Blood Oranges by J.M. Cannon

A beautifully written suspense thriller that got me glued to the book despite my severe allergies that blurred my vision. As always, the book authored by Cannon, always ended with  surprise revelation

Introduction:(From Amazon)

Catherine Cross is the most successful female televangelist in the country. Her congregation in the western suburbs of Orlando is one of the wealthiest. She's comfortable and charismatic in front of a camera, but when her youngest daughter goes missing not even she is ready for the media firestorm that follows.

Emily, the oldest child and protagonist of the story, tries to find her sister but instead meets a strange series of deaths and disappearnces on an orange orchard outside of town. 

Background:

Emily was born when her mother was 20 but since her mother became busy building her religious empire, she gave birth to Emily's other siblings at a later date. Emily is 10 years older than the eldest of the second batch of children : 2 boys and 2 girls followed.

Emily's marraige ended so she moved back to the family home but stayed at the pool house. We later find out her ex-husband will be the detective in charge of the first murder discovered as well as assigned to find her missing sister.

Another body and more disappearnces occur and leads you to a roller coaster ride that ended with a bang at the end.