Long Bright River is a literary fiction book by author Liz Moore.
“A poignant, powerful novel by a writer who displays immense compassion for his characters.
Two sisters walking the same path, even though their lives could not be different. Then one of them goes missing.
In a Philadelphia neighborhood rocked by the drug crisis, two once inseparable sisters suddenly become at odds. One, Kacey, lives on the street in the midst of an addiction. The other, Mickey, walked those same blocks when he was beaten by the police. They don’t talk anymore, but Mickey never stops worrying about his brother.
Kacey suddenly disappears at the same time as a string of mysterious murders begins in Mickey’s district. Mickey becomes dangerously obsessed with finding the culprit – and her sister – before it’s too late.
Alternating present-day mystery with the story of two sisters’ childhood and adolescence, Long Bright River is both heart-pounding and heart-pounding. A touching story of two sisters, their addictions and their formidable bonds. exists between place, family, and fate.
