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It’s been an eventful weekend and it’s not even Saturday.  My husband spent Thursday in the hospital (after a trip to the ER last weekend) due to kidney stone complications. He was in the surgery/recovery room for hours, which I spent twiddling my thumbs in the waiting room.  I had The Confession by Jo Spain on my Kindle app, so it helped me to get through those nail-biting hours.

The story opens up with a violent crime and immediately — like, within the next 2 pages — tells us who did it.  So you go into the book knowing what happened.  You just don’t know WHY.  It’s not exactly a thriller, since the big scary event already happened, but it does make you curious about the situation.

Told from all sides of the issue, the mystery is laid bare page by page.  We get to watch as detectives unveil corruption and hidden secrets.  We’re told Julie’s story through painful narrative, and most of JP’s version is based in the past.  Author Jo Spain brings the characters to their knees while making the reader care about them, even when they’re so deep in doo-doo.

What really stuck with me from beginning to end was Julie’s matchless love for Harry.  Even after he broke her heart and betrayed her, Julie stuck by his side.  I didn’t like the ending, but I appreciated that Julie still loved Harry despite their history.

SPOILER ALERT……

I really liked the first cover (above) better.  The one pictured below is the current cover on Amazon.  WHY, WHY, WHY??  They should have stuck with the first cover, for reasons I won’t share but you’ll easily figure out if you read the book.