I typically love Lisa Scottoline's books and while I enjoyed this one, the plot line just seemed a bit too unrealistic for me.
The premise is great - a young couple, Christine and Marcus, have trouble conceiving a baby and turn to infertility treatments. They choose a sperm donor and Christine becomes pregnant. Marcus isn't totally dialed into the pregnancy; he is too focused on the fact that he is infertile.
Christine is only 2 months pregnant when she sees a news story about a serial murder and becomes convinced that the suspect is their sperm donor. She takes on the mission of finding out whether that's true.
While this could be a great nature/nurture discussion, it mostly involved Christine becoming a detective and delving into the case. It was just too implausible that she was able to investigate the crime scene, interview neighbors and witnesses and basically solve the mystery herself.
It was still a good read but just maybe not up to the hype.
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