"In the Blood" by Lisa Unger

I surprise myself sometimes.  

For a girl who used to be afraid of the dark as a kid, I have become quite the mystery lover.

However, I might need to invest in a new night-light.

I'm not talking "thriller light," I'm talking, plot so thick, scenes so terrifying, that I don't recommend this book for bedtime reading.

Now, that we have that out of the way - why have I not heard of Lisa Unger?

This story had me hooked from the first page. Talk about adrenaline - I was downright afraid to go to sleep, yet couldn't stop reading!

I finished "In The Blood" last night and have already convinced four of my friends to get the book. If I can't sleep at night, why should they?  Seriously, it's a great book. 

Because, even though law firm life might make for a lively day, it does nothing to bring the night to life like this!

Caution:  If you're a "newbie" mystery reader, you might want to limit your reading of this particular book to daylight hours.

"In The Blood" by Lisa Unger

SYNOPSIS:  LANA GRANGER LIVES A LIFE OF LIES. She has told so many lies about where she comes from and who she is that the truth is like a cloudy nightmare she can’t quite recall. About to graduate from college and with her trust fund almost tapped out, she takes a job babysitting a troubled boy named Luke. Expelled from schools all over the country, the manipulative young Luke is accustomed to control­ling the people in his life. But, in Lana, he may have met his match. Or has Lana met hers?

When Lana’s closest friend, Beck, mysteriously disappears, Lana resumes her lying ways—to friends, to the police, to herself. The police have a lot of questions for Lana when the story about her where­abouts the night Beck disappeared doesn’t jibe with eyewitness accounts. Lana will do anything to hide the truth, but it might not be enough to keep her ominous secrets buried: someone else knows about Lana’s lies. And he’s dying to tell.