Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty

I finished this late last night as book 3 in my quest for 31 books this month, but it was too late to write the review. 

Also, thank you for all the birthday wishes!

I was a little hesitant to read this after Nine Perfect Strangers.  I was worried I'd figure out the plot twist very early on.  But, a friend said I would really like this murder mystery.

And I really did!  The ending was definitely NOT where I thought the plot was going and whodunit was not who I thought.

Joy and Stan have been married 60 years, raised 4 children, and ran a successful tennis lesson school in Australia and are now retired.  Behind the facade though, things are not as rosy.  Each of their adult children is "failing at life"--3 ending marriages/engagements, lack of meaningful work, multiple mental health issues without treatment, etc.  Joy and Stan, used to go, go, go are bored stiff.  One day a woman in tattered clothing, bruised and bloody, shows up at their door.  Joy and Stan relish in having a new young woman to take care of, but their children are wary and jealous.

Then Joy disappears.  She sends a disjointed text to her children, then silence, her phone left behind.  

As one would expect, her husband is the prime suspect in her murder. 

I don't want to spoil too much of the plot, since their is a rather big plot twist!

I will be putting this on display with our new books shortly.

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