Entwined

From the moment you start this book you won't want to put it down except to eat, sleep, and shower! This should be read by every set of adult twins. It is an amazing story of telepathic sisters who have been separated and I can say without a doubt it is one of the best books I have ever read. I first became interested in Lynda La Plante after seeing "Prime Suspect" on public television. At that time I often traveled to London and I bought more of her novels over there. i have read 22 of her novels and each of them I have found to be excellent. If you're wondering whether or not to read her books? Start right now!

Entwined by Linda La Plante William Morrow and Company, New York 1993Twin caught in the madness of the holocaust are separated at wars end, Ruda to become an animal trainer in the US and Rebecca to marry and become a Baroness in France. Both troubled women have tried to bury the past but in doing so have opened themselves to a madness they cannot explain or even understand. Through strange circumstances both arrive in Berlin after the fall of the wall. Ruda is a talented animal trainer struggling to move up to the big time with a husband who has not only lost his nerve but has a pregnant girl friend demanding marriage. Rebecca is in Berlin to be treated by a world famous psychiatrist as a final desperate attempt by her husband at a cure before he has her committed permanently to an asylum. The twins feel the nearness of each other and begin slowly to recover some of the memories of their time at Auschwitz and the terrible experiments they were part of with "Papa" Dr. Mengele.Linda La Plante is a talented writer and weaves the two lives in a tightening spiral that is filled with tension and excitement. The twins' characters are fully developed as are the other minor characters, Luis Grimaldi, Ruda's husband; Torsen Heinz, the Stazi police officer investigating the murder of Ruda's husband, Tommy Kellerman.All in all a very satisfying read that I would recommend to all mystery and thriller fans.