Question C

[Jonetta]

When the team goes to Belinda’s house, they meet her sister Veronica who isn’t very cooperative. What did you make of her at the time? Her relationship with Belinda?

[Sharon]

She jumped right to the top of my list. I wondered why she was lying to the police. The only reason I could think that she was so vague and unhelpful was because she killed Belinda or she knows who did.

[Robin]

She was a piece of work. I was floored by her attitude toward her sister's murder and her sister in general. I knew she was hiding something big and assumed it had to do with the murder.

[~Teresa]

She was the most interesting character, in my opinion. So abrasive while at the same time helping? I knew there was a secret she was keeping, but when we found out the secret, it was a little bit of a letdown.

[Jonetta]

I was turned off to and suspicious of her at first. But after a while when part of her past kept being revealed, I moved to where you got to Teresa. She’s a complex woman but I was certain she was hiding something sinister.

[Lisa - (Aussie Girl)]

What a strange relationship these sisters seemed to have. They both seemed a little unusual. I did have the thought that this would factor in to what happened to Belinda.

[Lauren]

I liked her! Her personality is not all that dissimilar to Kim's and I understood that something must have happened to the sisters to forge their strange relationship.

I did not suspect her because it was clear to me that despite their differences Veronica loved her sister and was hurt by her death.

That said, I did suspect that she had information that would be helpful to the investigation.

[Jonetta]

Kudos, Lauren, for that insight!

[Lauren]

Thanks Jonetta!

[Sharon]

Great insight Lauren. Veronica was on my list through most of the book.

[Lynn]

Their whole relationship seemed odd from the beginning. She was definitely meant to be a large red herring in this story.

[Jonetta]

Indeed. I was hung up on her as a suspect for much too long.

[Lynn]

Jonetta wrote: "Indeed. I was hung up on her as a suspect for much too long."

With the amount of time that was spent on her, I think she was meant to throw off the reader.

[Jonetta]

Mission accomplished. It had the effect of me missing other clues that might have led me down the right path.

[Lynn]

Jonetta wrote: "Mission accomplished. It had the effect of me missing other clues that might have led me down the right path."

I believe this is the sign of a really good author.

[Jonetta]

Me, too.

[Sharon]

Me too! She was so unlikable which made her more suspicious in my mind.