Thicker Than Water: A Novel by Megan Collins

Re-Publication date: March 26, 2024

1st publication: July 11, 2023

Edelweiss 

Simon & Schuster/Atria

320 pages

Mystery, fiction, digital, arc 

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The story is told through alternating POV explaining how Julia and Jason Larkin are living in his childhood home in Connecticut. Julia was never thrilled with the idea as she felt the old wallpaper roosters looked like blood stains. Julia is business partners with Sienna, Jason's ever loyal sister, and best friend. Life is going well until Jason's boss, Gavin Reed, is found dead with his mouth sewn shut with evidence pointing police to suspect Jason. Unfortunately, he is so distraught that he gets into a car accident and is placed in a medically induced coma. The questions and evidence remain unsolved waiting for Jason to be well enough to be interrogated. 

Julia and Sienna soon find themselves seeing Jason through different eyes for the first time. Julia's mother had warned her to never trust men so this starts whirling in her head since she married Jason because she was pregnant and now share a son Aiden. She questions the life they have built together. His sister, Sienna, is strong willed and determined to prove her brother's innocence. Her personality is rather annoying with her impulsive nature jumping into investigating the murder herself. Although they hired a private investigator, Sienna ignores his instructions to not do anything as it starts to compromise the investigation. She seeks the help of her ex-boyfriend, Wyatt, who is a police officer and still in love with her. I found myself disliking her aggressive and argumentative behavior like nails on a chalkboard. I did not find her a likeable character given her disregard for the concerns of other people. 

Ultimately, they need to determine what happened and why it appeared that Jason knew more than he admitted and why the evidence points to him. Will Sienna's determination to prove his innocence work in his favor or jeopardize his case? Will Julia be able to trust Jason or will the evidence change her mind? Will the relationship between Julia and Sienna survive this test of this commitment to family?

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