Jori Trahan thought the worst thing that could have happened to her teenage life was the sudden disappearance of her boyfriend and his parents on the eve of prom. Life moved on but the mystery was never solved. Years later she is moving back to care for her aging grandmother who has dementia and her autistic brother. Once there, Jori is reminded of the missing boyfriend and the rumors that surrounded their disappearances. Little does she know that those mysterious happenings from her past could cause so much more heartbreak and pain now.

She still has questions and now she is determined to find answers because the loss of her boyfriend was only the beginning of the changes in her world. Secrets upon secrets are stirred, unexpected tragedies come out of the woodwork, and someone who doesn't want those secrets known will fight back. And it will not matter to them who is asking the questions, those questions must stop.

NOT ONE OF US is a riveting mystery with a lot of twists and turns. Author Debbie Herbert takes her readers into a small town in the Alabama Bayou filled with secrets steeped with quite a bit of distrust for strangers. When Jori starts asking questions she can not imagine the hornets' nest she will stir.

The characters certainly give a realistic small town, backwoods feel in conversation and actions. Even the deputy Tegan Blackwell has to deal with quite a bit of chauvinistic attitude but she is the heroine of the book along with Jori after she got some unexpected answers. I will not tell you who the bad guy is but suffice it to say that amateur detectives might or might not guess it in the end, but if you do, it will not harm the enjoyment of the explosive ending. In the end, several murders are solved, a cold case, and a drug ring is broken up.

You will have to read NOT ONE OF US to find out how Jori finally gets closure for her heartbreak so long ago (and it was more than just missing the prom) and be ready for an amazing, sometimes heartbreaking, ride.

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