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Found Object is the story told from Jupiter Bellarose's point of view. She is an investigative journalist and the daughter of Marie Bellarose, a movie star who was murdered.

Jupiter is leaving a hospital after her last project ended in tragedy. She feels responsible for the way things turned out and struggles to move past it. When presented with her release papers, she signs her name as "Found Object." She recalls her mother telling her the story of who they "found her" in a car seat on the side of the road, and forever more she was called "Found Object" with love by her mother. But as most children do, she really believes the story that her mother told her, so she believes she is not her daughter.

Jupiter's boss, Bennett, suggests that she take a break from her life in Minneapolis and suggests that it might be the perfect time to go home to Savannah, visit her father and work on an easy story. Jupiter has avoided Savannah for a long time since it has too many dark memories for her. Unfortunately for Jupiter on her way to visit her mother finds she has been murdered in the most gruesome manner.

She doesn't commit to going but is on the road shortly after. Her new investigation is regarding the Lumet family and their cosmetics empire, Luminescent. Jupiter's mother was the face of Luminescent cosmetics, so it's a little too close to home but feels that it should be an easy assignment for her.

After arriving in Savannah, she is reminded of the memories that are still too strong for her to face. But she gets on with it and starts to investigate. It becomes confusing for Jupiter as this assignment overlaps with her mother's murder and conflicting stories are difficult to piece together. Jupiter will be in danger as the truth will become more important to be kept silent.

I really liked this story; it has all the drama of what and how we think movie stars/celebrities live. Jupiter is a wonderful character with a strong but quirky personality. I can easily see this becoming a series as she becomes close to Ian, a policeman who was first on the scene of the murder. They have good chemistry and would make a great team for future stories.

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Found Object by Anne Frasier
This was a big letdown for me because I read the two books in the Inland Empire series and really enjoyed them. This one, not so much. It was kind of a love/hate thing for me.
The main character was kind of annoying and practically everyone else in the book wanted to kill her or thought she was a killer. It got to belike the Perils of Pauline because she escaped so many attempts on her life.
Poppy and Ian were my favorite characters and they deserve better.

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This book is one where I don’t know how to place it or explain it. I enjoyed the story it’s a bit of a different take on finding out family secrets but there were multiple parts that were paced very strangely because it took so long to get to some parts but by the end you are getting all this changing information within a few pages.

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This is the kind of story that hooks you right in from the start. Jupiter’s back story, and the story behind the title Found Object, is original and catchy. And it tells you a lot about Jupiter, her mother, and their relationship, right from the start. Jupiter was always in her mother’s orbit, like millions of people around the globe that idolized the famous actress. While she obviously spent time with her mother, it was like she was just one of many vying for time and attention.

Her relationship with her dad disintegrated after her mother’s death. While it isn’t clear why he sent her away at the beginning of the book, his motivations feed into Jupiter’s suspicions. Nobody really looked at her dad as a suspect. After the murder, he moved into his wife’s house, where she was killed, something Jupiter always found suspicious.

Her suspicions about her dad feed into her actions and motivations throughout. Meanwhile, she’s spending a lot of time with the family that runs Luminescent, a cosmetic company, because she’s doing a feature on the company as they celebrate 100 years in business. Her mother had been the face of their products, and she has misgivings about interacting with them. These people are uber rich, which is why most people would find them odd in the way that really rich people just aren’t like the rest of us. Of course, that raises suspicions about them too.

Then there’s Ian Griffin, who was a cop on the scene the day her mother’s body was found. His first day on the job is one that haunts him, not just because of the gruesome murder, but because of a mistake he made.

Frasier does an excellent job establishing Jupiter as a troubled young woman still reeling from trauma … the trauma of seeing her mother’s body, the trauma of losing a mother she never fully had to herself, the trauma of losing her relationship with her dad, the trauma of the more recent death of her aunt, and now the trauma of the man she thought she loved, whose life she destroyed for her career.

Undercover work suited Jupiter because she was able to escape her life and compartmentalize things. And so she never addressed what was broken in herself, but in her own way kept running from it. Returning to Savannah forces her to deal with doubts and suspicions she’d kept buried for a long time, and address some of her grief.

