Genre: Mystery / Suspense / Contemporary
Book Type: Audio
Author: Liz Moore
Narrator: Allyson Ryan
Pages / Length: 496 pages / 13 hours and 9 minutes
Publisher: Riverhead Books (January 7, 2020) / Penguin Audio
Book Description:
Two sisters travel the same streets, though their lives couldn't be more different. Then one of them goes missing.
In a Philadelphia neighborhood rocked by the opioid crisis, two once-inseparable sisters find themselves at odds. One, Kacey, lives on the streets in the vise of addiction. The other, Mickey, walks those same blocks on her police beat. They don't speak anymore, but Mickey never stops worrying about her sibling.
Then Kacey disappears, suddenly, at the same time that a mysterious string of murders begins in Mickey's district, and Mickey becomes dangerously obsessed with finding the culprit--and her sister--before it's too late.
Alternating its present-day mystery with the story of the sisters' childhood and adolescence, Long Bright River is at once heart-pounding and heart-wrenching: a gripping suspense novel that is also a moving story of sisters, addiction, and the formidable ties that persist between place, family, and fate.
Thoughts: This was a good read that brought to light many issues of police abuse and drug abuse in a well told story about two sisters on opposite ends of these issues. In a heartfelt manner, this book delivers on the suspense / mystery, while also showing a picture of what the war on drugs looks like.
I did this one on audio and am very thankful I did, as the writing style is one that is a bit difficult for me to read as quickly as I'd like. It's written without "" when there is dialogue, which makes it difficult for me to follow. There are "-" used instead, but visually it just doesn't work for me and I think I would have been a it frustrated given the length. The audio was great and moved quickly, so am thankful I did the audio or I'm not sure I would have enjoyed it as much.
Favorite Quotes:
🚔 It's too easy, you know? It's easy to forget that the system isn't right. [..] I'm not just talking about these particular homicides. I'm talking about the whole thing. The whole system. Too much power in the wrong hands. Everything out of order. [...]
You know what I mean? People dying. Not just the women. Innocent people. Unarmed people. I can't sleep. (page 293)
🚔 You don't want to be alone, is the thing, she says. Whether you're clean or your're sober, whichever one you are, you want the person you love to be there with you too. So we couldn't stay straight. (page 427)
🚔 People with promise, people dependent and depended upon, people loving and beloved, one after another, in a line, in a river, no fount and no outlet, a long bright river of departed souls. (page 467)
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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