The Neighbour by Lisa Gardner

It is a sunny Sunday morning. I have done the washing - first thing in the morning. Have to take advantage of the sun and use my own electricity from the pv panels on my roof. I have checked the new water pipes for leaks - found three slow ones. Must let the plumbers know and get them to do whatever they need to do about them. I have made my moves in scrabble. So now it is time to get down to writing about the books I have read in the last month or so. I started yesterday with a book by Jonathan Kellerman. That was a disappointing book. Todays one was not. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. 

I have read so many murder mysteries that I get a feeling from very early on in the book about the who and the why and even the how. This does not spoil my enjoyment. It is fun seeing that I am right and even more enjoyable when there are some surprises. In this book some things I got right, but there were some surprises also. I got really involved with the main characters. When towards the end one of them seemed to be losing faith with the other, I kept thinking "oh, no, don't believe that bastard" and then sighed in relief when per did not.

This book by Lisa Gardner, like the others I have read, has a central theme of family relationships, good and bad. Its about difficulty in trusting after being badly damaged. It is hopeful and yet so very sad. One character has appeared before in another book. I got that quite early on and was so pleased about meeting per again.

Lisa Gardner gets better with every book I read by per. This novel is well written. The characters are believable and the storyline is exciting but also very sad.The ending is a bit shocking. However, it does feel right although it makes me sad to think that that is how it had to end. There is much hope for the next generation. And that is how it should be. We all have to hope that in this life of ours the next generation will get things right and have a better life.