The dilemma in reading a good book is that you want to finish the book, but you don't want the book to finish!

I really liked this book. I had my doubts because it was written in the 80s but it delivered. Nora Roberts it’s always a great read for me. I really like the way she writes. This was a 3.5 ⭐️ for me because I think it could have been longer and provide more explanation. Also, this book is categorized as a romance but it doesn’t have that much in it. It’s more a thriller. Fast paced and easy to follow. I really liked it.

I really liked that all the women in the book are different and each had its own story. For an 80s book it’s portrayal of women it’s pretty good.
I really liked how you feel the narration change when you are reading about the killer and the other characters. It’s almost as if she was using different POVs.

Spoiler but I have to say it:

I really think Roberts should have explained more about Kathy. She was apparently a prescription drug addict, but it doesn’t go into much detail about how she got there. I would have liked a better background for her. Mostly about her life before being killed. It felt like a plot hole. I couldn’t ignore it.

Grace McCabe has a successful career writing murder mysteries she has just finished a publicity tour for her most recent bestselling mystery novel. She decides to stop and visit with her sister Kathleen in Washington D.C. Grace and Kathleen do not have a very close relationship but Grace hopes this visit will change that. Kathleen has gotten a job teaching at a school after she returned to DC after her divorce was finalized in California. Her ex-husband is from a wealthy family and demanded that their son stay with him and Kathleen doesn’t have the money or power to fight him. Kathleen is working as a phone sex operator at Fantasy Inc in order to earn money for a lawyer to fight for custody. Unknown to everyone someone hacks into Fantasy, Inc.'s site and uncovers Kathleen's home address and murders her and Grace is the one to find her body. When another worker for Fantasy is murdered and then a third woman survives an attack because her dog bites the attacker. Grace meets Kathleen's next-door neighbor, who is a DC murder cop named Ed and he and Grace becomes close while he investigates her sisters murder. The murder is closing in and Grace maybe the next victim.

Quando a tua irmã é violada e assassinada mas tu cagas completamente porque o polícia bonzão da casa ao lado é totalmente irresistível e tens mesmo de casar com ele ao fim de duas semanas...

Não sei se alguma vez li alguma coisa tão má e pouco inspirada.

My first by Nora Roberts, loved it and can’t wait to fill my summer up reading her other novels.