The last
scene of a thriller has just been filmed, the victim is dead and everybody is
happy that they have finally made it. But something is wrong; Lucinda – who had
to double the star of the film, Allie, because she did not appear on that day –
does not stand up. The fake shooting has become a bloody reality. Yet the
murder is not the only strange thing connected to this film production. The
biggest question is: where is Allie? who remains missing after days and even
weeks. When other murders of members of the crew happen, Cassie comes into the
focus of the police. She is not only Allies envious sister but also the last
one to have seen her and the only person close to all scenes of crime. Cassie
starts to fight for herself and to find her sister; she is sure of her
innocence, but she has blackouts and cannot remember hours of her life –
exactly the ones when the murders happened.
A thriller
which keeps you reading on and on and on. Too many mysteries in just one story,
many facts which do not make sense and offer different explanations. The plot
slowly moves from a quarrel between sisters over a psychological problem to a
family affair and then to a stalking case – Lisa Jackson has integrated masses
of aspects which give you a lot of room for speculation.
What I
liked most was the fact that she also shifts perspective: we do not only get
Cassie’s point of view although she is the protagonist and main suspect. We
also hear the police as well as the murderer and thus a multifaceted view of
the incidents forms. Several twists as well as a complex design of the
characters could convince me of this thriller.
