A fast-paced thriller from a known author for me, I wondered if this book would be a good as the one I have read and blogged previously . She certainly kept the quality of her other book and entertained me with this story that has all the ingredients for a belter of a read.
When art law attorney Abigail Clarke is mistaken for the murdered twin sister she never knew existed, will she be able to outwit a man determined to kill every member of her treacherous family.
Thirty years ago, during a thunderstorm, on an isolated street in South Boston, an unidentified two-year-old girl was discovered, abandoned, shot, barely clinging to life. After a thorough investigation, the case was eventually designated to the cold case files until Abigail Clarke, now an astraphobic art law attorney, is mistaken for the murdered twin sister she never knew existed.
What the FBI Art Crime Division cannot determine is if Abigail is an innocent bystander or a co-conspirator in her sister’s art fraud crimes.
Compelled to uncover all her family’s secrets, nothing prepares Abigail for the disastrous meeting with her murderous brother and crime boss father. Her life is irreversibly changed the more she becomes mired in her family’s treachery. She soon finds herself drawn into a game of cat and mouse by the vengeful killer who methodically plans to execute every member of her family, holding each one of them ultimately responsible for the murder of his own family thirty years ago.
The synopsis got me immediately. The Mystery of Abigails background was a conundrum I needed to find out about. She is adopted and discovers she has been mistaken for her twin… one that she has no knowledge of and is dead? Abigail has one hell of a journey in front of her, and this is just the beginning. She finds her biological family, who are embroiled in numerous illegal and horrific activities.
As Abigail finds people on her search, they unfortunately tend to end up dead. She finds herself implicated by the law enforcement. Will she be able to get herself out of this before she is the one who ends up a victim?
Abigail is a woman who is still got her little girl inside, crying to be loved, while being a businesswoman too. She knows she needs to come to terms with the past to heal and enjoy life. The biggest issue is it may get her killed! I did warm to her very easily and enjoyed her relationships with Edna, her best friend, her Grandma and Maura, a psychiatrist. This oozes strong female characters, and I, for one, was rooting for them all.
I could not wait to get to the bottom of this plot and thought it quite unique in its angle. With its intriguing characters and action that keeps you well on your toes, this is a book that will have you thinking about the story after you have closed the book. A crime thriller full of suspense that I would highly recommend.
Thanks to Rachel’s Random Resources and K.J McGillick for my copy of this intriguing book.
Purchase Links
UK https://www.amazon.co.uk/STRANGERS-REVENGE-K-J-McGillick-ebook/dp/B09PRSJZNJ
US https://www.amazon.com/STRANGERS-REVENGE-K-J-McGillick-ebook/dp/B09PRSJZNJ
Author Bio
Kathleen McGillick is an attorney by education and writes mainly suspense and thriller novels.
She earned a B.S.N. from the University of Miami, and an M.S. from Adelphi University, after which she practiced nursing for seventeen years. In 1994, while working as a Registered Nurse, she earned a Juris Doctorate from the John Marshall School of Law in Atlanta, Georgia. Her solo law practice in which she specialized in Family Law for twenty-seven years, centered on meeting the needs of women and children.
While practicing law, she turned to novel writing and has self-published ten novels that have recurring themes of legal intrigue and stolen art. As an avid international traveler, she incorporates many of the places she has traveled into the settings of her books. For the last fifteen years, she has immersed herself in the study of art history and the intrigue of crimes related to fakes and forgeries which she weaves into her character-driven complex plots.
Born and raised in New York, she now resides in a suburb of Atlanta, Georgia. Kathleen is a grandmother of two teenage grandchildren and a mother to four fur babies.
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