‘Blood Sisters’By Vanessa Lilliec.2023, Berkley $27/384 pages It’s the truth. Scout’s honor. Pinky swear. Spit on your palms or prick your fingers, and shake hands.
As a child, you had many ways to show that you intended to keep a promise when you made it and your word was your bond, but you’ve grown up.
Today, you cross your heart but, as in the new novel “Blood Sisters” by Vanessa Lillie, you hope no one has to die.
She wasn’t looking for skeletal remains. For Bureau of Indian Affairs archaeologist Syd Walker, such a find was very unusual but not unknown.