REVIEW: IT HAD TO BE YOU, BY MARY HIGGINS CLARK & ALAFAIR BURKE

The two identical brothers seemed perfect in every way—handsome, intelligent, popular—until a shocking summer night when one brother killed his parents in cold blood while the other brother had an iron-clad alibi. But which twin was where during the murders? And is it possible the two of them planned the perfect crime together?

Years later, the twins are long estranged, each of them claiming to be convinced that the other is responsible for the death of their parents. Married now with children of their own, they may finally be ready to clear one name at the expense of the other and turn to Laurie Moran and her team to reinvestigate their parents’ murder. But as the Under Suspicion crew gets closer to the truth, the danger that was assumed to be left in the past finds its way into the present.

 

In another great tale from the Under Suspicion team, It Had To Be You opens with Laurie Moran planning how to dig into the suspense of an unsolved murder.

Can she follow the clues untapped in the decade before to solve the case? Will the twins be cleared of the murder?

I enjoyed following Laurie’s search into still another great mystery. 5 stars.

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