Through Any Window by Deb Richardson-Moore-review
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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date January 16, 2024
After being questioned in a murder investigation, Riley Masterson has spent eighteen months under suspicion by the sheriff’s office. Anxious to escape accusing eyes, she finally decides to leave Alabama and move to South Carolina.
But Greenbrier isn’t the stabilizing influence she hopes for, as her neighborhood is slowly being gentrified, with homeless people living in the shadows of mansions. As Riley struggles to forge a new life, forces are gathering in the tension-plagued neighborhood as glitzy new homes rise beside crumbling mill houses, and everyone is able and willing to peer into a neighbor’s window.
When a ghastly crime occurs, an unexpected victim is caught in the crossfire. Detectives are left to ponder: Are the deaths personal or the result of rich and poor living in such proximity? Will Riley take the blame, as someone seems to have so meticulously planned?
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REVIEW: THROUGH ANY WINDOW by Deb Richardson-Moore is an adult, stand alone, murder mystery story line focusing on a small, upcoming neighborhood community in Greenbrier, South Carolina.
Told from several third person perspectives including Riley Masterson, approximately eighteen months earlier Riley Masterson was the prime suspect in her ‘married’ boyfriend’s murder on the coast of Alabama, and desperate to start over, Riley moved to Greenbrier, South Carolina, moving in with her aunt and uncle but from the outset little things begin to spiral, and with the appearance of her estranged sister, Riley knew nothing good was going to happen.
THROUGH ANY WINDOW is a story focusing on the crumbling of society: homelessness, drug addiction, group homes, in competition with neighborhood rejuvenation, monster mansions, and discrimination. From assaults to r*pes, overdoses and death, adulterous affairs, jealousy and blackmail, Greenbrier, South Carolina reads more like a poor man’s ’Peyton Place’ than anything else. A reflection of many town in today’s societies, THROUGH ANY WINDOW the gentrification of America pushes at the most vulnerable, laying blame for the world’s woes on the homeless and those incapable of looking after themselves.
THROUGH ANY WINDOW is a slow building story of dysfunctional family dynamics, secrets, lies and deceit, betrayal and vengeance, rich vs poor, mental illness and mistrust. The premise is gritty and dramatic but does not pick up until about the half-way point; the characters are desperate, broken, and questionable at best-when pushed, at some point, everyone is capable of breaking the law.
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Reviewed by Sandy
