Monday, October 6, 2014

After I'm Gone by Laura Lippman MYS Lip

An interesting mystery.  Felix meets the love of his life, Bambi, in 1959.  He makes a lot of money (not all of it is on the up and up) and Bambi and their three daughters live a good life.  That is until 1976 when it all blows up and Felix is headed to prison.  He would have been out in a few years but that was too long for him - so he disappears.  Bambi is left behind with no husband and no money.  But wait, maybe Julie knows something, after all she was Felix's mistress.  He did leave Julie a small business but she doesn't seem to have much money.  Ten years later on the same day Felix disappeared so does Julie.  Eventually her remains are found.

Twenty-six years later a cold case detective starts looking into murder.  Sandy, a retired detective, starts digging deep.  Where is Felix?  Who murdered Julie?  The lives of everyone involved will change forever.

A very readable book.  The story goes back and forth between the past and the present.  It kept my interest from beginning to end.

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