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OMG! Kudos to Rea Frey, the Author of “Dear Mother” for writing such a captivating, exhilarating, horrific and unique thriller. The Genres for this book are: Mystery, Suspense, Thriller, Psychological Thriller, and Fiction. I couldn’t put this book down, and chewed my nails, while I was reading this. If there was a drip of water, or a creak in my house, I jumped out of my seat. The author vividly and visually describes the landscape, plot and dark and dramatic characters in this well written story. The characters are complex, complicated, flawed, and dysfunctional. Even those that are unalived are suspect. There are dark secrets, betrayals, tragedy, threats, danger and death. There are many questions that have to be answered.
One of the female protagonists, Isabelle Archer, vows to unlock the dark family secrets after her mother’s death. Isabelle arrives with her young daughter to the original family home, where there has been much tragedy and darkness. She is determined to find out the truth at any cost. Isabelle was very young when several of her foster siblings died in a suspenseful fire. Before that, those children were all getting sick. Isabelle remained friends with her foster sister, Harper. Both Isabelle and Harper have daughters. Isabelle seeks the help of her ex-husband, who is a journalist, with many connections. Isabelle, also a journalist has suspected that her mother was responsible for these deaths.
As secrets are revealed, and new clues surface, everyone seems to be a suspect. Each time, I was sure I had figured out what happened, I was wrong. I was totally thrown by the conclusion! What a send-off!! I would love to see another book to follow this. I highly recommend this memorable and powerful thriller.
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