THE LONELY GIRLS CLUB

Author: Suzanne Forster ISBN: 0778322017 8/2005 SUSPENSE Publisher: MIRA

At an exclusive California prep school, four young girls form a bond that will endure over two decades—a bond built on secrets, scandal and murder ...a bond about to be broken. Mattie, a federal judge ...Breeze, a wealthy entrepreneur ...and Jane, the first lady of the United States, have all enjoyed a meteoric rise to success since their days at the Rowe Academy for Girls. But now the truth behind the suicide of their friend Ivy and the murder of their headmistress twenty years ago is no longer safely hidden. The man imprisoned for the murder has been exonerated, and a true crime reporter is relentlessly pursuing a loose thread in the decades-old cover-up, one that threatens to unravel the women's pact of silence. But none of them anticipated the twisted depths of the secrets about to be exposed—or how the truth could shatter all their lives.

RRAH's THOUGHTS AND PONDERINGS:

THE LONELY GIRLS CLUB has all the elements of a terrific thriller/murder mystery. Murder, suspense, a fast-paced plot and a myriad of colorful suspects will keep readers turning pages until the very end.

THE LONELY GIRLS CLUB is a flash back, flash forward story of four girls who attend a prestigious prep school where their vile headmistress involves them in a sex ring. The headmistress is murdered and the case is never solved. Twenty years later a reporter takes an interest in the old case and begins accusing the girls of murder. Will the girls be able to convince this reporter of their innocence before their lives are destroyed?

Forster, an awarding winning author, has the unique ability of weaving an intricate, elaborate tale that will keep even the most astute minds guessing.

Kendra Wheeler