Interesting Novel

Finished April 2
Life Sentences by Laura Lippman
This is a slow-moving mystery told around interesting characters. The main character here is Cassandra Fallows, an author of two memoirs and one book of fiction. A news story mentioning a woman that she used to go to school with sets in motion research for a new book. Cassandra wants to write a book that looks at the girls she went to school with then and their lives now, with a focus on Calliope Jenkins. Calliope was jailed years back under suspicion of killing her infant son. With the boy missing and no clues to what happened, Calliope refused to speak to police or lawyers and the secret of what happened is still with her. When Cassandra makes attempts, some successful, to contact those involved in the case and those who knew her then, she makes interesting discoveries, not only about Calliope's situation, but also about her own past.
The story is interesting and the characters are well-developed. I enjoyed this book.