Author: B.M. Griffin
Publisher: B.M. Griffin
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
" I highly enjoyed this book. It was attention grabbing and suspenseful. It has the evil villain, the hero and the woman who over comes her horrible past and becomes a bad ass. You can't go wrong with this book if you are a fan of paranormal. I definitely recommend reading. I look forward to great things from this author!" Book 1, Loving Her Scars Review by LSK Sweetheart Reviews. Megan has no intention of playing the damsel in distress. Jared just wants to keep her safe. As a human in a world full of werewolves, Megan finds herself in danger again and again. She will not be forced into hiding while the people she cares for fight to keep her safe. When an old enemy of the pack comes for Megan, she refuses to run scared but fighting back carries a grave cost. The price of salvation is for Jared to make her a member of the pack. Turn his stubborn human into a werewolf. Is it a bargain he’s willing to make? Can Jared overcome his wolf’s need to always be the protector and trust that Megan is strong enough to fight back, or will his desire to protect her drive her away from their pack? And him.
Her Hidden Scars
Author: B.M. Griffin
Publisher: B.M. Griffin
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
" I highly enjoyed this book. It was attention grabbing and suspenseful. It has the evil villain, the hero and the woman who over comes her horrible past and becomes a bad ass. You can't go wrong with this book if you are a fan of paranormal. I definitely recommend reading. I look forward to great things from this author!" Book 1, Loving Her Scars Review by LSK Sweetheart Reviews. Megan has no intention of playing the damsel in distress. Jared just wants to keep her safe. As a human in a world full of werewolves, Megan finds herself in danger again and again. She will not be forced into hiding while the people she cares for fight to keep her safe. When an old enemy of the pack comes for Megan, she refuses to run scared but fighting back carries a grave cost. The price of salvation is for Jared to make her a member of the pack. Turn his stubborn human into a werewolf. Is it a bargain he’s willing to make? Can Jared overcome his wolf’s need to always be the protector and trust that Megan is strong enough to fight back, or will his desire to protect her drive her away from their pack? And him.
Publisher: B.M. Griffin
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
" I highly enjoyed this book. It was attention grabbing and suspenseful. It has the evil villain, the hero and the woman who over comes her horrible past and becomes a bad ass. You can't go wrong with this book if you are a fan of paranormal. I definitely recommend reading. I look forward to great things from this author!" Book 1, Loving Her Scars Review by LSK Sweetheart Reviews. Megan has no intention of playing the damsel in distress. Jared just wants to keep her safe. As a human in a world full of werewolves, Megan finds herself in danger again and again. She will not be forced into hiding while the people she cares for fight to keep her safe. When an old enemy of the pack comes for Megan, she refuses to run scared but fighting back carries a grave cost. The price of salvation is for Jared to make her a member of the pack. Turn his stubborn human into a werewolf. Is it a bargain he’s willing to make? Can Jared overcome his wolf’s need to always be the protector and trust that Megan is strong enough to fight back, or will his desire to protect her drive her away from their pack? And him.
Hidden Scars
Author: Tessa Rey
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1481700073
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 179
Book Description
Growing up in a small town and barely surviving abuse and teenage drinking, Tessa takes off for the US Air Force to change her life, but poor choices continue to haunt her with betrayals as she searches for that ever-elusive desire to be loved. She starts a family; however, just when life seems to straighten out, drug abuse enters her home, and then physical illnesses start plaguing her. So begins a life of struggling to survive so she can raise her children. Given less than a year to live after a diagnosis of metastatic breast cancer, she turns to the Lord. She is not prepared for the feelings of love and belonging she has missed all her life. After another divorce, she takes her children and moves back close to her hometown so that she can live in peace and raise her children. Tessa struggles with her relationship with her parents, and then after her younger sister commits suicide, her mother's words change her life forever. Tessa starts dealing with the scars she has kept hidden all these years. Hidden Scars is that journey of learning to live with those scars like tattoos on the soul so that she can be set free.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1481700073
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 179
Book Description
Growing up in a small town and barely surviving abuse and teenage drinking, Tessa takes off for the US Air Force to change her life, but poor choices continue to haunt her with betrayals as she searches for that ever-elusive desire to be loved. She starts a family; however, just when life seems to straighten out, drug abuse enters her home, and then physical illnesses start plaguing her. So begins a life of struggling to survive so she can raise her children. Given less than a year to live after a diagnosis of metastatic breast cancer, she turns to the Lord. She is not prepared for the feelings of love and belonging she has missed all her life. After another divorce, she takes her children and moves back close to her hometown so that she can live in peace and raise her children. Tessa struggles with her relationship with her parents, and then after her younger sister commits suicide, her mother's words change her life forever. Tessa starts dealing with the scars she has kept hidden all these years. Hidden Scars is that journey of learning to live with those scars like tattoos on the soul so that she can be set free.
