I'm listening to "Look Again" by Lisa Scottoline on CD - 9 CDs.
Disclaimer: The below is merely my opinion. I'm just reading the book.
Categories: Mystery
Checked it out of the library on CD.
Ellen is a reporter, a good reporter, in Philadelphia. There's a layoff coming up and she has a crush on her boss who might reciprocate or might not. Just when her job is on the line a real life mystery takes hold of her. She has to find out the truth about her son.
This is a standard "strong woman" mystery. Alone with her adopted son and gets slammed in the face with a moral dilemma of life altering dimensions. Could he be the child in the picture on the junk mail? Could he have been kidnapped.
Traces her conflict between wanting to know and wanting to not know. Talks about her emotions but doesn't expose them the way some people can.
It has: Coworker conflict, misguided FBI agents, babysitter jokes, coldhearted lawyers, heartwarming family junk, a distant father and a deceased mother, the perfect couple (on the outside) that isn't so perfect at all, accurate portrayal of a 3-year old, obsession and romance. There's an interview with the author at the end.
What did I like: Keeps your attention, the story twists take you for a ride, I guessed the end but actually just got lucky, I think.
What didn't I like: Predicatable, Jerks your emotion's chain, not great at wordplay
Rating: 2 of 5, It was ok but nothing to write home about. I kept listening to the end.
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