The Locked Ward by Sarah Pekkanen

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


I’ve been a fan of Sarah Pekkanen for a long time. First with her co-author Greer Hendricks, and then her solo works. When I saw a new release coming out on August 5th, I immediately requested the audiobook from NetGalley.

Here’s the blurb:

Was it bitter, all-consuming jealousy? Pathological sibling rivalry? Pure insanity? Whatever the cause – and everyone has a theory- it was the Crime of the Decade when glamorous Georgia Cartwright, who was adopted as a newborn, killed the younger, biological daughter of her wealthy, Southern family.

Georgia is locked in a psychiatric institution where the most violent offenders are held while she awaits trial. The only words she whispers when her estranged twin sister Amanda visits are, “You’ve got to get me out of here. I didn’t do it.” Amanda doesn’t trust Georgia, but she can’t abandon her in a place so eerie and menacing it seems to exist in another dimension.

Is Georgia the victim of a powerful family so depraved that murder is the least of their crimes? Or is Amanda being led down a path of madness and into the web of a master manipulator?

The Locked Ward had all the suspense and twists and turns that I expected. I loved everything having to do with the twins. Mostly, I wanted to stay with Georgia’s POV because her stay in the locked ward was sort of fascinating. Mandy was interesting, too, but I felt less engaged with her. Mostly. I want to mention the use of the 3rd person POV used for Georgia. Interesting choice and not something I see very often. I dug it.

Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for another fun read by Sarah Pekkanen!

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