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I was sick to my stomach after finishing Lynn Hightower's latest work WHEN SECRET DIE -- and that is a compliment. If even one percent of this book was taken from an actual event, you will get what I am saying. It is amazing what some people will do in order to gain either attention or profit. This book should serve as a wake-up call to parents before they take their sick children to a hospital. Emma Marsden thought that the worst day of her life was when she buried her young infant son who died of liver disease. The worst day is when she receives a call she was not meant to receive from the Clay's Mill Children's Clinic telling her that she needs to pick up some things that her son left behind. If she does not pick it up or pay the storage fee they will be forced to dispose of it. Once she gets there and discovers what lies in the clinic's basement, Emma is beyond furious. She wants to blow the whistle and alert parents, but her credibility is shot after the media gets hold of an incriminating video and Emma gets accused by the clinic's doctor of having poisoned her child on purpose -- a case of Munchausen by Proxy. Emma does not take things lying down and she hires unorthodox private investigator Lena Padget to get to the bottom of things. Let's just say that everything that has happened so far was just an appetizer. The worse is yet to come and Padget needs to work round the clock before another child winds up dead. This book stands out by having its plot seen through different points of view. When you enter a chapter the focus is on one of the characters involved in the action and seen through their eyes. You could be with Lena carrying out the investigation or you could be with Emma seeing what she is going through. And you get to feel Emma's anguish at everything that is going on with her and her life. At the same time one wonders, whether she could be guilty of what she is being accused of. For readers, such as myself, unfamiliar with Padget you get an appreciation of how ruthlessly determined she is in her job as well as how devious she could become when it comes to bringing justice to those she helps. I regret that this is the first Lynn Hightower book I got my hands on. If the others are as good as this one, you will be in for a treat. WHEN SECRETS DIE is a terrific book and Lynn Hightower is an excellent writer.
Reviewed by Angel L. Soto, August 2005
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