Without saying anything that will give pieces away, everyone’s motivations check out. By the end, you’ll understand all the major player’s motives clearly. At the same time, Frasier pulls out plenty of surprises along the way that credibly track to information given throughout the story. As one of the best thriller writers out there, Frasier makes crucial details seem like inconsequential nuggets of information. Everything’s a breadcrumb and it tracks through to the end.

Jupiter isn’t an easy character, and that might keep some people from really connecting with her. For me, what stood out about her is how broken she is, and how (like so many people) she tries to use her work to suppress her pain and avoid her problems. I found her credible and relatable. She’s broken … and putting the pieces of your life back together isn’t an easy thing, but it wasn’t long before I was rooting for Jupiter to have a breakthrough and find some happiness.

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2.5 Stars
One Liner: Great premise but failed to keep me interested

Jupiter’s mother, Marie Nova, a celebrated TV actress, was murdered twenty years ago. Jupiter has moved on and built a life for herself as an investigative journalist. When her latest expose affects her, Jupiter is sent back to Savannah to write a piece about a cosmetic company’s 100th-year celebrations.
However, the trip back home makes Jupiter question everything in the past and her life. As she starts to dig into the details of her mother’s death, Jupiter is left with more questions and unconvincing details. The killer’s confession doesn’t seem right, and there are too many gaps in the details.
Can Jupiter get to the bottom of the case and find the closure she desperately needs to have a normal life?
The story comes from Jupiter’s first-person POV and another character’s third-person POV.

My Thoughts:
The premise intrigued me, and the page count was right in my zone. The beginning was good, too, despite the slow pacing. However, I lost interest even before I touched the halfway mark.
Jupiter was a cool character, willing to acknowledge her vulnerabilities and smart enough to connect the dots (though she does make a few mistakes). However, the first-person narration didn’t move me. It couldn’t feel involved in the story.
A few scenes were unbelievable and pretty much unrealistic (at least to me). Also, there wasn’t much backstory to justify the scenes.
Poppy was an adorable character and my favorite in the book. The others were left unexplored almost throughout. Even Jupiter doesn’t have much depth once you realize how things stand.
I knew about the excessive twists towards the end (thanks to other reviews) and was prepared for them. Yet, I found them a little too much. The whole of it somehow felt melodramatic, though things easily work Jupiter one way or another.
To summarize, Found Object didn’t appeal to me as much as I thought it would (and this is when I already went with low expectations). I enjoy thrillers of most kinds, but I just couldn’t make myself care about this one.
Thank you, NetGalley and Thomas & Mercer, for the eARC. This review is voluntary and contains my honest opinion about the book.

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Thank you to the author, Thomas & Mercer and NetGalley, for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I am torn on how to rate this book. Parts were gripping, parts were the opposite, and parts were just plain batsh!t crazy with way too many twists that stretched the limits of my credulity. Told in changing POVs (which means you have to pay attention, because this is not clearly delineated), the plot lurches forward a bit rather than flowing, and I found the voice of the heroine more than a little irritating after a bit.

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Oh wow okay this was confusing haha to be nice to the book. I don't think this was actually a thriller, I couldn't have been more bored with the "mystery" the first 65% of the book you get drops of information here and there but nothing felt important and then suddenly it became confusing and I understand the author wanted twists but those weren't actually twists I swear at some point all the mixed information was so weird that became confusing and ended up with a lot of doubts by the end. There was a lot of unnecessary information that not only added to the confusion but helped the book to be messy and was annoying.

The beginning was good, the first % of it was like whoa, the murder was sadistic but then all went down. The synopsis sounded so good but even if it was a fun read at points I needed less of a mess! Because that how it felt, messy. In the effort to present a book full of twists there were a lot of things that didn't fit in the story. Like one thing had nothing to do with the other and there were many things that, by the end, I still didn't get.

I heard great things about this author so I might read another one by her in the future if there's a chance but this book was definitely not for me. Finished it in a day so I was actually into the story, sadly the last 30% of the book just went down and the first 70% needed more action and mystery.

Thank you to the publisher and the author for the copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.

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Right from the beginning it captivated me. The storyline was great with lots of surprises and twists and I liked the characters. Jupiter's sad past and her struggles are what I love so much about Anne Frasier characters, not always being perfect. Ian and Poppy made this book even better. I hope to see more of Jupiter in another book.

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’m struggling between giving this one a 3 or 3.5. I wanted to love it.. but I didn’t hate it either.

