“Beneath Her Skin” is a roller coaster disguised as a Sunday drive. Who was bullying her? Was her death an accident, suicide, or murder? As compelling as the story is, it seems somewhat obvious. After being cyberbullied, Katelyn is found dead.
Moving along at a steady pace, the plot seems simple and perhaps predictable. Yet, even they have secrets you’re anxious to discover. With the exception of the twins and their parents, that is. The characters, of which there are many, are well-developed, vivid, and quirky. But by the time I realized it, I was already hooked.
Had I known that about this book going in, I’d probably have skipped it. The result is a story you won’t see coming.ĭeceptive, unsettling, and deeply creepy, “Beneath Her Skin” serves as the latest proof that author Gregg Olsen isn’t capable of a bad book. What a nosy reporter uncovers about the past may put the twins in danger. Katelyn’s death has reopened wounds from a tragic accident years before. Possessing psychic abilities, they begin to decipher messages from the deceased girl that will lead to the truth. The coroner rules her death as accidental, but Katelyn’s childhood friends, twins Taylor and Hayley, believe it might be homicide. It’s Christmas Day when 15-year old Katelyn Berkley’s mother finds her dead in the bathtub, electrocuted by the family’s espresso machine. This new edition has been re-edited since its publication in 2011. NOTE: This book was originally published as ENVY. Whilst the town believes it was a tragic accident, something much darker lies behind Katelyn’s death.Īnd all the time, someone is watching Port Gamble, someone who doesn’t want old secrets to surface… And it soon becomes clear that Katelyn is communicating with them. Ever since that fateful night the twins have shared a secret: they can hear the dead. Hayley and Taylor Ryan are identical twins who grew up with Katelyn and have spent the last 10 years getting over the crash. All signs point to a suicide but what makes her death even more tragic is that Katelyn survived a horrific bus crash ten years ago, which took the lives of several young girls and has scarred the town ever since. When the body of troubled teen Katelyn Berkley is found dead in her bathtub, the close-knit community of Port Gamble, Washington is shaken to its core. Her long, wet hair dripped onto the floor. The girl was slumped over the edge of the old clawfoot tub, her eyes tiny shards of broken glass, her expression void of anything.
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