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Forgotten Girls -- finished.

This was a "read out" from Barnes and Noble. One chapter a day for a month (free). Odd choice. It's a grim tale. Twin "special needs" girls die . . . or so their father is told . . . while being cared for in a home. Actually, the girls have been abducted to the home of the director. Her brother (also special needs after head injury) then proceeds to rape one of them for 20 odd years. The director doesn't seem to think this is such a bad fate for them. (Director also pretends that her brother is her husband so the neighbors see them as an ordinary couple.) The girl escapes and dies for a second time, leading to the investigation. What really happened? The novel includes other murdered women from the past, another woman captured to be a sex slave, a rape, and a sub-plot involving a friend's wedding plans. It's all set up for another novel. 

Not one to lift the spirits.


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