Kelly and her twin Catherine were brought up by single mother. Kelly and Catherine were always together until one day Catherine wanted nothing to do with Kelly. Kelly was a loner in school until Bellamy started attending the same school, and they became close friends, almost like sisters. She started doing things with Bellamy she wouldn't normally have done, and her life became one of drugs, drinking, and sex. She is kicked out of her home, and there are so many secrets Kelly couldn't face them. When she is higher than a kite, she shoots a famous director. Kelly was arrested and spent 15 years in jail. Her only visitor was Shane, Bellamy's younger brother. They develop a bond, and when Kelly is released, they were married.
Kelly could never figure out why Bellamy and her parents wanted nothing to do with her. But once again everything changes. Her father-in- law, another famous director, is shot...the same way Kelly shot the other director. Of course she is the first suspect. Kelly knows that she didn't do it, but Shane thinks she did and tells the police. As things begin to unravel, all the secrets are coming out.
Alison Gaylin books are great. There are so many twists and turns, and secret after secret is revealed. My mind kept going back and forth on WHAT REMAINS OF ME. Who was the real murderer in both cases? Why did Kelly take the fall or did she? WHAT REMAINS OF ME is one of those stories you can't wait to get to the end so you can see how it all plays out.
WHAT REMAINS OF ME is a fast pace book. I would love to see a sequel on this, just to see how Kelly's life went on. Alison Gaylin is right up there with other great mystery writers. I will have to look and find more of her books. I am sure they will be as great as this one. If you are looking for a mystery with a lot of secrets, WHAT REMAINS OF ME is the book for you.
The USA Today bestselling author of the Brenna
Spector series
returns with her most ambitious book to date, a
spellbinding novel of
psychological suspense, set in the glamorous, wealthy world
of Hollywood
βa
darkly imaginative and atmospheric tale of revenge and
betrayal,
presumed
guilt and innocence lost, dirty secrets and family ties
reminiscent of
the
bestsellers of Laura Lippman, Gillian Flynn, and Harlan
Coben.
Nobodyβs perfect. Everybodyβs got a drawer somewhere
with something
hidden
in it.
On June 28, 1980βthe hottest night of the yearβKelly
Michelle Lund
shoots
and kills Oscar-nominated director John McFadden at a party
in his home.
.
. . And instantly becomes a media sensation, her chilling
smile fodder
for
national nightmares. For years, speculation swirls over the
enigmatic
seventeen-year-oldβs motives, information sheβs refused to
share.
Convicted
of the murder, she loses her youth and her freedomβbut
keeps her secrets
to
herself.
Thirty years laterβand five years after her release from
prisonβthe past
has come back to haunt Kelly. Her father-in-law, movie
legend Sterling
Marshall, is found in a pool of blood in his home in the
Hollywood Hills
β
dead from a shot to the head, just like his old friend John
McFadden.
Once again, Kelly is suspected of the high profile murder.
But this
time,
sheβs got some unexpected allies who believe sheβs innocent
βof both
killingsβand want to help her clear her name. But is she?
Written with masterful precision and control, WHAT REMAINS
OF ME
brilliantly moves forward and back in time, playing out the
murders side
by
sideβinterweaving subtle connections and peeling away
layers of events
to
reveal the shocking truth.
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