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Summary: This is powerful painting with words!
Review: One of the Sleeping Women paintings changes Jordan Glass' life. She is the image of the nude woman either sleeping or dead, but she did not pose for the painting. Thus begins Jordan's journey to find out if the painting is her sister Jane Lacour, her twin who is missing and presumed dead. There is a luscious cast of characters, both suspects and investigators. The plot is well developed, and all too plausible since many women do disappear from their lives. Most do not run away from the two children and a good husband they adore. Jane certainly didn't leave them intentionally. I enjoyed Iles contemplation of the connections between identical twins. Even with Jordan's memory about the moment she felt her sister's death, she never gave up hope that Jane would be found alive. Perhaps the sensations she thought were Jane's death weren't. After learning what happened to Jane, I wondered if Jane had felt similar sensations about Jordan - that is how "real" these characters were. This book is outstanding; it is a page-turner in the truest sense of the words. I came to some of the same conclusions as Jordan did, but in the end only her creativity and depth of knowledge could save her life. Five stars! Victoria Tarrani
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