Miracle Creek

In the small town of Miracle Creek, Virginia, Young and Pak Yoo run an experimental medical treatment device known as the Miracle Submarine—a pressurized oxygen chamber that patients enter for therapeutic “dives” with the hopes of curing issues like autism or infertility. But when the Miracle Submarine mysteriously explodes, killing two people, a dramatic murder trial upends the Yoos’ small community.
Who or what caused the explosion? Was it the mother of one of the patients, who claimed to be sick that day but was smoking down by the creek? Or was it Young and Pak themselves, hoping to cash in on a big insurance payment and send their daughter to college? The ensuing trial uncovers unimaginable secrets from that night—trysts in the woods, mysterious notes, child-abuse charges—as well as tense rivalries and alliances among a group of people driven to extraordinary degrees of desperation and   sacrifice.

This book was one intriguing read!  The way this author was able to weave this story together and give us little bits and pieces paced over time was pretty amazing.  I love when a book explores the legal and emotional side of an event and this one delivered.  I wavered for a long time between 4 and five stars on this one so I think I am landing on a 4.5.  There were just a couple parts that I found a little disturbing and thought they could have been told in a different way.  Also, the conclusion of one character just felt wrong to me.  I would 100% pick up another book by this author.  To think that she could tell an almost flawless story as a debut work is incredible!

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