In Blood & Water, San Francisco attorney Lori Fairweather delivers a gripping first mystery with all the twists and turns of California's North Coast Highway. Accused of murdering her twin sister, a young woman embarks on a desperate, deadly search for the chilling truth. Blood & Water is a suspenseful tale of deception, greed and death that will keep readers guessing right up to the shocking conclusion.
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Northern California law student Fran Estes learns the hard way that fighting in public with her estranged twin sister, Sid, can have dire repercussions?especially after Sid is found dead the next day. With a severe hangover and no memory of what happened after they fought outside Black Bay's coastal bar, Fran becomes the cops' number one suspect after they learn she will inherit half a million dollars from Sid's death. Since her clothes from that night are bloody, Fran can't be certain that she isn't guilty. But she refuses to be railroaded for the crime, and the only way to save herself is to look into who else might have pushed Sid over a cliff. To counter the police's mounting circumstantial evidence, Fran unearths Sid's last lover in Los Angeles, a druggie named Deke who wasn't taking their breakup well. Although Deke becomes a hot suspect, Fran can't forget how similar Sid's death is to that of their childhood friend April, whose slaying remains unsolved. After a few silent phone calls and an anonymous threatening note, Fran suspects that April's killer had caught up with Sid?and now is about to catch her, too. With well-drawn characters, convincing dialogue and tight prose, Fairweather's suspenseful debut thriller pulls the reader through plot twists as sudden and sharp as the Pacific coast highway. Agent, PMA Agency.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Twin sisters, long estranged, meet for a drink and discussion but wind up fighting. Frannie awakens the next morning with a hangover and a memory blackout, but someone has pushed her sister off an oceanside cliff. Although the none-too-bright local police have nobody in custody yet, they try to override the onus of a long-unsolved rape/murder by pinning this one on Frannie. Things do look bad?telltale blood stains, a $500,000 life insurance policy on her sister, strained relationships?until Frannie's self-protective sleuthing bears fruit. First novelist Fairweather handles this traditional setup with verve, fine focus, and strong suspense. For most collections.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Decent first novel,
By A Customer
This review is from: Blood & Water: A Pacific Northwest Mystery (Hardcover)
After reading the reviews on Amazon, I found this book to be somewhat disappointing. It is absorbing; however, the main character's behavior is irritating at times and the ending is not such a surprise.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Nancy Drew travels to the Pacific Northwest,
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This review is from: Blood & Water: A Pacific Northwest Mystery (Hardcover)
I enjoyed the first part of this book. Ms Fairweather is a good writer. And then she switches into her Nancy Drew mode and takes more stupid chances(even for the thriller genre where it is understood that you do always act rationally)than I have ever seen. Fran, the surviving sister spends the rest of the book educating the oafish and evil local law enforcement as to all the clues they are missing in the search for her sisters killer, which of course, they think is Fran. When Fran agrees to meet the person(alone, of course)that she believes is the real killer in a remote cabin(where he insists they meet, of course), I finally said "ENOUGH ALREADY"!! How stupid can you get, even in a thriller? Then there is a huge plot flaw. Not to give away the plot, but it is a fact(and the law)that a beneficiary of a life insurance policy cannot collect if he or she is convicted of murdering the insured. Think about that after you read the book. I realize that the "Nancy Drew" syndrome is an important part of certain thrillers and mysteries, even some decent ones. But here, it is carried to unbelievable lengths. I will read Ms Fairweather's next book because she is a talented writer,and with some work, will write books that you won't have to chuckle at. All you have to do is occasionally ask yourself as you write, "would anyone with an IQ over 50, who has ever seen a movie, REALLY do this?".
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Full of suspense with a surprise ending.,
By A Customer
This review is from: Blood & Water: A Pacific Northwest Mystery (Hardcover)
I thought it interesting that the jacket says a Pacific Northwest Mystery (which is why I picked it up). Obviously, the publishers aren't aware of where the Pacific Northwest is. I seldom read mysteries. They are usually too gross for my taste. However, once started on this book I absolutely couldn't put it down and for me that is quite a lot to say. I found the writing and the story to be excellent and enjoyed the book from beginning to end.
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