The Alibi ruined my daughters birthday party.
I started reading it the night before, and couldn’t put it down. I ended up with 9 5 year olds in my house with 4 short hours of sleep. I was completely behind on prep and too exhausted to give it my all, so I asked my daughter to help, which left her too drained to enjoy her birthday party and she broke down in tired tears 4 separate times. Poor dear, and after everyone had left, she told me she didn’t like her birthday that much this year. Ok, it was not all on the book, there were a few other things at play, but I do take partial responsibility, as should Ms. Brown.
But, my daughter got her revenge, it was while reading this book that my daughter said the four words that strike fear in the hearts of all mothers of primary school aged children, “my head is itchy”. As such, before finishing the book, I deloused my daughter and ran 652 loads of laundry. When my husband and I were fairly confident the house was once again lice free, I curled up to finish the book.
It is a real page turner. There is just enough mystery thrown in to keep you reading while regularly revealing details so as not to leave you frustrated. I generally love this author and she has yet again not let me down.
I think my favorite thing about this author is the way she interlaces characters from her various books, the main characters of this book may well end up being the secondary characters in others and vice versa. It provides a familiarity without writing a series of books with the same and repeating main characters. In each book, a new story, a new set of main characters, a new location, a new situation to discover, but yet…familiar.
I probably should have found this book predictable, but I am embarrassed to say, I had not guessed the ending. I also felt a few details here and there were still missing on the last page, but this is more about me than the author. I don’t like unknowns, but I am pretty sure the ones that were there, were left on purpose, either to write about in a future book, or just because. Not everyone likes the same type of ending, and this way the reader can “make up” the rest and everyone gets what they want.
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