His smile softened, the upward curve of his lips slowly smoothing out. At the time, all of it had made sense.Īndrew seemed to feed off her dawning recognition. That’s what Leigh and Callie made it look like. We both thought it would be good to change things up after what happened with dad.’īuddy Waleski had disappeared. She had been his babysitter, and then, when she was old enough to find real work, she had passed the job on to her baby sister. Leigh felt a tingle of goosebumps prickle her skin. The way Andrew’s lips curved up to the left was so chillingly familiar. Her teenage voice came out of her mouth when she asked, ‘Trevor?’ The familiar smell of the dank house, the cigars and scotch and blood – so much blood. The clenched fist kept moving up her throat, every horrific detail she had suppressed over the last twenty three years threatening to choke her.Ĭallie’s terrifying phone call. Subscribe to our weekly newsletter, In The Know, to get entertainment news sent straight to your inbox.EXCERPT: She looked down at the label on the file. Maybe the death of the school shooter isn’t such a good kill after all. As he investigates the dead man, a crusading journalist, he becomes aware that there is a conspiracy afoot that reaches all the way up to the governor’s office. Their deaths were not that simple, however, because Marsh believes they were murdered. But the shooting bothers him, and he begins to suspect that the dead man is somehow involved with the deaths of Marsh’s wife and son, nine years earlier, in a car accident. The kill is a good one, and the detective is a hero. We protect children.” Then he adds, “Marsh, you owe me one.” While waiting for a clear shot, he gets a call from the governor. He climbs on top of a building so he can see the shooter. When a killer breaks into a school, murders one teacher and holds a gun on another, detective P.T. “A Good Kill,” by John McMahon (Putnam) A Good Kill (Putnam) Like his father, Andrew is pure evil, and “False Witness” will give you the chills. She hopes to stop him by losing the trial, but Andrew threatens exposure if she does. “Where Coyotes Howl” is a charming tale of love and loss on the prairieĮven more threatening, Leigh is sure Andrew has attacked and mutilated other women, and she believes he will do it again. In “Friends Like These,” the remaining seven are bound together by ties of loyalty that begin to fray as they wonder who among them is a killer. Like other friend stories - Mary McCarthy’s “The Group” and the television show “Friends” - this one is about trust and betrayal, hate and love, and the group dynamics of people who were once held together by college but have gone their separate ways. She has to put her feelings on hold, however, because during the intervention weekend, one of the friends is found dead. The cop in this exclusive resort, it turns out, is Alice’s sister, and she’s never accepted the suicide verdict. There were 10 friends originally, but one of them, Alice, died by suicide in college, and the secret of her death haunts the others 10 years later. In actuality, the weekend is a drug intervention for another in the group. These are college classmates from Vassar, who meet at the exclusive resort home of one of them to celebrate his upcoming wedding. “… Who needs enemies,” so the saying goes. “Friends Like These,” by Kimberly McCreight (Harper) Friends Like These (Harper) Tuesday, June 20th 2023 Home Page Close Menu
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