Now the mystery has reared it's ugly head again and is being investigated by a local journalist. At the centre of the original investigation were the Holland sisters, and with their father about to run for office, he wants all the skeletons out of the closet, or burying much, much deeper. Needing to know what could be uncovered, Holland hires a private detective to get to the bottom of this, before anyone else can.
The story is written in two section with the first part of the book as a flashback to the events at the Lake. The rest is written in present day and follows the investigation, the repercussions, and the solving of what actually happened all those years ago.
When I started reading this book, the story drew me in quite quickly. The plot made me start guessing who-dunnit almost immediately. This was a theme through out the whole book as I constantly changed my mind on who the culprit was! Who would have motive?
I did struggle with a couple of aspects of the book. The first was the writing (a biggie). There is a lot of repetition of particular words and phrases, It stood out like a sore thumb, the overuse of the phrase 'jumping at shadows' and the word 'sired'. Surely there are other words which could be used here?
Secondly, it seemed that every female character in the book was only interested in men, only existed to please them. Making their man happy, getting the man, worrying what the man thought of them, bedding the man etc etc. This served only to make the women very one-dimensional and unrelatable. Surely these women have more going on in their brains?
I was pulled in by the novel and while the language and some characteristics frustrated me, the suspense was very effective. I might not rush to read Jackson again, but Whispers was a very readable book, with a good mystery.
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