YOU CAN TRUST ME (Sophie Mckenzie)

It's been a while since I read a psychological thriller, but this one caught my eye when I cataloged it for our collection.  It was both suspenseful and emotional, involving parents and children, ambiguous murders, close friendships that may not be all that they seem, and, most important of all in a suspense novel, terror!  This is, I believe, McKenzie's first novel.  I am not going to suggest that she is the world's next Maty Higgins Clark, but she could be,  There were a few aspects of this story that were a little bit unrealistic.  Could Kara's long-ago murderer REALLY have managed to spend so many years without anyone suspecting that something about him/her was just a little bit off?, Could Julia REALLY have kept her close relationship with Damien a secret from Livy, her best friend, and why would she?  Nonetheless, overall it was a terrific story.  Livy, the main character, is a wife and mother who is thrown into investigating the sudden death of her best friend while dealing with her daughter's  pubescent moods and suspicions that her husband may be unfaithful.  Livy has a full plate in this fast-paced thriller.  You may not be able to put it down!  I'm looking forward to McKenzie's next book.