Shug, Shadow, and Shyne Blackwood, the subjects of Tracy Price-Thompson's Gather Together in My Name are triplets who came into this world doomed from the start. Raised by a mother with a shattered heart who looked for her dead husband in her triplets, the Blackwood brothers were reared under the worst degree of dysfunction...a grieving mother who favored two of her sons and shunned the other.

One of her sons commits gruesome crimes, raping and brutally murdering young mothers and their children. Another son is a successful politician on the rise. The last son is dead, killed by one of his brothers?

In the end, one will be his brother's keeper, harboring details and secrets that he's willing to take to his grave to protect his brother.

From Price-Thompson, you can always expect damaged, but redeemable characters with flaws and scars that propel a meaningful story. She relentlessly expels this deep family tragedy that is so compelling that I read it in one sitting, three hours. I couldn't stop. If you are looking for a well-written, dramatic, and fast-paced story that is layered with multidimensional characters and a colorful plot, then you've reached your book...