Cute little thriller but not much else. Hal Westaway has just received a letter that her grandmother has passed and is leaving her something mentioned in the will. There's only one problem, that's not Hal's Grandma! Hal prepares for the funeral and to deceive the rest of the family members into believing she has someone she is not in order to receive the inheritance and pay off her debt to a gangster loan shark that has promised her terrible retribution if he has not received his money in a week. But there is more mystery to this thriller then just deception. This is a quaint little thriller. It's very cute and constantly asks the question "Who dunnit?" It very much reminded me of Clue. I found a couple inconsistencies in the author's writing but nothing that takes away from the underlying story. I personally found Hal's character to be extremely naive to the point of annoyance. I mean seriously I had this book figured out way before she even did! The ending was predictable at best. I feel like I have read and reread the story over and over again. This could be why I usually don't read books like this. All in all it was an okay cute little read. I have to admit that I skim through most of it because the storyline was so easy to follow that I didn't miss anything by skimming. I did not find this read very fast paced as with other thrillers that I have enjoyed. I have heard that this author makes points in her books that seem to bleed together. Perhaps this book is a case where she is writing the same thing over and over again and it becomes more water down every time she writes it. I am guilty of this myself in my own writings. I wouldn't say that I recommend this book but for those who like mysteries and thrillers oh, this might be up your alley.
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