Normandy is a county sheriff who is a witness, well ear-witness, who hears her troubled sister murdered while on the phone.
Set in the dirty 70's the look and feel of the book drew inspiration from such movies as Taxi Driver and All the Presidents Men. The murder is largely ignored since Normandy's sister was a prostitute. So she takes up the investigation.
But in this story she is no cop, she is out for revenge and to hurt as many people as she can along the way.
I liked the story but as I said, it was disturbing too. The lengths Normandy went to learn the truth made me question her sanity. But then that edginess kept me reading too.
In the end, I needed to take a walk to get some fresh air and then to take a shower, just to remove the effect the story had on me.
The style of the artwork is a perfect rendering of those times and just like those movies, I did not come away feeling good about humanity.
The ending was satisfying but I came away from it questioning my own sense of justice as much as Normandy Gold's
Read this carefully and do not let children near it.
Megan Abbott's website - https://www.meganabbott.com/
Alison Gaylin's website - https://www.alisongaylin.com/
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