Truth and Lies (Sidestreets)

Rating:
Summary: Very disappointing
Review: From the description on the back cover, I thought that this book would be a good, fast, and suspenseful read. Well, the only thing that was true was that it was fast.
The characters were grossly underdeveloped, and excessively whiny. I ended up despising all the characters, especially Erin. There were also so many unanswered questions:
1) What will happen to Marcel, and how is his family going to pay for all the reconstructive surgery?
2) Why WAS Jon looking at those sculptures in the Art Gallery?
There were also several more questions, but I've forgotten them for now.
Also, the plot just seemed to go WAY too fast for me; Erin seemed to be able to solve a case than an entire POLICE DEPARTMENT was unable to solve in just a few days. That just seemed totally unrealistic. Also, I find it hard to believe nowadays that most girls will stay with boyfriends who are both emotionally and physically abusive.

Maybe this author will produce better books in the future, but for now, stay away from this one.