If you are looking for a good, traditional (i.e. no vampires, extreme gore, or high-tech effects) suspense novel with a touch of romance, stop right here! Patricia MacDonald has been one of my favorite authors for a few years and I am never disappointed. In Sisters the author introduces us to Alex Woods, a young woman returning to the Boston area to prepare her childhood home for sale after the untimely death of her parents in an auto accident. Alex is shocked to learn from her mother's lawyer (via a letter to be given to her in the event of her mother's death) that she has an older half-sister, most probably the result of a doomed high school romance between her mother, Cathy, and a boy she was tutoring. The baby was given up for adoption by Alex's mother long before her parents met and no one, apparently not even Cathy's brother Brian or her husband, Alex's father, knew about the baby. Alex decides to look for her sibling despite the closed adoption records and is rewarded with the news that her sister, Dory Colson, is alive and currently serving 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to the brutal murder of her sister Lauren, the natural daughter of her adoptive parents. When Alex, after much soul-searching, finally arranges to meet her half-sister, she begins to wonder about Dory's conviction and discovers that her interest in seeking the truth is NOT welcomed by Dory's family despite evidence that Dory may have been coerced into a guilty plea.
It took me 2 days to read Sisters. At just 216 pages, it's a great weekend book and I would recommend it highly. Check out Patricia MacDonald's other novels as well. You'll love them!
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