FOR THE GARDEN

Sarina's twin was murdered when she was 11 but no one was convicted of the crime. Fifteen years later Sarina begins to have nightmares. Set in the beautiful back drop of San Francisco her story unwinds. She sees a sports massage therapist for her debilitating headaches. He listens to her. Understands her. He gives her suggestions which change he life.

An intriguing murder mystery for sure. Twins seem to make any story more interesting. The two sisters in this story grab your attention and hold on relentlessly. As you begin to read the first few paragraphs you might very well say to yourself that you'll read a chapter of two and then clean the house, or perhaps start making dinner. Wrong!! Once you begin reading, you will want to continue. This story has a way of getting under your skin and into your thoughts. I absolutely did not want to go to sleep at night. I wanted to read more and more.If you like to read a good mystery, this will fit the bill. Samuella and Sarina will consume your thoughts during the day and stay in your thoughts at night. I'm going to have a hard time finding the next book I'm going to read!

By the fourth page, the author in a hasty fashion, deviates from 3rd person, as she poses a question (in parenthesis) directly to the reader. The question itself is completely off topic, baseless, and quite frankly, immature & goofy. There are rough shifts in between topics. However, the book is an easy read, as in, it does have excellent punctuation and grammar. Unfortunately, however, my extreme distaste for this title stems from the explicit ostentatious things that “come out of the bag,” per say, when the “private encounters” become more prevalent and start overriding the mystery towards the latter part of the book. For instances, when Becky (the main character’s roommate) comes home to a dark living room, that is currently occupied by Sarina (the main character) and her lover, the author begins giving extremely “provocative” details about HOW Becky “spooned” the ice cream in her mouth, that she had just purchased with the “off topic” hundred dollar tip a male customer left her at work. Now mind you, this is all occurring while Becky sits in the dark living room with the “playful” lovers. This trashy scene finally begins to conclude (or so I had thought) by Becky exiting the dark living room, but then Becky pauses going down the hall, just to explicitly tell the lovers how she needs check her batteries to assure they’re running strong in her *v....r* — all while she heads to her bedroom all alone — this was the pivotal point I was done reading this “mystery novel” turned porn! Although I had already wasted my time reading the majority of this mystery novel, given the dramatic shift to trashy porn occurred late, I no longer had interest in finding out whom was the killer, due to Sarina’s compromised character; as in, she was portrayed as reserved, serious, and modest; but yet, her reactions and comfort level with all the “intimate” exchanges towards the end of the book say otherwise.1st person by engaging directly with the reader only by placing an off topic question in parentheses. Generally with published books unreliable narration has some kind of a purpose and is a facade that gradually diminishes revealing aspects of a character. Given the switch was not done tactfully and is off topic completely, it has the skill level of a good middle school writer.& engaging directly with the reader, with a question put in parentheses with an off topic question that’s purpose bestows me.to only then just as abruptly pick right back up in third person. the reader directly in 1st person narrative 3rd person question to the reader that I only can assume is a poor attempt to relate to the reader

This story kept you on your toes until the end. The mind is a complicated creature. What a twist at the end. Can't believe it was the surviving sister! Great read!

This story pulls you in from the very beginning, when a horrible crime is committed against a child. You wonder, “Who would do such a thing?” The murdered child had a twin sister, who eventually wants to learn more about what happened that night, and she confides in her closet friends that she is having dreams that seem to be related, and they wonder if the murdered child is trying to reach her from the grave to tell her what happened. The end is not what you expect, which again, keeps you glued to the book’s final revelation and conclusion.

this was a free download for me and i am always skeptical but this one proved to be excellent. i thought i had it figured out a couple times but the author kept twisting me around. some people complained about the "explicit sex". while i didn't find any of that, if you do, you can always skim over it. i thought this book was well written and well polished from start to finish. I am a very picky reader and i can't find anything to complain about here. Well done, Ms. Slater!!

Lots of twists and turns in this story and even though I suspected the ending I wasn’t quite sure of it, right up to the last sentence. And I can’t help feeling that the victim deserved exactly what she got...which I suppose makes me a bad person.

Though not my typical genre I wanted to read this given the fact I know the author. It was a pleasant, if not chilling surprise on the depths the book takes the readers into the characters lives, both awake and dreaming. The plot twists kept me wondering till the end which is always a good indicator for a mystery. Overall a well written novel that I highly recommend.

Not a bad read, for time pass.