexico. Matt is stunned. This is not the first time the Pine family has been broken. His older brother Danny is in jail, convicted of killing his teenage girlfriend. His father never believed Danny was guilty and has spent the last seven years trying to prove his innocence. Could this have been an accident, or is it somehow related to Danny?
Told from multiple perspectives including a documentary that brought Danny's case to national attention, this is a tale of cover-ups, corruption, false confessions, and murder. Chapters alternate between Matt and Sarah, with Matt's family sharing their stories up until their fateful end. As each chapter added another piece to the puzzle, it became more and more apparent that the Pine family never had a chance. There wasn't one member of the family whose story wasn't gut-wrenching, and when the truth is told, the injustice of it all just left me speechless.