Sisters of Mercy

De: Caroline Overington

Narrado por: Hazem Shammas, Mantshologane Maile

A haunting crime novel of two sisters - one has vanished, the other is behind bars....

Snow Delaney was born a generation and a world away from her sister, Agnes.

Until recently, neither even knew of the other's existence. They came together only for the reading of their father's will - when Snow discovered, to her horror, that she was not the sole beneficiary of his large estate.

Now Snow is in prison and Agnes is missing, disappeared in the eerie red dust that blanketed Sydney from dawn on September 23, 2009.

With no other family left, Snow turns to crime journalist Jack Fawcett, protesting her innocence in a series of defiant letters from prison. Has she been unfairly judged? Or will Jack's own research reveal a story even more shocking than the one Snow wants to tell?

©2021 Caroline Overington (P)2012 Audible, Ltd

Loved this!

Loved the flow of localised language and the author's understanding of a completely self centred personality with no sense of right or wrong. Thoroughly enjoyed the story!

Interesting

Interesting story, but I just wish it had a better more conclusive ending. Narrator was good.

Wow!

What a story!! Snow’s sister, Agnes, goes missing without a trace. Snow is suspected of her being “missing”. Snow is in prison serving time for a totally different crime. A journalist is trying to get to the bottom of what happened to snow sister‘s so the journalist and snow right back-and-forth and she explains everything to him. You go from thinking she’s innocent to thinking she’s guilty and on and on. What I really like the best about this book is a lot of the books that I’ve been reading lately I describe them as “as If”. This has a very very real ending not all tied neatly in a pretty little bow. Great read!

Not my kind of crime story SPOILER POSSIBLE

I’m apologizing in advance for writing this review that includes a necessary spoiler.

I do not like criminal stories that are cold cases. I realize they are actually more true to life than the kind that wrap up the case—in real life we often must let go and not know what happened to somebody, or who committed the crime, and how and why they did what they did. That’s what keeps me engaged in the plot, I like knowing how things are done and by whom. I was so disappointed that this well written story, with awesome character development, left us to wonder who killed Agnes, and how.

I listened to this book in its entirety. The narrator was very good, bringing characters to life, and introducing me to some Aussie slang.

Still one of my favorite authors!

Slow listen

A bit slow but was a okay listen. A few surprises. I probably will listen to book 2.

Not what I was expecting

This was a rollercoaster. It took me a few chapters to get sucked into the storyline. I think the contrast between the (what I found to be) the mundane POV and actions during the journalist’s journey in the story and then the letters from Snow was the hard part for me. I understand the reason behind the flip flopping and showing the different perspectives, but I think I’d also have been perfectly happy if the whole book was just Snow’s letters piecing together the whole thing. The plot point of Snow’s incarceration was intense. While she was explaining her actions and decisions, I kept thinking “that would almost make sense if this was set several decades ago” and the author did a good job presenting Snow in a way that maybe she truly did think she was making the best of a bad situation while also acknowledging that she had little empathy (whether it was trained out of her or she was just that way), which I really liked about that character.

This is a really good story..

It’s twist and turns keep the pages turning. The narration is great and the characters well developed… The ending..well…perhaps it will lead into another great tale…

Interesting listen

Good listen. Makes you wonder what is really going on in one’s mind. The presentation by the reader easy and believable.

Easy read

The narration was good. The tone and quality made the listening experience enjoyable. I REALLY appreciated that there was no profanity so I made a note of this author in order to read other books. For such an intriguing storyline, the ending was a bit of a letdown. Maybe my personal style is for all questions to be answered. I may try another to see if it was just this book or not.

Good story

Good story but it left me hanging at the end. Do we get closure in another book?