This is a very interesting mystery, definitely a good follow up to the author’s first work A Nearly Normal Family. I really liked the writing style and I loved that the story was told in chunks through three characters’ perspectives and interviews with the police. It was a little show to get going, but the ending was great and more than made up for any early slowness. The characters were all interesting, compelling, and best of all for me deeply flawed. This is a story that has no true good guys (unless you count little Sally), but all the characters are doing their best to follow their own moral compass. Bill has lost his wife and his doing his best to take care of his 8 year old daughter, but he has run out of money and is at risk of losing anything. Karla is hoping to be a law student so she can be a judge if she can stick to her plan and not be dragged back by her substance abusing mother. Jennica is floating without a clear plan. She’s in school and working as a telephone psychic to pay her bills. But when the family Karla is cleaning for appears to be harboring secrets they all head towards chaos.