The beginning of this book was my main issue. The first 15% didn’t flow for me. It was very hard for me to be focused on a book that had nothing drawing me.

Eventually, it does it pick up. And I want to say that after about 40% I start being more intrigued with the plot and characters. It’s just a bummer it took that long to get my attention.

Overall I enjoyed the way the book turned out. I enjoyed the characters. And it goes by quick! It’s a good fall read for those who enjoy murder mysteries

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Found Object is an atmospheric stand-alone suspense thriller set in Savannah, Georgia, about a journalist recovering from a breakdown, who returns to her home town to discover the truth about her mother’s murder twenty years earlier. I’ve enjoyed the Elise Sandburg and Inland Empire series by this author, so was keen to read this, then put off my some rather lukewarm early reviews. Thankfully, this exceeded my expectations - it’s a clever twisty mystery with a heroine who grew on me as the story progressed.

After a disastrous undercover investigation went horribly wrong, leading to the death of her lover, Jupiter Bellarosa’s editor sends her home to do a story about legendary cosmetics company Luminescent. Her mother, a famous movie star, was the face of the brand until she was killed in her home, leaving Jupiter to be raised by her aunt when her father fell apart. Meeting up with the police officer who was first on the scene that fateful day, Jupiter learns just how much of the past is a lie.

I’m generally not a fan of journalists as main characters in fiction, with their “anything goes in pursuit of the story” ethos and Jupiter certainly starts out badly, feeling sorry for herself after her actions caused a tragedy, but her wit and willingness to face her demons made her interesting at least, and her courage and compassion soon had me invested in her story. There’s a whole host of creepy suspects here, and I defy anyone to guess who the killer turns out to be. There are some sweet support characters too - fainting goat Ian and his adorable niece Poppy. The plot does get rather far-fetched, but I liked how it turned out, and that things are left just open enough for a sequel. Recommended.
Thanks to NetGalley and Thomas & Mercer for the ARC. I am posting this honest review voluntarily.
Found Object is published on October 18th.

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Found Object by Anne Frasier is a very highly recommended psychological thriller. I could not put this found object down, which counts for a lot. Arguably Found Object might have a few flaws, but I was totally engrossed in the story, start to finish, and, oh my, what a finish!

In the opening Jupiter Bellarose, an investigative journalist, is leaving the hospital after recovering from a breakdown brought on by her latest investigation. Now 36 years-old, Jupiter is no novice to adversity. At sixteen she and her father went to her famous actress mother's house only to find the police there and her mother's dismembered body in the backyard. Her editor, hoping to give her a lighter story, is sending Jupiter to Savannah to cover the 100th anniversary of the cosmetic company Luminescent. It's not as simple as it sounds. Savannah is where Jupiter grew up, her semi-estranged father still lives there in her mother's home, and Luminescent is the beauty company her mother, Marie Nova, was the "face of." With all of this in play, it is doubtful Jupiter's homecoming is going to be as relaxing as her editor hoped.

Every clue, every new development is handled masterfully. I was completely engaged in the entire novel and savored the clues provided, Jupiter's observations, and the advancements in the investigation. Jupiter may seem like a chameleon with conflicting actions and emotions as a character, but with her background it seems like she has learned over the years to perform her role well. Plus, the clues are all there for the detailed oriented reader to follow.

The well-written narrative moves along at a brisk pace and follows story lines set in the past and present with adept skill while providing great character development. All the loose ends and story lines were provided with closure. Now, admittedly, the ending was a maelstrom of exciting new information and developments evolving at a riotous pace. I set all my disbelief and misgivings aside, went with it, and really enjoyed the entire novel, including the sudden, multiple twists at the end.

Disclosure: My review copy was courtesy of Thomas & Mercer via NetGalley.
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Jupiter Edwina Delilah Bellarose, not only has a mouthful of names but is also a fantastic character to warm up to. The opening chapter of Jupiter inside a mental facility piques the reader's interest; from then on, it is a compelling ride to unraveling the most gruesome murder of her mother.

