The Virgin Suicides written by Jeffrey Eugenides.
Just finished reading this book and I have to say it held my interest quite well. Granted the ending is a bit predictable and the general story is explained in the first few pages, you still want to read to the end to have the tale expained.
It is told through the eyes of a man who, as a teenager with his friends, worshipped the Lisbon girls and followed their every move. He is now compiling some form of investigation into their tragic deaths and the book is mainly his and neighbours memories.
The whole tale of exactly why all 5 sisters committed suicide is still a mystery, which the reader might be expecting to find the answer to, but by the end you are left with no more insight than when the book began. Which to me was a slight disappointment, although I'm not really into novels that leave questions unanswered.
However, I am even more intrigued to see the film that has been made of it now. There was mention of "Exhibits" and I think seeing an interpretation of what these would look like may round off the story quite nicely for me.
All in all an enjoyable book. It doesn't drag on and took me around 3 days to read, so its favourable to those with shorter attention spans
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