All the Broken People

Lucy King is running form her physically and mentally abusive boyfriend. Along with her dog, she keeps looking over her shoulder, scared to death he will find her. Her next door neighbors, John and Vera, prove to be very friendly, very helpful and Lucy is grateful for their newfound friendship. As Lucy thinks the worst is behind her, her neighbors tell her, they, too, are running and looking for a new start. And they have a plan .... The only way they can start a new life is for John to fake his own death. As with most plans, this one goes astray ... and John is found murdered ... for real. When Lucy finds that she is the prime suspect, she doesn't know who she can trust, but she needs to find a killer before she takes a fall for murder. There are lots of twists and turns.... too many to keep track of. The story loses its appeal when trying to figure out what's going on. On one level, it was a page turner, but the characters spent a lot of time drinking wine and then making decisions that didn't make good sense. This was not one of my favorite reads. I didn't find it especially thrilling. Many thanks to the author / Putnam Books / Netgalley for the digital copy of this psychological thriller. Read and reviewed voluntarily, opinions expressed here are unbiased and entirely my own.