Southern Lights (2009)

This was the first Danielle Steel book I have read. I had expected there to be more in the story about the trial but was not dissapointed by the lack of. ( )

This was a good book , took me a little to get in to it.
This is the story of Alexa a New York Asst. DA who is a single mother of a 17 yr old girl.
She has love and lost her daughters father eleven years before , although she is bitter , she allows her daughter to have a relationship with Tom her father, which is good even though he is only allowed to see her when he travels cause his new wife , whom was also his 1st wife does not allow the daughter in their life.
When Alexa takes on a serial killer case and her daughter starts to get death threats Alexa has no choice but to send Savahanna to her fathers house in Charleston.
Savahanna barely knows her father , and does not remember her grandmother , has never met her little sister or step mother , and has not seen her half brothers in years and she is thrown in to the mix in the south after only remembering her New York life.
She meets her little sister and lover her , meets her grandmother , gets friends at school and meets a boy, Falls in love all int he nine months it takes her mom to proscute the trial in New York its a book of love, life and forgiveness ( )

Advocate Alexa Hamilton is druk bezig met de berechting van een serie-moordenaar.
Op een dag ontvangt haar dochter een dreigbrief – en er volgen er meer. Alexa weet zeker dat de serie-moordenaar erachter zit. Ze staat voor een moeilijke keuze: haar dochters leven riskeren, of haar terugsturen naar de plek waar haar eigen, pijnlijke verleden ligt. Zal Alexa de reis naar het warme zuiden ook zelf opnieuw durven maken? ( )

I liked the book but the movie is better. Took awhile to get into the book. ( )

I thought for sure that this DS novel would have more depth since there was some mystery involved, but nope. I thoroughly enjoyed the ex-husband & current wife characters. New wife was a first class demon! Was also nice to see the interactions of the different ages. Slow to get moving with the story, but a nice read. ( )