A child survives a murderous night in her own home, and her affluent father disappears afterwards and becomes the prime suspect; as an adult, she tries to find out if he is dead or alive, and uncovers a wide-ranging connection to his upper-crust friends in Flynn Berry's A Double Life.
This is Berry's follow-up to the superb Under the Harrow, and I picked this one up quickly thereafter because I enjoyed the first so much. I think this novel suffers a bit from such close comparison; both feature a troubled protagonist, and a close family member with hidden motives. The denouement here unravels very quickly, and is not quite as satisfying.
But A Double Life is still a cut above the standard thriller fare, and I am sure I will continue to read Berry's work.
I checked this out from the New Castle-Henry County Public Library in New Castle, Indiana and read it quickly.
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