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Guilty (2012)

by Norah McClintock(Favorite Author)

3.41 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1554699894 (ISBN13: 9781554699896)

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

publisher

Orca Books

review 1: I just finished re-reading Guilty by Norah McClintock. I am really fond of McClintock's way of writing, and the structure of her books. This book is not part of a series- as far as i know. This book is a two-main character book. The way this is written is first person point of view, and every other chapter the POV alternates between Finn and Lila, which are the two main characters. Ten years ago Finn's mother was murdered, supposedly by Lila's father who went to jail for ten years. No later then 72 hours after Lila's father is released, he returns back to Finn's house. The scene ends with Finn's step-mother is dead and so is Lila's father. As the book progresses on, Finn and Lila figure out what happened and why, trying to clear up there confusion- yet still Finn is unawar... moree of the man who killed his mother is Lila's father. Finn figures out that even though he hated his step-mother Tracy, his dad loved her, maybe even more than his birth mother. Lila is living on her own now, and her aunt begs her to come back home, but Lila needs to know what happened first- she has to stay put if she wants to find out because her aunt has always spoken negatively about him. Throughout the book the tension builds until finally the tension ends in this thrilling book and everything is resolved. But resolved doesn't always mean for the better.
review 2: Pretty good 'who-dunnit' by Canadian author of lots of this type of story--she knows what she's doing! It's well written, easy-to-read and fast-paced, with likable protagonists. Good message, too, about how being even functionally literate is so needed to succeed in our society. I found myself able to guess the mystery pretty early on in the book though, but I still wanted to keep reading to find out if I was right. And there were a lot of details that came up that weren't expected. Maybe a CHSBC title for next year? less

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