Long Bright River

A GMA Book Club Pick (A Novel)

By: Liz Moore

Narrated by: Allyson Ryan

THE INSPIRATION FOR THE PEACOCK TV SERIES STARRING AMANDA SEYFRIED

ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR—BY THE AUTHOR OF THE GOD OF THE WOODS

AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK

Two sisters travel the same streets, though their lives couldn't be more different. Then one of them goes missing.

In a Philadelphia neighborhood rocked by the opioid crisis, two once-inseparable sisters find themselves at odds. One, Kacey, lives on the streets in the vise of addiction. The other, Mickey, walks those same blocks on her police beat. They don't speak anymore, but Mickey never stops worrying about her sibling.

Then Kacey disappears, suddenly, at the same time that a mysterious string of murders begins in Mickey's district, and Mickey becomes dangerously obsessed with finding the culprit--and her sister--before it's too late.

Alternating its present-day mystery with the story of the sisters' childhood and adolescence, Long Bright River is at once heart-pounding and heart-wrenching: a gripping suspense novel that is also a moving story of sisters, addiction, and the formidable ties that persist between place, family, and fate.

"[Moore’s] careful balance of the hard-bitten with the heartfelt is what elevates Long Bright River from entertaining page-turner to a book that makes you want to call someone you love.” – The New York Times Book Review

"This is police procedural and a thriller par excellence, one in which the city of Philadelphia itself is a character (think Boston and Mystic River). But it’s also a literary tale narrated by a strong woman with a richly drawn personal life – powerful and genre-defying.” – People

"A thoughtful, powerful novel by a writer who displays enormous compassion for her characters. Long Bright River is an outstanding crime novel… I absolutely loved it."
—Paula Hawkins, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of The Girl on the Train

Tragedy of circumstance.

Should have had Philadelphia accents and not New York accents. Compelling story. Makes you think and be grateful for life.

Such a long book.

Too wordy, it took all the suspense away from the story. The narrator would sometimes use an accent with Cassies character and sometimes she would forget. Not a fan of the story or narration.

I couldn't finish

The writer has a way with words at times, but the book as a whole didn't draw me in. I like good character development, even slow development like this book, because it becomes more of a mystery. The writer didn't make me care about the characters, though. None of the characters are very likable. I don't know if it's just me, but the narrator was so monotone and unemotional. She sounds like a robot. It made this bleak material even more uninteresting.

Must read in 2020

One way to
Learn with out the media . Lost my cousin to drugs this shows that yeah there’s a few bad eggs but there’s awesome cops out there!

Gritty and satisfying

Really well developed characters and I really respected the author’s choices with the plot - nothing felt unrealistic or contrived. I was hooked. I wanted a good crime novel and got that and much more.