Found Object by Anne Frasier has a number of layers entangled in the story. Jupiter is this character who endears herself to the reader coz of her vulnerability and then there is Ian and Poppy. Those two characters were like a source of light in this, I wouldn’t call it completely dark but kind of a greyish story. And that confusion lingers in every aspect of the plot, there is this spectacular brilliance at some parts f the story while other parts evoke a spiraling into kind of nothing feel. The convo involving Jupiter and Ian was a hoot, and then adding the lovable Poppy to the mix had me enjoying it thoroughly.

Jupiter being an investigative journalist suffering from guilt and depression from her last case has returned to Savannah to do a piece of writing on the Lumet family whose cosmetics line had Jupiter’s mother Marie Nova as their face until her death. Jupiter’s investigation of the events that precipitated her mother’s brutal crime has her going back into the past and trying to make sense out of everything. The investigation did not have the heart pounding tension that I had expected to feel but the puzzle pieces forming out of all the twists and turns were impressive. And then that ending was a double punch that was totally unexpected.

I wouldn’t mind following Jupiter and Ian into the next case they are in pursuit of.

Many thanks to Net Galley, Thomas & Mercer, and the author for a chance to read and review this book. All opinions are expressed voluntarily.

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Although the summary sounded so interesting and I looked forward to another book by Ms. Frasier, I found the beginning confusing and Jupiter’s reaction to her mother’s murder, once she realized that it wasn’t a movie scene, bizarre. I have read and really enjoyed the entire series of Detective Jude Fontaine series by this author, but although I continued to try, I was unable to get interested in finishing this book (and I really hate to do that to an author that I have so enjoyed). I received an advance review copy at no cost and without obligation for an honest review. (paytonpuppy)

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**3.5-stars rounded up**

Jupiter Bellarose is an investigative journalist whose last project ended in tragedy. She feels responsible for the way things turned out and struggles to move past it. She spends some time in a mental health hospital during her recovery and upon her release, her boss, Bennett, suggests that she take a break from her life in Minneapolis. He further suggests that perhaps it would be a good time to go home to Savannah, visit her father and work on an easy story.

Jupiter has avoided Savannah for a long time. As a place, it holds a lot of dark memories for her. Her mother, Marie Nova, a world-famous actress was actually murdered there when Jupiter was a teenager. Jupiter, unfortunately, along with her father, stumbled upon the very gruesome crime scene, including her mother's decapitated head, shortly after the police did. It was a scene that continues to haunt her.

It's a real testament to how shaken up she was by the last assignment that she actually agrees to go back. Her new project is a fluff piece regarding the Lumet family and their cosmetics empire, Luminescent. Jupiter's mother was once the face of Luminescent cosmetics, so Jupiter already has a bit of knowledge, including first-hand experiences, with the family. She can get this done.

In Savannah, Jupiter is hit in the face with her past. The sudden overflow of memories makes her curious. Some things about that tragic night long ago don't add up. Jupiter begins to do what she does best, she digs and she digs, coming ever closer to the answers she seeks. Will she be able to find the truth, or will she be taken out before she can? There's only one way to find out...

Found Object definitely surprised me with its ability to draw me in. I wasn't sure if I would end up liking this or not, truth be told, but oh my word, once I started, I couldn't put it down. Some aspects of it were a bit ridiculous, but I didn't even care. I was so intrigued by the horrifying story of Jupiter's mother. I had to know what the truth was.

Jupiter was a great main character. She was well fleshed out and I felt like over the course of the story, I really came to understand her. She had a complicated history and her personality definitely matched that. There were also some great side characters, Ian, a local police officer, and Poppy, his sweet and smart little niece, definitely stick out in my mind.

For me, the mystery was fun. I love the examination of long ago cases and this one didn't disappoint. Additionally, I liked watching Jupiter go about her investigation. Being an investigative reporter, it made sense that she would be as resourceful as she was. Having Ian as a friend during her time in Savannah definitely helped as well.

This concluded in a place that definitely left it open for a continuation of Jupiter and Ian's story. I would absolutely, one hundred percent, no doubt in my mind pick up a second book if one were published. No pressure, Anne Frasier, but when can I get it?

Thank you so much to the publisher, Thomas Mercer, for providing me with a copy to read and review. I truly had fun with this story.

