Center Point Platinum Mystery (Large Print): 13 1/2 (Hardcover)

from bookappeal

A young girl escapes her trailer trash mother and ends up in New Orleans. An 11-year-old boy kills his parents and sister and his older brother sticks up for him. When the younger brother is finally released from juvenile detention into his brother's custody, they try to start over in New Orleans...

from DeBruyn

I've enjoyed most of Nevada Barr's books and was unsure about being out of the 'Anna Pigeon' realm. I found the story interesting in many respects - how a sane person could survive prison (juvenile detention), how one manages to live successfully after leaving such a horror of childhood, etc. - b...

from julyso

This book is about two brothers, one of whom kills their entire family and is known as "butcher boy". Marshall is incarcerated at age eleven and when he gets out his brother, Danny, has their family home waiting for him. Marshall becomes a architect, falls in love, and marries Polly. Polly also h...

from seongeona

As they say, it's the journey not the destination that is the point. First section gives the childhood abuse background of the female main character. There's not much spirit there, it comes off flat and I didn't care about the girl at all. Once she grew up, she was even less interesting to me. Sh...

from kqueue

I'm a big fan of Barr's Anna Pigeon series, but found this work a little disappointing. I found it rather predictable and saw the outcome long before it was revealed. I did enjoy the character of Polly and thought she was very believable and likable.