Come Home: A Novel

As so many blended families today with step mothers father and kids. This story is so pertinent. How do you separate the children of previous spouses, when you become a part of their lives and then not. She makes sense of how to deal with it. Murder and espionage is a plus. Her stories are so life like you can really get wrapped up in the. Real page turners.

Normally; I love her books. And this one was not terrible. It was however, fairly predictable. Every ‘plot twist’ was obvious well in advance. Just not as emotionally gripping or intriguing plot as her other books.

I liked the characters and all the unforeseen twists and of course Beef! A delightful read for a rainy spring day!

I read a lot. Probably more than a thousand over the years. One of my favorite genres is the murder mystery. I'm also a huge fan of both true crime and fictional crime programs. I had heard about Lisa Scottoline's work & have been looking forward to reading something. Having just finished this one, I'm walking away from this one rather disappointed. I couldn't get rid of the feeling that the main character, Jill, though supposedly a smart woman (she's a pediatrician), does one stupid thing after another jeopardizing her relationship and her daughters. Even though she becomes aware of the danger involved she keeps saying "don't worry, I'll be fine even as she sets off by herself to investigate her ex-husband's murder and realizes she's being followed. The question of why she's digging deeper and deeper into his murder is first cast as concern for her stepdaughter who found him. It's not until much further in the book that she posits that the real reason is because she herself never understood why her marriage broke up so suddenly. Even later on, the reason becomes that she's on a search to understand who she is and who she was wither Ex. She exclaims that you can't go forward (into her new marriage) unless you work out the past. I don't totally agree with this statement nor do I totally disagree with it either. However, it's the extent to which she takes it while knowing that she's jeopardizing the great relationship she has that causes the problem for me. It seems that she hadn't figured out that loving your children doesn't mean being a mother hen to them even as they enter adulthood. I love mine but don't need to have them under my roof to validate my love. Anyway, as I mentioned, Jill is a pediatrician. The only patient we get to know is Rahul who has been getting repeated ear infections. We're just getting to know him and his mom and are developing affection for them when they suddenly get lost in the plot and become nothing more than an ancillary plot line to wrap up. Just as we find out that the baby has a life-threatening condition, she veers off deeper into the murder. First, she orders some important labs to try to get a definitive diagnosis. She doesn't ask for them 'stat" and while in real life the results for that particular lab would be in within 2-3 days, it takes at least a week to find out they're missing. Jill is rather busy playing detective and getting herself nearly killed and she forgets about the appointment with Rahul & his mom which causes her to lose faith in Jill as this is the 2nd time in a few days. I would feel the same too. The ending is sappy and quite predictable. Even the fact that she goes undercover for the FBI to get her husband's killer to confess is really no surprise in light of all that has gone on before. To me, this last part of the plot seemed unnecessary. It didn't change the story much and seemed to be an attempt to tie up a loose end that, on the whole, didn't seem to need wrapping up. Overall, I thought this murder mystery lacked suspense. It was only when she and her daughter almost got killed that suspense entered the stage. In addition, I hated the way that quotes others say pop into her head in the form of italic print. They would seem to indicate some introspection but if it was happening, it got lost before finding it's way to her brain. I kept feeling like something was missing. Maybe it's that I didn't feel like I really got to know the main characters; what they're like, how they really fit in together in the plot. It felt a bit disconnected. Like I said, this was my first Scottoline. Not my last. I don't like to judge any writer by one work and I know she's well-respected in the field. I just couldn't get into this one. It's just one person's opinion and I truly hope you enjoy the read.

I have read and liked other books by this author and was not disappointed this time. It started off acquainting me with all the characters and then began to build to the exciting and unexpected ending. Another great read!

It was an easy read that was wholesome. Good family story that kept you interested, and waiting to lear more. Interesting idea of hero being a Doctor. Facts not straight on EMT work, but close enough!

I have loved every book I've read by Lisa Scottoline and this one was no exception. Everytime I read one of her books I have a hard time putting it down so needless to say, I don't get anything else done during the day when I'm reading her books. Always grabs my attention on the first page to the last. I love everything she's written.

The story line was good. It was very easy to enter the story as any of the characters. At midpoint in the book I had almost decided it was "just another romance novel", which I almost never read voluntarily. But within a few chapters, the plot had taken an unexpected twist and it was back to being a murder mystery again. The author was able to pull off the hard trick of having love story and mystery run parrallel each other. The book was well written & easy to read.

I have only just started reading again,so I don't yet know what this book will be like.

Loved this book! Lisa Scottoline is one of my favorite authors. She has a wonderful way of putting together a great story. Keeps you on your toes all through the book, hard to put down. I recommend all her books!

this is a very good novel about the problems of the modern american mother who has to cope also the in treating infant patients.There is suspense but iis slow but her cd reader maggi neg reed really gets inside the characters and the result is that the novel emerges as a a very well -written novel by a very experienced writer.

Not finished reading it yet, so far an o.k. story but maybe not my favorite book from the Author.

I would have given it a 5 star because I was really really enjoying it but I got so bogged up in all that technical confusing stuff about how William had another persona and how they were getting all that money? I found it very confusing and boring.