My Never Ending List

This is my first book in this series and although, I didn’t know the history of the characters, I was able to follow along in this suspenseful mystery and get inside the family dramatics. I felt the novel was a slow burn, building in intensity and like most families, there were some individuals that I found more likable than others. I liked how the author showed me the many sides of some of these individuals by the time I finished the novel, as it helped me see the errors of my thinking and it made me see the whole person. They had come home to pay respects to their dying father but as they gathered together, there was so much more on their minds, his passing was just the beginning.

 

The diversity underneath this roof was entertaining and I knew once I met everyone that I wanted to be a fly on the wall and watch everything unfold within the walls of this house. From the individual who liked to talk about herself, to the one who liked her drink and late nights, to the one who was blamed for the murder many years ago, to a few others who had their own unique personalities, I liked this ragtag group of individuals. Oh, I can’t forget the mother, who I didn’t really care for, who cared a great deal about her image and liked to play the favorite child card. They were there for father, who had only a few days remaining with them, when suddenly Vivian is missing. The daughter-in-law had never returned from her walk and in her condition, everyone is concerned. When her body is finally discovered, it was located where Zoe’s body was uncovered years ago, a murder that Vivian’s brother-in-law was under investigation for. Are the two murders related? Why would someone murder Vivian and her unborn child?

 

Everyone gets involved and everyone has their own opinion. I wasn’t sure who the culprit was but I wanted to pin it on the mother as she was a cold woman and I didn’t care for her the minute I met her. I liked Lauren as she seemed like the only sane one, her escapes to the bar helped her unwind and it got her away from the commotion occurring back at the house.

 

I would like to go back and read this series from the beginning and get to the know the story from the beginning. It was an interesting and captivating novel.

 

I received a copy of this novel from NetGalley and Dundurn in exchange for an honest review.