The Change by Kirsten Miller
I think I discovered this book because of the Book Cougars. I watch so many YouTube book reviewers though that I am not sure.
The Change is about three women who find the body of a young girl stashed in a garbage bag and thrown over the side of a rode. They discover that she is one of several missing girls.
The main characters are Nessa James, a widow with twin daughters, Harriet Osborne a woman whose career and marriage was destroyed at the same time, and Jo Levison a woman who owns a fitness center designed to give women back their strength in more ways than one. Jo is happily married and has a young daughter.
Nessa has a special ability to speak with the dead. When they discover the first body, she becomes aware of more.
The women take it upon themselves to investigate and give closure to all the families. They quickly realize the deaths are connected to a gated community not too far from where the bodies were disposed of.
This story gave me vibes of the Epstein files. It’s about those with wealth who think their needs are more important than life itself. The copyright is 2022 so that may have sparked an idea.
I don’t usually read fantasy, but this one felt more like a mystery. The more I read, I realize how the boundaries of genre seem to sometimes be harder to define. This one does have a little paranormal storyline because of Nessa’s special ability, Harriet likes to work with plants, and Jo finds her strength in an odd way.
I picked this one up to read now because we were moving into the spooky time and it had witchy vibes.
I had a friend who reviewed it on Goodreads and was disappointed in the book because of some of the violence. I get that but I also think that reading it now having watched how our current administration is refusing to investigate the Epstein files and punish those who are guilty, it makes a little more sense to me. I understood the need for the violence to clear out the evil that had saturated the community.
It is a story about how one person can make a difference and how three women made a change.
It is well written. I enjoyed it and would look more from this author in the future.
This book is a commitment at 470 pages in hardcover and counts toward my unending books on my shelf to read. I like books at 300 pages or less, but this one seemed like a fast read.
First published May 3, 2022
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Books by Kirsten Miller:
The Change
The Women of Wild Hill
Lula Dean’s Little Library of Banned Books
Upcoming reviews:
Who’s Killing All My Old Girlfriends by Jon Spoelstra
What I am currently reading:
Clear Water by Gabrielle Lucille Fuentes
Violetta by Isabel Allende
The Invited by Jennifer McMahon
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
The Road to Little Dribbling by Bill Bryson
I had a couple of bookish adventures this past week. Both were at Beaverdale Books, a local indie bookstore. The first was an author event with D. M. Pulley. She was promoting her book Stone Mad. She is an architect and has a love for old buildings. She finds buildings with a reputation for being haunted along with a possible real-life crime and creates a mystery. I purchased her newest release Stone Mad and can’t wait to read it. I will be reading her backlist as well.
My second bookish adventure was also at Beaverdale Books. Four authors from my Sister’s in Crime chapter came to play a game with the readers. It was interactive. We helped choose the main character, setting, motive, weapon, and a few other tools in the making of a mystery. We helped show the readers what it is like to develop a mystery as it is written. It was fun and there were treats.
Let me know if you have a good book I need to read.
Happy Reading!
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