Thursday, June 27, 2013

If You Were Here

Author: Alafair Burke
Stars: almost a 4
Review by: Tartu

    Alafair Burke (daughter of best selling author James Lee Burke) has written another stand alone mystery/suspense novel.  McKenna Jordan left the NY DA's office ten years ago after she accused a cop of using a drop gun to justify the shooting of a young man.  At the same time, her best friend Susan disappeared and no one has seen nor heard from her since.  When a would be thief is plucked from the tracks in front of an oncoming subway car, McKenna is certain the woman in the video is Susan and sets out to find out if her friend is still alive and perhaps living in Manhattan.  
    The plot is multi-layered, and the more layers McKenna peels back, the more she realizes she doesn't really know anyone as well as she thinks she does, including her husband of five years.  There are a lot of twists and turns, almost too many, but McKenna, who has been a reporter since leaving the DA's office, uses her investigative skills from both jobs to untangle a ten year old mystery that is a life changer for everyone.

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