Life Sentences by Laura Lippman

Synopsis:  Writer Cassandra Fallows achieved critical and commercial success with an account of her Baltimore childhood growing up in the 1960s and a follow-up dealing with her adult marriages and affairs. She follows her memoirs up with a poorly received book of fiction, leading her back to nonfiction and the possibility of a book about grade school classmate Calliope Jenkins. Jenkins was accused of murdering her infant son, and spent seven years in prison declining to answer any questions about the disappearance and presumed death of her son. Fallows tries to reconnect with three former classmate friends to compare memories of Jenkins and research her story but finds they are reluctant to talk to her and in fact, slightly hostile.  Fallows is thus led into a spiderweb of stories, secrets and lies before finally coming to the truth.

I actually liked this book but at times wanted to, once again, throw it across the room (hoping to injure the characters within).  What is with these damn main characters who are vile?  Ugh!  Don't let that stop you from reading this one though, it actually has a pretty good plot and definitely moves along.