Reading Blog Post 1 - Confessions of a Murder Suspect

Just starting a book: This week i started the book, Confessions of a Murder Suspect By James Patterson. The book starts off with the main character talking to the readers as if they were standing right in front of them, having a conversation. I like this because it helps with feeling connected and invested in the character's story right off the bat. On the first page only, we know this; the characters parents have died. The main character has a brother who seems distraught about the situation, but also kind of like he knew it was coming. He shouts, "My parents were vile, but they didn't deserve to be taken out with the trash!" Then we find foreshadowing as the character explains that both, the first part and last part of the brother's statement was true.

I have only read the first three chapters of this book and suppose it to be a mystery, obviously. The first three chapters go by so quickly, in a rush. Her parents are killed, the police come, and they are questioning her all within the chapters. There were only four people in the house when her parents were killed, not including them. This includes the main character, Tandy; her two brothers, Harry and Hugo and Samantha, her mother's personal assistant. Nobody knows who did it and they are all suspects of the crime. It seems to me that in the future of this book there is going to be a huge secret about Tandy's parents. I think this because of all the foreshadowing and the fact that the book is a mystery. Also they live in a fancy apartment that seems to be aquatic based and Tandy even says that her life is far from normal. The book kind of reminds me of an episode of Law & Order so far! The conflict in this book, i would think, is basically surrounding who killed Tandy's parents and what they were invloved with.