Hard Truth: A Novel
by Mariah Stewart
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Author: Mariah StewartEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-09-27
ISBN: 0345476670
Number of pages: 400
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Book Reviews of Hard Truth: A Novel
Book Review: Better than the first one
Summary: 4 Stars
As the second book in the Truth Series, I did not find it important to have read the first. It started off a bit slow with little mystery in the beginning, but got better as you read.
Be cautious when reading the description of this book taken from the back cover. Some of the information is incorrect or misleading.
Lorna Stiles is the main character in Hard Truth. When she was nine years old, her best friend mysteriously disappeared. The girl's brother was the police's main suspect who also vanished weeks after the disappearance. Now, twenty five years later, the brother's remains are uncovered on Lorna's old land along with a number of unknown bodies. As Lorna seeks answers to what really happened all those years ago, she hires a private eye and former FBI profiler from John Mancini's crew in the Dead Series.
Also returning to the story line is Lorna's old friend Regan Landry and her FBI friend Mitch Peyton from the first book. Their story continues. The four friends must now unravel the mystery and find the killer. However, a confliction in the witnesses stories and the police reports may just be the key to solving the murders.
I actually enjoyed this story a little more than the first novel. After I finally got into the story it held my attention until the very end.
Is it worth buying? Yes, I think so. Although it is good as a stand alone story, readers who do not read the whole series may be disappointed with the comments leading into the next book. I recommend buying the set only to get the full effect of the characters involvement, but note that this particular series of novels are purely fiction and actually have very little in depth emotion to the characters. That is probably the biggest downfall to this line of books.
Summary of Hard Truth: A Novel
TELL THE TRUTH AND SHAME THE DEVILTwo children who mysteriously disappeared twenty-one years ago are the last thing on Lorna Temple?s mind when she returns to her Pennsylvania hometown to sell the old family property in the wake of her parents? passing. But instead of memories, the fields where Lorna grew up yield something utterly chilling.
All those years ago, when nine-year-old Melinda Eagan vanished on her birthday, her foulmouthed older brother, Jason, quickly became the lone suspect. Yet when he went missing, too, the case turned cold. But Jason, it seems, never got far: His bones have been moldering on the Temples? land for two decades. As far as the local police are concerned, the book is closed on Melinda?s murder?and Jason?s death is justice served. But Lorna refuses to let the dead rest uneasily. She turns to private eye T. J. Dawson to dig up the dirt of the past and see what lies beneath. Only there?s someone out there who hasn?t forgotten?and who won?t be the least bit forgiving about being exposed as a killer.
In matters of crime, there are many versions of the truth.
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