When Officer Bud the PR face of the Boston Police Department is gunned down, his brother, Bogie McGruder, returns from Palm Beach for the funeral. Since the BPD is investigating the death of one of their own, Bogie believes his trip to Boston will be a short condolence visit and a chance to meet his secret love child.
But interacting with a family fueled by alcohol and mired in scandals, Bogie is reminded why he does investigations for his Boston based company from a computer in Florida. Although Bogie wants to contact his ex-lover, Bailey Hampfield, he’s reluctant to do so since Bailey dumped him four years earlier. Knowing that Bailey had his child after she cut him loose, Bogie ponders how he can establish a relationship with the three year old daughter he’s never met. While he thinks about it, Bailey gets in touch with him and asks for protection. Someone is trying to kill her.
By the time Bogie meets Isabella, it’s apparent that he still loves the mother and adores the child. Bogie tells himself that he’s not interested in the BPD investigation into Bud’s death, but he continues to be drawn into it while trying to discover who is attempting to kill Bailey. The investigations seem to parallel each other, then intersect and become intertwined. As the story develops, Isabella, a precocious child obsessed with martial arts, slowly becomes the focus.
The underlying theme of this mystery is lies. Everyone seems to be running on lies and half truths. The only pure and true character is The Girl in White Pajamas.
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***MY HONEST REVIEW OF THE GIRL IN WHITE PAJAMAS***
After Bogie’s brother Bud is murdered, he goes back to the
home he was never welcomed at. Being a private investigator, he then gets drawn
into protecting Bailey, his former girlfriend, along with the daughter that he has
never seen. Once he meets
three-year-old Isabella, he knows he’ll never give her up. When Bud’s murder
and Bailey’s death threats start pointing in the same direction, Bogie finds
out just how much he has been lied to. Could he and Bailey pick up where they
left off, or is it too late?
When I first started reading this, I became confused very
fast. So many names were thrown in at once that my mind became jumbled. I
stopped and wrote the names and relations down to refer to. This helped a lot.
After reading a ways though, I didn't need it. Everyone became very clear.
Other than that, I loved the story. There was a bit of repeating that could
have been left out. Then it wouldn't have been quite so long.
I felt sorry for Bogie for his childhood, but he became a
very good father in spite of it. Little Isabel was adorable and so trusting. I
liked the way everyone was family, even though they weren't. I think my
favorite character though was Randy, Amanda’s fiancé. He seemed wise beyond his
years. I would definitely recommend reading this.
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Chris Birdy was born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. After graduating from high school, she did a four year stint in the Middle East. When she returned to the States, Chris settled down in the Boston area and became a true Bostonian by collecting college degrees while raising a family.
For more than twenty years, Chris has been a member of the legal community performing investigative work for Boston law firms conducting business in rough housing projects and crack house neighborhoods. Several years ago, while sitting in a courtroom with a client, Chris watched as a police officer was lambasted by an attorney. The attorney was defending a young woman who crashed her car into two other vehicles before she passed out drunk behind the wheel. The occupants of the other cars were seriously hurt and the cop, a former EMT, tried to assist the injured while waiting for ambulances to arrive. The attorney questioned the cop's every move, shredded his testimony and made him seem inept.
Embarrassed, the cop returned to his seat beside me and muttered, "Everybody lies. The judges lie, the lawyers lie, the witnesses lie.." Chris wanted to tell him not to worry that in about five years he'd be just as good a liar as they were.
The seeds for The Girl in White Pajamas were planted in that courtroom.
Chris lives outside of Boston and in Palm Beach, Florida with her husband.
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Sounds like a great read and this one is already on my tbr list x
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed it. I will be starting the next one soon.
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