#34: What the Dead Know

What the Dead Know by Laura Lippman is a mystery type book about the disappearance of 2 young girls in 1975.  The book starts with a woman driving and reminiscing about her childhood.  She is involved in an accident and instead of stopping flees the scene.  She is found and taken to a hospital and claims to be one of the missing Bethany girls.  The rest of the book goes through flash backs of the woman's life.  The current police as well as the former police officer from the 70's work together to determine if she truly is who she says she is and finally solve the case.

I liked most of this book, but I felt that rather than focusing on the Bethany girls and their family, the author tried to add too many side stories.  She gave lots of private details about the police officers, detectives, attorneys, etc.  It just felt like lots of those details weren't needed.

There was a twist at the end that I didn't see coming.  Overall, I think I like how it ended.