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Found Object Finds Much More About Her Family’s History

The novel opens with Jupiter Bellarose being released from jail. She signs the release form, ‘Object Found’. Through her reminiscing she recalls the story on how she received that name. She then reminisces about the Saturday morning when her father drove with her to where her mother lived. There were many police cars and yellow tape. Her mother is a star of a TV show and Jupiter believes that it is just a shoot for that show. She is critical of the props, especially the ones that represented her dismembered mother. She went into the house looking for her mother. She comes out holding hands with a police officer and a terrible memory. The story starts from here.

The main storyline consists of three threads. The first thread defines Jupiter as an aggressive undercover investigative reporter. That thread sets up the two other very related threads. First was a fluff piece on Lumets cosmetics product family that her boss assigned to her to recover from her undercover story. The Lumets lived outside of Savanah, GA, and Jupiter’s mother was their company’s face before her death. That and an incident as she drove into Savanah lead to a very her desire to find out who killed her mother, the second thread. My interest was captured as Jupiter’s mother was a very colorful character. Jupiter uses the interviews with the Lumets matron who Jupiter knew when her mother took her to the Lumets estate. These interviews were intermingled with flashbacks to when her mother was alive. While captivating by themselves, some facts are revealed that indicated that everything is not as it seems and dark secrets are just below the surface. Tension is maintained as Jupiter’s mother’s chauffeur is in prison and Jupiter does not believe that he murdered her mother. Then, mortal danger for Jupiter takes over that increase the tension level. My imagination was firmly captured and did not wain throughout the novel.

The B-storyline for this novel is extraordinarily rich. The reason is that Jupiter is delving into the history of the Lumets family and business history of which her mother and Jupiter herself was a significantly part. The estrangement between Jupiter and her father provides an interesting insight into their family dynamics. This is one of the best B-storylines in a novel that I have read.

For the issues that turn off some readers, first there are not any intimate scenes. Second, vulgar words are just a few with rude and impious language just a little more. There is some violence but the worse is described in the less edgy after the fact. This appears to be a standalone novel or at worse, the first novel in the series, so there are not any dependences on previous novels.

The aspects that I liked the most were the twists and turns in the main storyline that became literary grenades that turned my understanding upside-down as the novel approached the end. The other reason was the richness of the B-storyline as explained above. Upon much thought, I could not find anything that I disliked in the novel. I have read four of the author’s previous novels. She is solidly in my Will-Read author rating and edging up to the Must-Read rating. I am eagerly looking forward to reading further books/series by the author. I rate this novel with five stars.

I received a free e-book version of this novel through NetGalley from Thomas & Mercer. My review is based only on my own reading experience of this book. I wish to thank Thomas & Mercer for the opportunity to read and review this novel early.

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Fresh off a story that got a little too personal, investigative reporter Jupiter Bellarose agrees to return to her hometown of Savannah, GA, to cover a fluff piece about a cosmetics company celebrating its 100th anniversary. But Jupiter has avoided Savannah as much as possible for the last 20 years, ever since her mother was found brutally murdered. Jupiter's actress mother was the "face" of the cosmetics company before she died, which makes it almost impossible for Jupiter to prepare her story without facing the past. I found this a fast-paced story, well written with quirky and memorable characters. There were plenty of red herrings to keep me guessing at what would happen, but I also wasn't sure that the resolution to the story made a lot of sense (thus 4 stars instead of 5).

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There is a lot going on in this book! Jupiter is mourning the loss of her boyfriend (aka sting of her last undercover investigative journalism assignment) and for some reason thinks this is a good time to head back home to Savannah where her mother had been brutally murdered decades prior. Despite couching the visit as the opportunity to do a light piece regarding a local company celebrating their 100th anniversary, there is too much history for Jupiter to have a mental break. Soon enough she is back in the middle of investigating her mother's death, despite someone currently serving time for the murder. To summarize, there are a whole lot of moving pieces and layers in this story. The only thing that didn't sit well was the feeling the author gave that Savannah is a small town where everyone knows each other. That felt a bit contrived. But otherwise, a solid suspenseful and interesting mystery.

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Jupiter Bellarose is an investigative journalist. She’s been working undercover to write an exposé on a respected art evaluator and artist, who himself has been forging and selling very good copies of the masters. Unfortunately, she made the mistake of falling in love with him, so is devastatingly heartbroken when he walks off into the ocean to drown himself following the publication of her feature article.

