Gerritsen continues to surprise with the depth and range of her storytelling ambitions ... there’s complex villainy, a distortion between appearance and reality, and a third-act plot twist that will both surprise and satisfy.
If you haven’t read any of Gerritsen’s books before, the author does a fine job getting newcomers up to speed. She packs in enough character backstory and development to enrich the story, but without slowing the plot down. The gruesome murder scenes aren’t for the faint of heart, and the story itself gets pretty dark at times. Gerritsen’s colorful characters brighten things significantly.
Some series can start to fizzle out after about 12 books, but there’s more than enough in I Know a Secret to keep you engrossed ... This is a book destined to keep you up to the wee small hours, determined to stop after ‘one more chapter’ but never quite managing it.
I also didn’t like the personal issues the women were dealing with. Each of these threads should have been snipped several books ago and having them drag into the present storyline was more than a little irritating ... Fortunately, the book has some strong points. Gerritsen is a good writer whose prose paints clear pictures of the events within the novel. While the story isn’t ripped from the headlines it is a timely, relevant and thoughtful tale.
