Twisted by Hannah Jayne
Bex, formerly Beth Anne, has recently moved to a new town, in with her new foster parents. Her grandmother recently passed away, and she was put into the system. She didn't have anyone else. Why? Her mother is dead and her father is a serial killer. A serial killer who wants his daughter to believe that he isn't guilty, but takes off one day and she doesn't hear from him again.
So here Bex is, ten years after her father left, trying to live her new life where no one knows her. She makes friends, meets a boy. One night during her first week, Bex and her friends are going to the beach for a bonfire. They don't quite make it as they see something fishy on the way there-- a teenaged girl, dead in the sand, with her ring finger removed. This was her dad's signature. That and giving his daughter something that belonged to his victims.
A few days later, a box shows up on the porch for Bex. It is assumed that it is a gift from her new boyfriend, but he says he didn't get it for her. Other things pop up showing that her dad is back. Then the detective who worked the case all those years ago shows up, asking Bex to try to lure her father out. It is the detective's hope that they will be able to get him this time. Bex is not so sure.
This was not such a bad read. There was some suspense. What irked me is that Bex never said anything about who she was. I'd like to think her foster parents would have helped her navigate the situation, but we will never know because the author didn't work that angle.
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