After a breakdown and a spell in a psychiatric hospital, Jupiter’s editor sends her to Savannah to write a fluff piece on the 100th anniversary of famous cosmetic company Luminescent, started by the Lumet family. However, Savannah is the town where she grew up and where her father still lives. It’s also the town where her mother, actress Marie Nova was the face of Luminescent, before she was murdered twenty years ago when Jupiter was sixteen. Now older, Jupiter has many questions about the day she and her father found her mother’s body and once back in Savannah she reaches out to Ian Griffin, the young cop who was first responder at the scene.

This atmospheric novel has a slow but steady build-up, setting the scene by introducing us to Jupiter’s father Max and policeman Ian Griffin and his delightful young niece Poppy, as well as the Lumet family who own Luminescent and live in a grand Southern mansion. The Lumets themselves are an enigmatic family with many secrets. Although Jupiter warms to the matriarch Phaedra and can remember playing at the mansion during her childhood, she now finds the family mansion quite eerie.

The descriptions of the landscape, exotic plants and sunny days overlays everything with a strong Southern aura, adding a richness to the plot. The steady, almost dreamlike, build up culminates in a fast and furious unfolding of a number shocking revelations in multiple twists. In fact, it felt somewhat over the top and at least one less twist could have resulted in a smoother but just as shocking ending. Although, not one of Frasier’s fast paced thrillers that readers have come to expect, this is an engaging character driven murder mystery with a cast of interesting characters and a little romance along the way.

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US author Anne Frasier has several series under her belt, standalone books as well as romance novels under the pseudonym Theresa Weir. This (however) is my first book by Frasier and it features investigative journalist - the spectacularly named - Jupiter (Edwina Delilah) Bellarose. I suspect it'll become the first in the series and though I found it a little overly-convoluted and 'fantastique' (in the end), I liked Jupiter and would happily spend more time with her.

This opens as Jupiter is leaving a mental health facility, checked-in at the behest of her editor and boss. We learn she's just exposed art forgeries but - unfortunately for Jupiter - fell in love with the forger himself. It's quite an exciting opening and given her lover disappeared and is presumed dead (though aware Jupiter was investigating him the whole time), we assume it'll play some role later in the unfolding plot. Although it doesn't. Well, not really.

And that's really just one of several threads Frasier doesn't pursue, that I wish she had because it felt like there are a few loose ends. Of course if this is the first in a series, Frasier might be eking out details for future books.

Although Jupiter isn't known for her 'puff' pieces, her boss sends off to profile an ageing cosmetics company. Which seems benign until it's revealed that Jupiter's mother - who was very brutally murdered when Jupiter was a teenager - was the 'face' of the company. I thought it was a bit off that her boss forces her to confront her past (given his concern about her mental health) although it's obvious she needs some closure.

Frasier's given us some backstory into Jupiter's famous mother and the complex relationship she had with Jupiter's father. Marie wasn't subtle about her affairs and comes across as both vapid and a bit of an enigma. The title of this book reflects a story Marie told her daughter about how they 'found' her on the road one night... and again there's A LOT there that could be unpacked, but isn't.

Jupiter's decision to revisit her mother's case seems inevitable but at the same time it felt sudden - as if there was no transition to her decision to do so. She'd ignored it and the man imprisoned for the crime for decades, but suddenly believes there's more to the story.

We're also introduced to police officer Ian Griffin, who was a young rookie on his first shift the day of her mother's murder. Now in his early 40s he's only a few years older than Jupiter and becomes her confidante and offers advice as she ponders inconsistencies around her mother's death and peoples' accounts.

I liked Jupiter, I liked Ian and I liked Jupiter's boss, Bennett (and was keen for more backstory there, as it felt like it was intimated), but there were so many inconsistencies in people's relationships and behaviour that events became a bit inconceivable. And Frasier goes for a twisty finish. Indeed it's a twist (or two) too far. We could easily have done without a couple.

Despite all of that, Frasier's publishing history indicates she's popular and I very much liked her characters and aspects of this so - if Jupiter does return - I'd be happy to spend more time with her.

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Jupiter has been struggling- so much that she was hospitalized- but now she's out and she's off to report what's meant to be a puff piece about a cosmetics company. Unfortunately, it brings her hard up upon the unsolved and horrible murder of her mother when she was a child. It's a twisty one, with memories that differ from reality and questions of trust. No spoilers from me. Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC. Would make a good travel book.

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