Hidden Scars
Author: Angela Marsons
Publisher: Bookouture
ISBN: 1803147717
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 419
Book Description
The boy’s dark hair shone in the bright lights. His lips seemed about to speak. But his body was cold and his blue eyes would never open again. When a nineteen-year-old boy, Jamie Mills, is found hanging from a tree in a local park, his death is ruled a suicide. Detective Kim Stone’s instincts tell her something isn’t right. Why, when his mother is told, does she not break down in tears? And how could Jamie have climbed the tree with a recent injury? Kim should be easing back into work gently after a harrowing case left her body and mind broken, but quickly taking charge of her team, Kim is shocked to learn that Jamie’s parents had sent him to a clinic to ‘cure’ him of his sexuality. The clues to smashing open this disturbing case lie behind the old Victorian walls of the clinic, run by the Gardner family. They claim that patients come of their own accord and are free to leave at any time. But why are those who attended the clinic so afraid to speak of what happens there? And where did the faded restraint marks on Jamie’s wrists come from? Kim makes a further chilling discovery – the head of the clinic, Celia Gardner, was sent there for conversion therapy when she was sixteen. Then the body of a young woman is found dead by suffocation, her death also staged to look like a suicide. Scarred from a previous case that nearly took her life, can Kim unearth the dark secrets within the Gardner family and is she strong enough to stop a terrifying killer silencing the clinic’s previous patients one by one? A compulsive page-turner that will have your heart hammering in your chest and leave you absolutely reeling when you discover the explosive final twist. If you’re a fan of Karin Slaughter, Val McDermid, and Robert Dugoni, you’ll love Hidden Scars. Can be read as a standalone. Read what everyone is saying about Hidden Scars: ‘WHY DO I DO IT TO MYSELF EVERYTIME????? Why can't I just be a sensible reader and savour every sentence, why do I have to halt the universe, sit in a quiet room, mute the kids and hubby and devour it in one sitting???... I absolutely LOVED the originality of this plot…If you haven't read this series than just PICK UP THE FIRST DAMN BOOK, you will not regret it!’ Bookreviewercakemaker, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Without exaggeration this is the best book I’ve read.’ Nigel Adams Bookworm, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Oh my gosh every time Marsons puts out a new Kim Stone book, I think there’s no way it can be as good as her last and every time it’s BETTER! I’m freaking obsessed with the characters and the backstories and the cases are so dark and twisted! I’m so invested in these people!’ firepitandbooks, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘I love this series, and I love Kim Stone!!...fantastic… I must admit I did make a little squeak of excitement when I read it!... gripping, thrilling …I was hooked from the very first page! The Queen of Crime has done it again! Fab, fab, fab!!!’ Stardust Book Reviews, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘I adore Kim Stone… incredible as always… I started reading last night and kept going until I finished, I did try to put the book down several times but failed hence another night’s sleep lost to Kim Stone.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘I absolutely devoured this book in less than two days… There are some great twists which you always expect from this author, and god does she deliver… I didn’t want the book to end.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘It was amazing, pulled me in from the very first page and made me want it to last forever.’ B for Bookreview, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Finished it in 24 hours. Who would have thought that the 17th book in a series could raise the bar even higher.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Drew me in from the first page… made me gasp out loud.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘An absolute corker of a storyline… My words will never be enough to do any review good enough to express how much this series hits every single spot as I read it. They just have everything I love about a book, all wrapped up in one… yet another spectacular book!’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Outstanding… It is like visiting old friends when you read a book in the Detective Kim Stone series.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘I devoured this book in one day I couldn’t put it down… Absolutely brilliant.’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A new Angela Marsons book is like opening a Christmas present in June… a fantastic series.’ Alice May Reviews, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘The Kim Stone series is THE BEST long running series in British crime fiction, if you haven't started reading these books yet you should, now!’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Publisher: Bookouture
ISBN: 1803147717
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 419
Book Description
