Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter
Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter The Carroll family was torn apart when the eldest daughter Julia disappeared decades ago. Middle daughter Lydia turned to drugs and a life separated from her family. The youngest, Claire, hid her emotions and married a man most considered beneath her as she sought safety and normality. The matriarch, Helen, hid in the bottle for a few years before deciding to let the past be the past. And Sam, the father, killed himself. Years later Claire's husband is killed in an alley while she watched. Or at least that's what she's led to believe. Her wealthy genius husband, Paul Scott, drove a wedge between her and Lydia years before after Julia's disappearance. Lydia accused Paul of attempting to rape her. Claire refused to believe it and made Helen choose a side. She chose Claire's. Lydia, now with a daughter of her now named Dee, lives her own life, risen from the depths of despair to become a successful small business owner and is in a rela...