Kate Moretti In Her Bones ... suspenseful psychological thriller!

In Her Bones by author Kate Moretti is a suspenseful psychological thriller. Edie Beckett has secrets, but her secrets are not harmful. Edie has lived since childhood with the overshadowing horror of her mother, Lilith being arrested and imprisoned for killing six women. The way Edie dealt with the trauma of the media circus surrounding her family and trying to live her life, she journaled every day. She kept notebooks of her thoughts and the conversations she had during the day. It was a way of putting life into perspective. Edie and her brother Dylan are close and both have had problems since their mothers trial. She has made some mistakes, is a recovering alcoholic, and is now working in the courthouse basement as a clerk. She has become obsessed with the families of the women her mother killed. She runs confidential checks on them and keeps a notebook on each person. Edie wants to know how far reaching the sorrow, grief, and loss of the women shaped the lives of the children who grew up knowing their mother had been murdered. She stalks their media pages and steals identities online, just for her obsessive curiosity.
Edie crosses a line between an unreasonable curiosity and feeling a compulsion to interact with the husband of one of the victims, Peter Lipsky. She goes home with him and spends the night. By evening the next day, she is wanted for questioning into the murder of Peter Lipsky! Edie goes on the run to find answers of who killed Peter and why. She doesn't' trust the police and assumes that because her mother was found guilty of murder, then she will be considered a murderer, too.
There are twists and turns in the plot of this book. I didn't like the character of Edie. I could not feel compassion for her due to her lies and obsession with cyber-stalking these people. The ending was a bit contrived, but by that time I just wanted to be through with Edie.
Publication Date September 4, 2018
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