The Sisters (Wheeler Large Print Book Series (Cloth))

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Summary: Okay story; not so surprising ending
Review: Elizabeth and Joey Ross are sisters but can never seem to agree on anything and do not like one another. Elizabeth is daddy's girl and Joey is momma's girl. Their mother is murdered and Elizabeth is the prime suspect. Elizabeth, a co-partner with her father in their law firm, runs away to try to find out who really killed their mother. Elizabeth needs Joey's assistance to find out the real killer and they slowly start to become close and truly understand one another. The ending is no big surprise, actually quite predictable. I was somewhat annoyed by all the negative banter between the sisters (I guess I couldn't relate to this since I have a sister myself and we don't speak that way). This was an okay book, didn't always hold my interest, but easy to read through the end. Having read some of Ms. Victor's books in the past, it was not on the same level as THE SECRET.

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Summary: Engrossing page-turner with lots of surprises
Review: Sometimes I read a novel and don't know which genre category I should mentally file it away into. I expected The Sisters to be more romance than mystery but was pleasantly surprised to find strong elements of both, with likeable characters and plot twists that moved the story along nicely. Elizabeth and Joanna Ross have been feuding since childhood and, as adults, follow vastly different roads in both career and love. But a devastating murder brings them into a reluctant partnership as they work together to save their family. Cynthia Victor has successfully blended suspenseful surprises with some sizzling love scenes and crafted a page-turner that delivers in the end.

Rating:
Summary: It was an OK book
Review: This book wasn't too bad. I was able to finish the whole thing, but I've definitely read better mysteries than this. I didn't really care for any of these characters, and the plot was just OK, nothing real exciting. No twists and turns in this one.