Dead Right is the last of the Stillwater trilogy. This is where the horrid truth finally comes out.
To recap, the Reverend Lee Barker has been missing for over 20 years. Everyone in town believes the Montgomerys killed the reverend and have buried him on the family farm. But there is never any proof.
Finally, Madeline Barker, the eldest sibling of the Montgomery family and the natural daughter of the deceased Reverend Lee Barker, decides that she needs to know the truth once and for all. She uses all of her savings and hires some hot-shot detective from California.
Madeline’s natural mother committed suicide when Madeline was about 12. Shortly thereafter the Reverend remarried and Madeline becomes part of the Montgomerys. She has always believed them to be innocent of her father’s death. But she refuses to believe that her father could have just walked away ands left her behind–his only natural daughter.
Hunter Solazano hails from Los Angeles and he soon finds out that small towns can be just as horrid as a big city. He is a great detective and he is determined to find the truth. However, he soon discovers that some truths are better left undetected.
Again, I will not give away all the details. I did like this book a little bit less but that’s because I did not like the character of Maddie as Madeline is affectionately called by her family, as much as I liked the characters of Grace and Clay. this is probably because I could understand why Clay and Grace made the decision they made. But Maddie didn’t always make what I would call “safe” choices. Then again, she had already lost her mother tragically, so I can see that she had a lot at stake.
The story of the Montgomerys and Maddie does come to a conclusion and all loose ends are nicely tied together. This trilogy would make a great book club discussion.
This one gets 3 1/2 tattered pages!
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