Swans Book Review

I did not think that  +Brenda Novak  was going to write a sequel to her book, The Secret Sister, but she did and it was awesome and eye opening. It's been five years since Keith Lazarow last went home to Fairham Island. Five years since he escaped the jaws of his controlling mother and took a step in the right direction with his life. No more drugs, no more anger and no more feelings of insecurity and pain. He always knew that he had to go back home and face his demons some day, he just never thought that a call from his sister would do the trick. His sister, Maisey calls to tell him that their mother, the all powerful Josephine is dead and that the police seem to believe that it was a suicide.  Keith drops everything and returns home. He knew that his mother was a royal bitch all of the time, but he also knew his mother better than anyone else, and he knew that there was no way that his mother killed herself.  Now Keith teams up with Nancy ...

This book has me using all my training of watching C.S.I on television for many years, and yet, even with all my training, I did not see that conclusion coming. Maisey Lazarow is finally going home after ten long years, to recuperate after a messy and painful divorce.  As the boat approaches Fairham, the small island that she grew up on, Maisey remembers why she left in the face place and wishes that she could flee. But remembering that she needs a place to heal and a brother in desperate need of her help, Maisey forces herself to calm down, besides, where exactly can she go when she is stuck on the boat. When she arrives on the island she saw that her brother was there waiting for her minus her mother.  Her mother the wealthy, control freak that made her childhood unbearable and also the last person Maisey wants to see. Apparently, the feeling is mutual since her mom refused to pick her up and condemned her to a "guest room" in the house that Maisey grew ...