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Title: One Last Dance
Author: Eileen Goudge
Rating: Must Read!
Publisher: Viking
Web Page: http://www.penguinputnam.com
Reviewed by: Harriet Klausner

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  • Just prior to their fortieth anniversary, Lydia confesses to murdering her spouse Virgil in cold blood. Lydia's lawyer Tom Cathcart cannot get his client to change her plea.

    Her three daughters react differently to the horror. Daphne wants to know why her mother committed the crime even as she has her own marital problems highlighted by the reappearance of her first love. Kitty needs to also know why her mother killed her father even as she is falling in love with the older brother of the teen whose unborn infant she hopes to adopt. Alex needs to bury her father and ignore her mother even as she struggles to keep herself and her twin daughters from bankruptcy. As the trio cope with the family tragedy, they must also overcome their own personal problems.

    Eileen Goudge, author of New York Times best seller GARDEN OF LIES, scribes a brilliant family drama that will entice fans of why-done-its. The suspense-laden story line builds around the unknown reason their mother killed their father even as the three sisters struggle with their own relationship problems. The three siblings are fully developed and their reactions to the horrible incident seem appropriate. Each one's personal crisis adds depth to their characterizations. Ms.Goudge deserves another best seller with this superb tale.

    Harriet Klausner








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