Ridgeway NJ, a
university town with an affluent population, is not a place where you
expect to find an infant buried beside a creek. The creek runs behind
the university and twenty years earlier another suspicious death
occurred there. The baby's death awakens interest in the old case,
and three women are particularly affected.
Molly is recovering
from a bout of depression occasioned by the stillborn death of her
baby two years ago. She is working as a reporter for the Ridgeway
Reader and beginning to find herself again when a coincidence gives
her the assignment of the story on the dead baby. Her husband is
worried that it will cause a relapse, but Molly knows she needs to
pursue this mystery.
Sandy, a high school
dropout with an out of control mother, is also affected by the death,
but her major worry is that her mother has disappeared, and they are
being evicted from their apartment. Sandy is very much alone trying
to get her life back in order.
Barbara, married to
the chief of police, is trying to be the perfect mother, but her
children, particularly her son are having problems, and her husband
is preoccupied with the baby's death.
The story is told
from the perspective of these three women. The author does a good job
of giving each woman a voice and a personal point of view. I liked
Sandy. She is a resilient, tough kid given a hard life. Molly was not
my favorite character. She was so unsure of herself that she became
annoying. I didn't like Barbara at all, but her character was
designed to be a bitch.
The plot is well
done. Clues are dropped along the way, but you probably won't figure
out what happened until the very end. This is a mystery that's quick
to read and enjoyable
I reviewed this book
for the Amazon Vine Program.
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