Book Review: ‘Girls Like Us’ Is A Good Follow Up To The Banker’s Wife From Author Cristina Alger

Cristina Alger wrote one of my favorite books last year The Banker’s Wife. Now she is back with Girls Like Us which is the story of FBI agent Nell Flynn, who has come home to Long Island after ten years after her father has died in a motorcycle accident.

Nell has been estranged from her dad Martin Flynn (a respected homicide detective) for almost ten years now. They have in the past few years started to talk a little and reconcile. So she’s shocked to hear he died in a motorcycle accident. She is home now to settle his estate and is on a forced leave from the FBI due to an injury and having killed a man. She has to have clearance to return, which she is not doing. As she learns about her father’s estate she is shocked about what she finds. A secret apartment with a woman living in it. A Cayman Island account. Just what was he up to?

Meanwhile another murder of a young sex worker has taken place. It follows last years murder and they seem to be related. Detective Lee Davis, who was Martin’s partner, asks Nell to assist on the case. As she helps out and starts digging into things, she finds that not is all it seems. The evidence is pointing to her late father and the people in the police department. Could her dad have been involved in the murders? She soon learns shocking truths and finds evidence to break open the case. It leads to a shocking death and she finds herself in a life or death situation.

A great follow-up to last years novel. Nell Flynn is a bad-ass FBI agent and a strong female character. It’s a great psychological story full of twists and turns, leading up to the climatic finale. One of the best thrillers of the summer.

You can pick it up in stores on Tuesday, July 2nd from Putnam.