Review: Excellent Mystery That Also Gives U Something to Think About
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 15, 2014
I received a copy of "If You Tell Anyone" from the author free of charge in exchange for an honest review of her work and with this being the second book I've read, after "Traceless" I can say that the author has a great grasp of how to express what people are feeling in her books. She showed many different levels of the human spectrum throughout this book.  For one thing, as the book opens, you learn just how good of a liar and self-indulgent egomaniac someone can be and how much trouble that can cause, not just for themselves but for those closest to them- maybe not emotionally close but at least family-wise.  You also get to know the victim's sister, who happens to be  a reporter and was in Traceless as well and you get to see her for more than just a reporter; you get to travel the emotional road with her as she learns things about herself and also how she viewed her job before this event happened and how that makes her think twice about how she'll approach her own work afterwards.  This story is definitely a mystery and I won't give any of the main points away so as to not spoil it for future readers but aside from the mystery angle of the story, to me at least, it's also a story of how tragedy effects a family, every member of the family differently, how the tragedy can either destroy you or help you see the world a bit differently and cause you to make changes in your life for the better of not just yourself but also others.  Tragedies are always absolutely horrific but in this story you also see how good things can come from a tragic situation and I think that's a lesson, whether intentional by the author or not, that we can all learn from.