Last day

Title:

Last day

Author:

Summary:

Years ago, Beth Lathrop and her sister Kate suffered what they thought would be the worst tragedy of their lives the night both the famous painting Moonlight and their mother were taken. The detective assigned to the case, Conor Reid, swore to protect the sisters from then on. Beth moved on, throwing herself fully into the art world, running the family gallery, and raising a beautiful daughter with her husband Pete. Kate, instead, retreated into herself and took to the skies as a pilot, always on the run. When Beth is found strangled in her home, and Moonlight goes missing again, Detective Reid can’t help but feel a sense of déjà vu. Reid immediately suspects Beth’s husband, whose affair is a poorly kept secret. He has an airtight alibi—but he also has a motive, and the evidence seems to point to him. Kate and Reid, along with the sisters’ closest childhood friends, struggle to make sense of Beth’s death, but they only find more questions: Who else would have wanted Beth dead? What’s the significance of Moonlight? Twenty years ago, Reid vowed to protect Beth and Kate—and he’s failed. Now solving the case is turning into an obsession...

Edition:

First edition.

Physical Description:

397 pages ; 22 cm

Genre:

Detective and mystery fiction.

Thrillers (Fiction)

Psychological fiction.

Subject Term:

Sisters -- Fiction.

Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.

Art thefts -- Fiction.

Family secrets -- Fiction.

Publisher:

Thomas & Mercer,

Publication Date:

2020

ISBN:

9781542018203

9781542016353

Publication Information:

Seattle : Thomas & Mercer, [2020]

Call Number:

RICE

Holds: Copies:

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Item Barcode	Collection	Call Number	Status	Item Holds
33607003492173	Adult Fiction	RICE Luanne	Searching... Unknown	Searching... Unavailable

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Summary

From celebrated New York Times bestselling author Luanne Rice comes a riveting story of a seaside community shaken by a violent crime and a tragic loss.

Beth moved on, throwing herself fully into the art world, running the family gallery, and raising a beautiful daughter with her husband Pete. Kate, instead, retreated into herself and took to the skies as a pilot, always on the run. When Beth is found strangled in her home, and Moonlight goes missing again, Detective Reid can't help but feel a sense of déjà vu.

Reid immediately suspects Beth's husband, whose affair is a poorly kept secret. He has an airtight alibi--but he also has a motive, and the evidence seems to point to him. Kate and Reid, along with the sisters' closest childhood friends, struggle to make sense of Beth's death, but they only find more questions: Who else would have wanted Beth dead? What's the significance of Moonlight ?

Twenty years ago, Reid vowed to protect Beth and Kate--and he's failed. Now solving the case is turning into an obsession...

Author Notes

Novelist Luanne Rice was born in Old Lyme, Connecticut on September 25, 1955. She has written over twenty books and her stories, such as Home Fires and Cloud Nine, depict average people in emotionally complex situations. Many of her novels have been adapted into TV movies including Crazy in Love (1992) which starred Holly Hunter, Bill Pullman and Gena Rowlands, and Blue Moon (1999) which starred Sharon Lawrence, Kim Hunter and Richard Kiley. She currently splits her time between New York City and Old Lyme, Connecticut.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (2)

Publisher's Weekly Review

In this nail-biting mystery from bestseller Rice (Little Night), heiress Beth Lathrop has a loving husband, a 16-year-old daughter, and a baby on the way. The manager of her family's prestigious art gallery in Black Hole, Conn., Beth is found one day by her sister, Kate, strangled in her bed with her head cracked open. In the bedroom, a valuable painting has been cut out of its frame and removed. The crime calls to mind a horrific event 23 years earlier, during which the same painting was stolen, and children Beth and Kate were gagged and bound for hours to their mother, who, also gagged, choked to death. Det. Conor Reid, who rescued the girls back then and who, unbeknownst to Beth and Kate, has been trying to protect them ever since, heads the investigation into Beth's murder. Rice keeps the reader guessing as she gradually doles out long-hidden family secrets. Fans of intense family dramas will be rewarded. Agent: Andrea Cirillo, Jane Rotrosen Agency. (Feb.)

Library Journal Review

When Kate Woodward was 16, she and her younger sister, Beth, were tied to their mother in the basement of the family art gallery in Connecticut while thieves stole paintings. Their mother died, and Kate has tried to shelter Beth ever since. Kate fled her past by becoming a pilot, while Beth took over the gallery, married, and had a daughter. Now, 23 years later, Kate forces the police to break into Beth's house, where they find her sister's murdered body. Although Kate doesn't remember him, Detective Conor Reid was the one who rescued them the first time. He has remained obsessed with the two women, and blames himself that he couldn't save Beth. The tragedy brings back memories for both of them as they search through the secrets in Beth's life that she kept hidden from her sister. Despite the atmospheric setting, and beautiful art in the story, there's a bitterness and anger that pervades the book. VERDICT Strong love overcomes pain in this latest from Rice (Pretend She's Here), which combines suspense with stories of surviovors, sisterhood, best friends, and small communities shaken by violence or death.--Lesa Holstine, Evansville Vanderburgh P.L., IN