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Justice for Sara / Erica Spindler.

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A chilling suspense novel about a woman who goes home ten years after her sister's murder to find the true killer. When seventeen-year-old Katherine McCall awakened one morning to find her beloved sister, Sara, brutally murdered, her whole life changed in the blink of an eye. Kat was named the prime suspect and, on a string of circumstantial evidence, charged and tried. While the jury found her innocent, not everyone else agreed, and her only choice was to go into hiding. But she carried a dark secret with her, one that made her worry she might actually have had something to do with Sara's death. Now, years later, Kat is still haunted by her sister's unsolved murder and continues to receive chilling anonymous letters, but she has tried to move on with her life. Until, on the tenth anniversary of Sara's death, she receives a letter that makes the past impossible to ignore: "What about justice for Sara?" What about justice for Sara? And for herself? Kat realizes that going back to Liberty, Louisiana, might be the only way to move forward and find some peace. And there is a killer out there who was never caught. But the town she has come back to is hardly different from the one she left. The secrets and suspicions still run deep. Kat has an ally in Detective Luke Tanner, son of the former Liberty police chief, but he may be her only one. With plenty of enemies, no one to trust and a killer determined to keep a dark secret buried, Kat must decide if justice is worth fighting, and dying, for.

Record details

  • ISBN: 125001252X
  • ISBN: 9781250012524 (hc.) :
  • ISBN: 9781250042460 (pbk.) :
  • Physical Description: 341 p. ; 25 cm.
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press, c2013.
Subject: Young women > Fiction.
Sisters > Death > Fiction.
Family secrets > Fiction.
Murder victims' families > Fiction.
Anonymous letters > Fiction.
Murder > Investigation > Fiction.
Police > Louisiana > Fiction.
Louisiana > Fiction.
Genre: Suspense fiction
Romantic suspense fiction

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at South Central Regional Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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  • Booklist Reviews : Booklist Reviews 2013 September #1
    You can't go home again. But Kat does, after 10 years, to her Louisiana hometown, which is ironically named Liberty. Kat, founder of a successful chain of organic bakeries, returns to this unwelcoming town despite her acquittal of murder, not just to look back before moving forward, as she tells her cousin, but also because she is driven to, at last, find the killer of her sister, Sara. It's no easy task, and acting police chief Luke Tanner—whose father, the former chief, was convinced of her guilt, is her only ally. Spindler (Blood Vines, 2010) heads each new chapter and its subheads with dates, times, and speaker's name as needed, solidly orienting the reader in a complex tale rife with shifting time-frames and different speakers' points of view. As Kat's investigation deepens, risks multiply; knotted threads, inevitably about money, gradually untangle; and Spindler suspensefully strips away layers of deceit and guilt, revealing years of secrets and silences. Diverting and entertaining. Copyright 2013 Booklist Reviews.
  • Kirkus Reviews : Kirkus Reviews 2013 June #2
    Best-selling author Spindler relies on clichés and red herrings to flesh out this modestly entertaining thriller. Katherine "Kat" McCall, of the oil-rich McCall family, has returned to tiny Liberty, La., where she grew up. After her wealthy parents died in a car accident, her older sister, Sara, a teacher, raised her. When the rebellious 17-year-old Kat started hanging with the wrong crowd, Sara attempted to control her and wound up dead. After Kat was acquitted, she moved to the West Coast and now, a decade later, has returned to Liberty (pop. 750) to open a new business and find out who killed her sister. There's a problem, though: Not only is someone trying to scare Kat off, but the whole town, including the police chief, thinks she's the real killer, even though a jury failed to convict her. Now Kat must soldier through intimidation attempts, a ton of suspects and the dark minds of the townspeople who don't want to believe she could be innocent. Kat meets many people from her past and finds most of them are far more worried about their own stake in this game, but eventually, she starts to realize that seeking out her sister's killer could be, and is, a deadly pursuit. And, naturally, Kat is beautiful and finds an ally and romantic interest in the police chief's son, handsome Luke Tanner. Spindler's readers will probably overlook some of the sillier details (the townsfolk's vitriol is melodramatic, and the tiny town seems to have a limitless supply of both police officers and expensive estates). But it's hard to ignore the predictable by-the-numbers plot and cookie-cutter cast; however, for those who want a basic romance with a little damsel in distress thrown in, this might fit the bill. Thriller connoisseurs won't find any thrills here. Still, a decent summer read for fans of romance. Copyright Kirkus 2013 Kirkus/BPI Communications.All rights reserved.
  • Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 2013 March #2

    Cleared of sister Sara's murder but still dogged by suspicion, Kat McCall returns to Liberty, LA, on the tenth anniversary of Sara's death. She's motivated in part by the last in a string of anonymous letters she has been receiving, this one demanding, "What about justice for Sara?" This New York Times best-selling author is great on atmosphere; look for big promotion, including an original e-story.

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  • Publishers Weekly Reviews : PW Reviews 2013 July #1

    A 27-year-old woman's quest to uncover the truth behind her sister's murder propels this spine-tingling romantic thriller from bestseller Spindler (Watch Me Die). Katherine "Kat" McCall returns to her hometown of Liberty, La., 10 years after being acquitted of the bludgeoning murder of her older sister, Sara, in 2003. Having received random hate mail for the past decade, Kat is determined to find her sister's true killer. When someone breaks into her sister's old cottage, where Kat is staying, Kat informs Sgt. Luke Tanner of the Liberty PD, one of the few people left in town who actually believes in her innocence. As the attraction between the two heats up, Luke reluctantly accepts Kat's help in the search for Sara's murderer. Plenty of people had reason to want Sara dead, including Kat's former boyfriend, Ryan Benton. With red herrings aplenty, Spindler keeps the reader guessing until the last page. Agent: Scott Miller, Trident Media Group. (Aug.)

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