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★★★★★
At first, I thought it was a train wreck & almost DNF'd. The ONLY thing I can say is - it isn't what you think it is!!!
It’s not often that mysteries take me by surprise anymore. I had chosen Twist of Faith simply because it was a mystery and none of the other choices seemed appealing. Wow, am I glad I chose this book! There’s nothing quite like a good mystery that keeps you guessing until the end. If you like a truly enigmatic mystery drawn out to the last bloody clue, this one’s for you.
At first, the mystery is simply a mesmerizing train wreck in slow motion; you want to look away because you think you know how it’s going to end, but you can’t drag your eyes away because it’s so incredibly vivid and fascinating to watch. But Twist of Faith is NOT a train wreck: every time you think the mystery is solved or crucial elements will be revealed, the mystery gets deeper.
Ellen Green reminds me a lot of Agatha Christie; she leaves you grasping at every clue, wondering which are real and which are red herrings. Every seeming cliché and every guessed-at trope turns itself slowly around, Janus-like. And like Janus, the face revealed is quite different than the visage we were surveying just moments before.
Overall, while this would receive an R-rating as a movie, it would a soft R-rating. The author did a wonderful job of showing murder-mystery violence without getting horrific, a few sexual situations without being graphic, and enough profanity so we understood people's characters without being inundated. I thought the author had a great balance that worked incredibly well. If you wish to see the curse word count, I've included it in a comment below. It's not bad at all, very skillfully done.
Very glad that I chose this excellent mystery for my First Reads / Kindle First January 2018 selection.
