Four girls who because of some strange connections became best friends. All the girls' last name started with a C, and they are all Scorpios. Weird but that is how their story begins. Now all the girls are grown up and some with families of their own. The girls, Deb, Joni, Trina, and Eden, have always tried to get together for a girls weekend but the last few years it hasn't worked out.

Finally, they are on their girl's weekend. They decide it would be a fun thing to write letters and one by one they would read them out loud and try and figure out who wrote it. So after a night of drinking they all sit down and write their letters. There should be four right, but there are five. Who wrote two letters and why?

Deb's job is insurance fraud, Joni is a staff writer, Eden when she is not waitressing, she plays piano at the bar and Trina teaching sports at her old high school. All are married; all have children except for Joni. Joni and her husband have tried but no luck. But none of them seem to be happy with the way their lives have turned out.

So when the fifth letter is read, none of them want to say they wrote it. This letter caused a huge fight among the girls. When the girls return from their weekend, they stay away from each other until one night they all get together and finally it comes to blows.

THE FIFTH LETTER is an excellent book about forever friendships. Nicola Moriarty really gets into the story line about these four women. From high school through adult life, these girls always were close. Nicola Moriarty shows how even though you think you know someone, one little secret changes everything. I know that sometimes you think you are doing the right thing with keeping a secret, but secrets have a way of always come out in the end.

Nicola Moriarty captures at least I feel the relationship of best friends. I also loved the way she described their lives, happy and sad. If you have one best friend or more, it is always a relationship to cherish. THE FIFTH LETTER is an excellent read for any time of the year.