Imprisoned for 12 years for her husband's murder--a murder she swears she didn't commit--Rachel Beckett lost everything, including the chance to raise her daughter, now 17, who wants nothing to do with Rachel. Released on parole, Rachel looks to settle the score with the man responsible for her imprisonment: her late husband's brother--the man who said he loved her . . . the man who killed her husband.
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Imprisoned for 12 years for her husband's murder--a murder she swears she didn't commit--Rachel Beckett lost everything, including the chance to raise her daughter, now 17, who wants nothing to do with Rachel. Released on parole, Rachel looks to settle the score with the man responsible for her imprisonment: her late husband's brother--the man who said he loved her . . . the man who killed her husband.
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When I first started reading "Eager to Please," I felt it was just too dark and wanted to rush home and grab another book. However, my bus was coming and this was the only reading matter I had with me. Lucky me!! To think that I might have missed the opportunity to read this superb novel. I am hesitant to divulge more than the basic plot because I personally found each revelation throughout the book a surprise and wouldn't want to deprive the reader of that experience.
This is the story of Rachel, a middle-class, well educated woman in Dublin, who was convicted of killing her husband although she has never stopped claiming her innocence. The story begins when she is being released on parole after serving 12 years of a life sentence. While in jail, Rachel lost much...her five-year old daughter was taken in by foster parents, her father, being so ashamed by the trial and never really believing her innocence, stopped visiting her after a few months, her mother died never having visited her.
As the story unfolds, we begin to realize that Rachel has an agenda of revenge against the one person she claims murdered her husband and is responsible for her imprisonment and all the personal losses she has suffered. It is fascinating to see how Rachel painstakingly orchestrates her plan. There is not a character in this book who doesn't find themselves a piece of the puzzle.
What starts as an introspective look into Rachel's rather bleak life becomes a thrilling page-turner. Ms. Parsons has written her story in such a way that is exquisitely subtle while at the same time jarring us every so often by revealing that all is not what we have come to think it is. From the first chapter through the last, we are privy to twists and turns and come to know a far different Rachel than the woman we meet on the first page. The way the story evolves reminded me very much of Robert Goddard at his very best.
I read this book in little over a day and I am not a fast reader. It is one of those books that you just can't put down. If you are in the mood for a very smooth roller coaster ride, I suggest you pick up a copy of "Eager to Please."
