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A review by ravensandlace
My Sister's Grave by Robert Dugoni
5.0
Oh. My. God. What a journey!
I normally don't read mysteries and police stories like this but I am trying to branch out. I was immediately intrigued by the beautiful cover and the interesting title. I mean what could go wrong? Absolutely nothing! I was not even remotely disappointed.
So this book follows the story of Tracy Crosswhite. Her sister was abducted and Tracy becomes a homicide detective because of this. She wants to find out what happened to her sister. I applaud Tracy. She is so strong. Not knowing what happened to your beloved baby sister for 20 years has to be one of the hardest things anybody could go through.
Like in the blurb, Tracy doesn't think Edmund House killed her sister, once they find her remains. She conducts her own little investigation which pissed off everybody in her small town and enlists the help of her childhood friend, Dan, to help her. She finds out a lot more than what she bargained for and almost pays for it with her life.
I loved this mystery. I'm normally really bad at figuring things out but I was so certain with this one. I was like oh yeah, I got this. I know what's up. only to figure out that was not the case and I was wrong about 99% of the time. The plot had so many twists and turns but it wasn't overbearing. It kept you guessing up until the last page. It gave you time to let the new information sink in before it threw some more at you. I like books like that. Basically all my notes are how much I loved this mystery and the plot twists and I used a lot of exclamation marks so I was pretty excited to say the least.
The characters were incredibly developed as well. I thought Tracy was written beautifully. She was hardened by the loss but still showed emotion. She was relatable. I wasn't irritated by her. I could feel her loss and how she tried to deal with it. Even working in a pretty sexist environment, she kept her cool. I liked Dan as well. He is a good fit for Tracy. Even the secondary characters were written well. They did not overpower the story but contributed in a way that helped the story go smoothly. My one critique (which is small) is that there is a lot of secondary characters. A bit difficult to keep track of all of them at times but it's not that big of an issue.
I'm going to stop this review now before I start to babble on about how great the plot was and give a bunch of things away. But let's just say that this was just an all around great book to introduce me to mysteries. I have other books I am making myself read before I download the next book. It's free on Kindle Unlimited so I suggest you all get it! You will not be disappointed.
I normally don't read mysteries and police stories like this but I am trying to branch out. I was immediately intrigued by the beautiful cover and the interesting title. I mean what could go wrong? Absolutely nothing! I was not even remotely disappointed.
So this book follows the story of Tracy Crosswhite. Her sister was abducted and Tracy becomes a homicide detective because of this. She wants to find out what happened to her sister. I applaud Tracy. She is so strong. Not knowing what happened to your beloved baby sister for 20 years has to be one of the hardest things anybody could go through.
Like in the blurb, Tracy doesn't think Edmund House killed her sister, once they find her remains. She conducts her own little investigation which pissed off everybody in her small town and enlists the help of her childhood friend, Dan, to help her. She finds out a lot more than what she bargained for and almost pays for it with her life.
I loved this mystery. I'm normally really bad at figuring things out but I was so certain with this one. I was like oh yeah, I got this. I know what's up. only to figure out that was not the case and I was wrong about 99% of the time. The plot had so many twists and turns but it wasn't overbearing. It kept you guessing up until the last page. It gave you time to let the new information sink in before it threw some more at you. I like books like that. Basically all my notes are how much I loved this mystery and the plot twists and I used a lot of exclamation marks so I was pretty excited to say the least.
The characters were incredibly developed as well. I thought Tracy was written beautifully. She was hardened by the loss but still showed emotion. She was relatable. I wasn't irritated by her. I could feel her loss and how she tried to deal with it. Even working in a pretty sexist environment, she kept her cool. I liked Dan as well. He is a good fit for Tracy. Even the secondary characters were written well. They did not overpower the story but contributed in a way that helped the story go smoothly. My one critique (which is small) is that there is a lot of secondary characters. A bit difficult to keep track of all of them at times but it's not that big of an issue.
I'm going to stop this review now before I start to babble on about how great the plot was and give a bunch of things away. But let's just say that this was just an all around great book to introduce me to mysteries. I have other books I am making myself read before I download the next book. It's free on Kindle Unlimited so I suggest you all get it! You will not be disappointed.