Review: Convincing recreation of recent history and characters
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 21, 2013
What she knew starts a trilogy of novels that begins with the death of Marilyn Munroe. But was it an accident, did she commit suicide, or was she murdered because she knew too much? Another question might be, what if she didn’t die?Authors K. R. Hughes and T. L. Burns write convincingly and evocatively, bringing time, place and characters to life. The dialog reads itself as if the movie’s playing in the reader’s head. As each historically familiar character is named, the reader feels that thrill of recognition and anticipation.What might Marilyn have learned, she who was loved by a president, and privy to the rich, famous, and possibly mob-connected? What might the president’s wife have thought or planned? And just how far would a family go to protect its honorable name? Or a politician to protect his dream?My only complaint is this is only book one—hard to complain about since it says so in the title. Readers are drawn in and pulled along, seeking more. But more will come in books 2 and 3 I guess. It’s certainly a deeply involving and fascinating read.Disclosure: I won a free ecopy.