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Book Review of Justice for Sara

Justice for Sara
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I have read many books by Erica Spindler and enjoyed all of them, including this one. This is the story of two sisters, Katherine and Sara. When their parents die in an accident, a young Sara is left to care for her teenage sister Katherine. The sisters are fortunate that their parents were financially well-off, but Katherine is not happy that her sister is now her guardian, and as teens often do, she rebels and causes trouble. It's no surprise then, when Sara is found brutally murdered, all eyes turn to Katherine. While Katherine is found innocent in a court of law, it's the court of public opinion that matters most. Katherine leaves town for a decade and builds a good life for herself, but is tempted by a mysterious letter writer into coming back and finding out what really happened to her sister all those years ago. A more mature Katherine has to face her past, which isn't easy when she seems to have enemies everywhere. It's hard to tell who might be a suspect or who just doesn't trust her. She develops a romantic relationship with the Chief of Police's son, the same Chief of Police who was determined to see her locked up. The book was very fast-paced and hard to put down. I became suspicious about a certain character about midway through the book, and while my suspicious paid off, there was still a huge twist I didn't expect. Kept me interested up until the very end.