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    Last to Know: A Novel

    By Elizabeth Adler

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    Told with Elizabeth Adler's inimitable style, illuminating descriptions, and intricate family dynamics, Last to Know is the definition of a page-turner.

    Evening Lake: an idyllic, peaceful, western Massachusetts getaway with a close-knit community of families. Detective Harry Jordan sees his lake home as a respite from solving crimes on the streets of Boston...until crime comes to Evening Lake.

    Harry is out for a walk when the night is rocked by an explosion: the Havnel house is engulfed in a conflagration and Bea Havnel is seen fleeing, hair on fire, plunging into the lake. Mysterious, rough-around-the edges, and private, Bea and her mother Lacey are newcomers to Evening Lake and nothing like the well-heeled families of the community.

    Bea survives the fire, but her mother does not, and Harry is pulled into the investigation. As is young Diz Osborne, who, unbeknownst to any of them, carries a weighty secret about who else he saw rowing on the lake that night. When it's discovered that Lacey Havnel died not from the explosion but from a knife wound, it's clear that a murderer is on the loose. And this murderer is poised to strike again, and again.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Publishers
    Release dateJul 22, 2014
    ISBN9781250019943
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    Last to Know: A Novel
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    Elizabeth Adler

    ELIZABETH ADLER is the internationally acclaimed author of more than twenty novels, including The Charmers and One Way or Another. She lives in Palm Springs, CA.

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    • 4/5
      I was a bit reluctant to read this book, as the back cover suggested this was a romance as well as a murder mystery, but I was pleased to discover that this novel really is a murder mystery, and the only romantic thread is the detective's annoyed fiance. I knew who the murder was from the very beginning of the plot, but even so, there were some fun surprises in the end that made this book a rewarding read.
    • 4/5
      Surprisingly good
    • 3/5
      At the beginning when Mall has flown off to Paris because she is upset with Harry putting her off for his job, I was reminded of Elizabeth Adler's book It All Began in Monte Carlos.Fortunately this is better. Mall plays a very small role. We don't spend as much time with her. I was glad not to hear too much of her "poor me" compared to Sunny in Monte Carlos. I find it hard to feel sorry for someone who can just take off to another country on a whim.This book was much better.
    • 3/5
      An "included" audio book with Audible. Took a little bit to get into, but overall a good read. Thriller at an upscale Lake Community, starts with a house blasting into fire on a calm night. A killer and arsonist on the loose. The perfect family across the lake will never be the same again.