This book has been all over the place this summer. I'm ashamed to say that I hadn't even known about this author before, but I'm glad that I finally found him - better late than never. We meet Roman Carruthers right away - he's a successful financial advisor in Atlanta, GA who gets a panicked call from his sister in rural Virginia after their father is in a car accident, which happened under suspicious circumstances. Upon receiving that call, Roman puts his life on hold and goes home to figure out what is what. The people he's returning to - sister Neveah, brother Dante and father Kevin - are people that he voluntarily estranged himself from. There is a lot of resentment, and distrust on Neveah's part and Dante is the family outcast, who can't seem to get it just right. Their mother disappeared many years before under mysterious circumstances and that ghost hangs over the family. In this novel, Roman returns to his home to solve what happened to his father and, in doing so, reveals secrets that have been in the family for years.
It took me a while to get into this novel. My initial impression was that it read like the Twilight books and was fan faction for something else. It did eventually grow on me though. I did, eventually, grow to really enjoy the book. It was fast and entertaining. A very quick and entertaining mystery that provided me with a break from the serious stuff that I've been reading lately!
I'm glad you ended up liking the book.
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