⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫 (4.5)

🎧🎧🎧🎧🎧 (5)

Genre: Thriller

Format: Audio

Status: Borrowed from Libby

Published: Jan 07, 2020

Soundtrack:  Fine Line – Harry Styles

Long Bright River transports you to the streets of Philadelphia where sisters Mickey and Kasey grew up and now where they both work. However, their jobs couldn’t be different as Mickey is a cop on patrol, and Kasey an addict making her living selling herself. Moore’s thriller explores the dynamics of sisterhood, living with addiction, and the vulnerability of those who make their living on the streets. This book will haunt you until you finish it, not only to unravel all the plot secrets but also to see how these sisters turned out to be such outwardly different people. 

When a killer appears to be targeting women working on the streets and remains on the loose, Mickey’s identity as a cop conflicts with her identity as a sister. Despite not speaking to Kacey in years, Mickey feels personally responsible for her well-being and begins a quest to find her missing sister. Throughout the book, we receive flashbacks of Mickey and Kacey growing up. Through these flashbacks, we find the origins of Kacey’s addiction and explore the background to the mystery surrounding Mickey’s solitary lifestyle. At times, I struggled with Mickey and her constant need to be independent; however, I think this is part of the book’s intent: to keep you wanting to learn more.  The ending is satisfying with all the sister’s secrets revealed by the end. 

 Throughout the novel, we experience heartbreak for both sisters and the undoing of their relationship. I loved the family dynamics and felt the representation of generational addiction was well portrayed. I recommend this to lovers of intense family dynamics, thrillers, and cop drama. 

Thanks to the queen of audiobooks @meagansbookclub for this wonderful suggestion!

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