Books; The Other Daughter; Caution; Spoiler Alert

 The Other Daughter

Author; Lisa Gardner

Came out; 1999

Read on; Nook App

Rating; Per Barns & Noble 4/5

Caution; Spoiler Alert

Synopsis;

WHAT YOU DON’T KNOW CAN KILL YOU

In Texas a serial killer is executed, taking to his grave the identity of his only child. In Boston a nine-year-old girl is abandoned in a hospital, then adopted by a wealthy young couple. Twenty years later, Melanie Stokes still considers herself lucky. Until. . .

Melanie had lost all memory of her life before the adoption, and now someone wants to give it back. Even if it includes the darkest nightmare the Stokes family ever faced: the murder of their first daughter in Texas. As Melanie pursues every lead, chases every shadow in the search for her real identity, two seemingly unrelated events from twenty years ago will come together in a dangerous explosion of truth. And with her very life at stake, Melanie will fear that the family she loves the most may be the people she should trust the least.

Thoughts;

So, the book starts out with the horrific death penalty of Russell Lee Holmes who is responsible for the murder of several children. We then cut to Dr. Stokes trying to catch a rest while on duty at the hospital only to find a very sick little girl.

We zoom to the future where Melanie is hosting a fund raiser at her parents home in Boston. During the fundraiser she sees someone who doesn't belong. She tracks down the man to find out he's a Texas journalist who says he has information regarding her birth parents. She leaves the party to speak with him, only to end up passing out and being carried back by a waiter we find out later is really an FBI detective undercover investigating her father for health care fraud.

Everyone in the Stokes family is receiving notes “You get what's coming to you” Is this regarding the murder of Megan 25 years ago? What did the family do to their little girl?

Twists and turns, who is Russell Lee Holmes's child and how does he or she play a part in what's happening now? Is Melanie in danger as the adopted daughter that took Megan's place? All the answers are given throughout the book and one member of the Stokes family leaves death and destruction in their path on the way to trying to hide the real truth.

So good. These are the books that I never want to put down. I could sit and read them all day. I can't of course because work and kids get in the way, but whenever I can and I read a chapter and think all day what is going to happen next. She is most definitely an author I will watch for!