Beth March’s sisters will stop at nothing to track down her killer—until they begin to suspect each other—in this debut thriller that’s also a bold, contemporary reimagining of the beloved classic Little Women.When Beth March is found dead in the woods on New Year’s Day, her sisters vow to uncover her murderer.Suspects abound. There’s the neighbor who has feelings for not one but two of the girls. Meg’s manipulative best friend. Amy’s flirtatious mentor. And Beth’s lionhearted first love. But it doesn’t take the surviving sisters much digging to uncover motives each one of the March girls had for doing the unthinkable.Jo, an aspiring author with a huge following on social media, would do anything to hook readers. Would she kill her sister for the story? Amy dreams of studying art in Europe, but she’ll need money from her aunt—money that’s always been earmarked for Beth. And Meg wouldn’t dream of hurting her sister…but her boyfriend might have, and she’ll protect him at all costs.Despite the growing suspicion within the family, it’s hard to know for sure if the crime was committed by someone close to home. After all, the March sisters were dragged into the spotlight months ago when their father published a controversial bestseller about his own daughters. Beth could have been killed by anyone.Beth’s perspective told in flashback unfolds next to Meg, Jo, and Amy’s increasingly fraught investigation as the tragedy threatens to rip the Marches apart.
This was a different and mostly enjoyable retelling of Little Women. I have read other retellings that didn't give me the thrill that this one did. It had a ring of the original as well -- you will hate Amy as much as the original, for example. I was just a bit let down by the ending and thought it could have been written better considering the rest of the book. Still definitely recommend this one - it will keep you guessing!
On the first morning of a new year, Beth is not in her bed.
From the hallway, I peer into her room, and my heart moves to my throat. Sunlight falls on her pillow, dust suspended in the air. Beth should be here, tucked under her quilt, chest rising and falling, but there's only a dent in her mattress.
I stand on tiptoe and sigh a little breath of relief. Amy's not here either, the top bunk unmade, blankets in a heap. She's younger than Beth by about two years and ten thousand brain cells, but I feel better knowing they're together. This isn't the first time Amy's spent the entire night at Sallie Gardiner's annual New Year's Eve party.
Last year she passed out in Sallie's claw-foot tub-wouldn't it be nice to have a claw-foot tub?—until Mom showed up the next morning and dragged her to the car. Embarrassing, to say the least.
It's hard to believe she'd do it again after the way Mom worried, but that's Amy.
OOh nice! I am curious about this one! I never read Little Women but did see one of the movies years ago. But the storyline did get me curious. Glad to hear you enjoyed it to some degree! Nice review!
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