Not a Happy Family
by Shari Lapeña
Taste attributes: thrillermysterycrimefamilyunsavouryintricateenclosedsolving the riddle/not as it seemscomplex relationshipinjustice/tragedy/vengeance
Boxlist takeSmall-scale and dark: a thriller that is balanced on everything else. Best if you like close-up stories over spectacle.
Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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3.3 / 5
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About This Book
Brecken Hill in upstate New York is an expensive place to live. You have to be rich to have a house there, and Fred and Sheila Merton certainly are rich. But even all their money can't protect them when a killer comes to call. The Mertons are brutally murdered after a fraught Easter dinner with their three adult kids. Who, of course, are devastated. Or are they? They each stand to inherit millions.
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- Author
- Shari Lapeña
- Published
- 2021
- Pages
- 380
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- Open Library
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