Home is Where the Bodies Are – Book Review

After their mother passes, three estranged siblings reunite to sort out her estate. Beth, the oldest, never left home. She stayed with her mom, caring for her until the very end. Nicole, the middle child, has been kept at arm’s length due to her ongoing battle with a serious drug addiction. Michael, the youngest, lives out of state and hasn’t been back to their small Wisconsin town since their father ran out on them seven years before.

While going through their parents’ belongings, the siblings stumble upon a collection of home videos and decide to revisit those happier memories. However, the nostalgia is cut short when one of the VHS tapes reveals a night back in 1999 that none of them have any recollection of. On screen, their father appears covered in blood. What follows is a dead body and a pact between their parents to get rid of it, before the video abruptly ends.

Beth, Nicole, and Michael must now decide whether to leave the past in the past or uncover the dark secret their mother took to her grave.

Jeneva Rose’s Perfect Marriage was unputdownable and Home is Where the Bodies Are is also another fast paced thriller

Outline:- When the mother passes away, the three estranged siblings reunite again. Beth the oldest was at her mother’s side when she passed away. Nicole is a drug addict but now on the path to recovery and hadn’t contacted Beth a long time. Michael, the youngest and the only one who seemed to be leading successful life out of the state earning money. While cleaning up their parents’ things, the siblings come across a collection of VHS tapes. When they put one of the VHS tapes, they were horrified and shocked to find their own father asking their mother for help to get rid of a body–the body was eleven year old Emma Harper who supposedly disappeared from the town. Now the siblings must work together to find out what their parents had been hiding.

Thoughts:-

The story outline was realistic. The pacing was great–it was fast paced. Not many twists or turns and the ending in my opinion was a bit predictable. However, the story itself was enjoyable and intriguing. None of the characters in the book were appealing to me and each of these characters seemed to be hiding some dark secret in their lives.

Overall this book is worth four stars.