Review of Twenty Five Years Ago Today by Stacy Juba
5 stars
I totally enjoyed this thoroughly engrossing mystery, a
romantic suspense by Stacy Juba. Kris Langley is a woman with a long-held
secret: she considers herself responsible for the death of her much-loved
cousin Nicole, when they were both twelve. During her work as an editorial
assistant at a newspaper, writing obits and birth and wedding announcements,
she happens upon a crime account from twenty-five years earlier: the death of a
21-year-old woman, a promising artist, working as a cocktail waitress. Although
there were a couple of ex-boyfriend suspects, the case quickly went cold and
stayed that way. Kris begins to investigate, and befriends the bereaved mother,
sister, and brother-in-law. The dead woman’s nephew at first agitates against
her questioning, but it isn’t long before the sparks between Eric and Kris fly,
for other reasons entirely.
Author Stacy Juba keeps the suspense burner turned up to the
max, and although there are plenty of possibilities, and what seems a pretty certain
result, I think readers will find themselves surprised at the outcome. Ms. Juba
also really delineates the layers of emotion involved, both in the death of
Diana Ferguson so many years earlier, and in the murder of Kris’ cousin, and
shows us the aftermath of both crimes.
I highly recommend this mystery-it’s a re-reader.
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