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Book Review of Whispers and Lies

Whispers and Lies
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I was sure I had read this mystery before, but I started to reread it anyway. Boy, was I wrong! Joy Fielding is good at writing suspense, but the ending of this one was a complete shocker! Never married nurse Terry Painter lives a quiet life in Delray Beach, FL. She takes in a tenant for the small cottage behind her house and her life changes radically in the aftermath. Allison Simms is a younger, flighty, friendly stranger who wants to share a friendship with the somewhat lonely Terry. She starts intruding into Terry's well-ordered life, and demands a lot of attention. What is her real intent? Is she who she really says she is?