pagesbycyndy
Written on Feb 4, 2018
Officer Miranda Rader of the Harmony, Louisiana PD is known for her honesty, integrity, and steady hand in a crisis - but that wasn't always so. Miranda comes from the town of Jasper, a place about the size of a good spit on a hot day, and her side of the tracks was the wrong one. She's worked hard to earn the respect of her coworkers and the community. When Miranda and her partner are called to investigate the murder of one of the town's most beloved college professors, they're unprepared for the brutality of the scene. This murder is unlike any they've ever investigated, and just when Miranda thinks she's seen the worst of it, she finds a piece of evidence that chills her to the core: a faded newspaper clipping about that terrible night fifteen years ago. The night she'd buried, along with her past and the girl she'd been back then. Until now that grave had stayed sealed... except for those times, in the deepest part of the night, when the nightmares came: of a crime no one believed happened and the screams of the girl they believed didn't exist.
- ISBN10 1250083656
- ISBN13 9781250083654
- Publish Date 22 August 2017
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 9 February 2022
- Publish Country US
- Imprint St. Martin's Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 256
- Language English
Reviews
Linda
Written on Jul 6, 2017
The Other Girl was an excellent psychological thriller, with a fast pace and a lot of action.
Story:
The Other Girl was a scary trip back into the past, but also in the present. Miranda was somehow involved, but not by choice. At the crime scene of a murder, her finger prints were found on a bottle... and there was information about a long ago case, where she had escaped, but had to leave the other girl behind.
The suspense was really well done, and with each new revelation, I found it more difficult to trust anyone at all - even Miranda.
Characters:
Miranda is a detective, and has worked very hard to not be 'the girl who lied'. In order to be a respected member of society, she has been flawless since she started working at the force.
Jake is Miranda's partner. Until she is put on leave. And there is definitely some chemistry between them.
Police chief, rich parents of the murder victim, and Summer, Miranda's best friend.
Writing style :
Third person past tense, with an omniscient narrator, who kept a lot of secrets to themselves. Plenty of dialogues to keep the pace up.
Feels :
Dread! Hope, and so much suspense my heart tried to beat its way out of my chest!
That Miranda understood. But this bizarro kink-kill? No way. She stopped beside the bed. So, what had precipitated this perp's breaking point? Now, that was a question she could focus on.
She hadn't belonged anywhere. She still didn't.
chymerra
Written on Jul 5, 2017
I felt a little bad for Miranda but at the same time, I couldn’t understand why she didn’t leave Hammond if she was regarded in such a bad light. It seemed to me that she put herself through a whole bunch of stress trying to live down her past. It was her past as a wild child who lied that came to haunt her during the murder investigation. See, Miranda (known as Randi back in the day) hitched a ride with the wrong person and something terrible happened to her and the girl who was with her. She managed to escape but when she told the police, they didn’t believe her and one of the police officers openly mocked Randi. That night, she decided that she was going to turn herself around. Which she did and all was right in her world until this murder, 15 years later.
I can tell you now that I knew that the chief was dirty, as was the father of the murder victim. The father was so shady acting it wasn’t funny and the chief was way to quick to point fingers at Miranda. Way to quick and that sent up a red flag early in the book. Not going to get more into it and if you want to know what I am talking about….read the book.
The romance between Jake and Miranda was cute but honestly, I didn’t think it was needed. Don’t get me wrong, I am all for the main character getting laid but I didn’t think that it was truly needed in this book. It did show that Miranda had a softer side but I think that was shown in her interactions with Summer.
Speaking of Summer, I had a clue about who she was about halfway through the book. I thought that her whole storyline was incredibly sad and I really wasn’t surprised when things went down the way that they did. I did admire her feelings of friendship for Miranda…regardless of what happened later in the book.
The end of the book was pretty standard. I will say that I wasn’t surprised at who the killer was. But, what I did enjoy was that all the storylines got tied up and resolved. I was extremely happy about that because things actually got resolved. I do hope that the author chooses to write more with Miranda’s character. I would truly enjoy reading another book with her as the main character.