Review: A couple of seconds can change the life of many.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 21, 2013
This book is a true tragedy in every sense of the word.  I became so caught up in the book that I found myself in tears as to the hell that so many people suffered because of a small child's innocent action.  I could not stop reading until it was finished.Jennifer is in a hurry to get home because her husband Rainer, a doctor and local hero, is being honored this evening, and she wants to make sure everything is perfect for his big night.  After finding out she is pregnant, she even decides to keep that a secret until the next day.  On her way home, one of her twin daughters undoes  the strap on her booster seat, scaring her already anxious mother so much that she pulls out into traffic, does NOT cause an accident - but fuels an already angry "gangster girl", Ruth, into a tirade.  Ruth comes over to Jennifer's car, screams and puts a couple of dents in the BMW by kicking it.  Thus begins the chain reaction that causes so many people, good and bad, to lose their life, their family and their future.Rainer is called away from the dinner to do emergency surgery on a Police officer who was shot.  It turns out that the shooter is connected to Ruth.  Rainer has a near fatal car accident that leaves him severely brain damaged.  This accident is also connected to someone close to Ruth.  Are both incidents a result of what happened earlier that day?  When Rainer's brother Glenn, a local police officer, finds out about the connection - he does blame Jennifer, saying, "You killed my brother".  This is not the last time these words will be spoken.  Sadly, Jennifer becomes so distraught; she kills herself and her unborn baby.  It is not until now that they already grieving family finds out Jennifer was pregnant.  The book continues to go back and forth from those connected to Ruth and those connected to Rainer.  A feud has developed between the two sides, and it is bloodier than the feud between the Hatfield's and the McCoy's.Who will be next?  Who will survive?  How many different people will say, "You killed my brother"?  Read this book and find out.  One suggestion, you may want to keep a box of Kleenex handy.