Every last fear indeed. This novel opens with us meeting young Matt, a college student at NYU. He soon learns that his family is killed while on Spring break: his mom, dad, younger teen sister, and 6 year old brother. He has an older brother, Danny, serving a prison sentence for killing his girlfriend a few years earlier while in high school in the family’s small Nebraskan town. The family has always firmly believed that Danny did not kill the girl and a true crime documentary that focuses on the case brings a harsh spotlight - negative and positive- on the family and their plight. Matt learns that his family went down to Mexico chasing a lead on who might have really killed the girl. A complex web is exposed surrounding the Nebraskan murder leaving the reader wondering what the truth is, even questioning whether the girl is actually dead! The author builds an exciting entanglement of characters involved and their relation to the crime with which Danny is charged. A worthy thriller.
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