The boy’s dark hair shone in the bright lights. His lips seemed about to speak. But his body was cold and his blue eyes would never open again. When a nineteen-year-old boy, Jamie Mills, is found hanging from a tree in a local park, his death is ruled a suicide. Detective Kim Stone’s instincts tell her something isn’t right. Why, when his mother is told, does she not break down in tears? And how could Jamie have climbed the tree with a recent injury? Kim should be easing back into work gently after a harrowing case left her body and mind broken, but quickly taking charge of her team, Kim is shocked to learn that Jamie’s parents had sent him to a clinic to ‘cure’ him of his sexuality. The clues to smashing open this disturbing case lie behind the old Victorian walls of the clinic, run by the Gardner family. They claim that patients come of their own accord and are free to leave at any time. But why are those who attended the clinic so afraid to speak of what happens there? And where did the faded restraint marks on Jamie’s wrists come from? Kim makes a further chilling discovery – the head of the clinic, Celia Gardner, was sent there for conversion therapy when she was sixteen. Then the body of a young woman is found dead by suffocation, her death also staged to look like a suicide. Scarred from a previous case that nearly took her life, can Kim unearth the dark secrets within the Gardner family and is she strong enough to stop a terrifying killer silencing the clinic’s previous patients one by one? A compulsive page-turner that will have your heart hammering in your chest and leave you absolutely reeling when you discover the explosive final twist. If you’re a fan of Karin Slaughter, Val McDermid, and Robert Dugoni, you’ll love Hidden Scars. Can be read as a standalone. Read what everyone is saying about Hidden Scars: ‘WHY DO I DO IT TO MYSELF EVERYTIME????? Why can't I just be a sensible reader and savour every sentence, why do I have to halt the universe, sit in a quiet room, mute the kids and hubby and devour it in one sitting???... I absolutely LOVED the originality of this plot…If you haven't read this series than just PICK UP THE FIRST DAMN BOOK, you will not regret it!’ Bookreviewercakemaker, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Without exaggeration this is the best book I’ve read.’ Nigel Adams Bookworm, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Oh my gosh every time Marsons puts out a new Kim Stone book, I think there’s no way it can be as good as her last and every time it’s BETTER! I’m freaking obsessed with the characters and the backstories and the cases are so dark and twisted! I’m so invested in these people!’ firepitandbooks, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘I love this series, and I love Kim Stone!!...fantastic… I must admit I did make a little squeak of excitement when I read it!... gripping, thrilling …I was hooked from the very first page! The Queen of Crime has done it again! Fab, fab, fab!!!’ Stardust Book Reviews, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘I adore Kim Stone… incredible as always… I started reading last night and kept going until I finished, I did try to put the book down several times but failed hence another night’s sleep lost to Kim Stone.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘I absolutely devoured this book in less than two days… There are some great twists which you always expect from this author, and god does she deliver… I didn’t want the book to end.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘It was amazing, pulled me in from the very first page and made me want it to last forever.’ B for Bookreview, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Finished it in 24 hours. Who would have thought that the 17th book in a series could raise the bar even higher.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Drew me in from the first page… made me gasp out loud.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘An absolute corker of a storyline… My words will never be enough to do any review good enough to express how much this series hits every single spot as I read it. They just have everything I love about a book, all wrapped up in one… yet another spectacular book!’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Outstanding… It is like visiting old friends when you read a book in the Detective Kim Stone series.’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘I devoured this book in one day I couldn’t put it down… Absolutely brilliant.’ Goodreads reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘A new Angela Marsons book is like opening a Christmas present in June… a fantastic series.’ Alice May Reviews, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘The Kim Stone series is THE BEST long running series in British crime fiction, if you haven't started reading these books yet you should, now!’ NetGalley reviewer, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Hidden Scars
Author: Kendra L
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
This book relates to a young lady Adja Davis who had to take on too much at a young age. Adja dealt with all of her trials and tribulations in a negative way. After she under went extreme hardships such as infidelities concerning her father, high school boyfriend, rape and abuse it took her years to accept the person she had become.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 58
Book Description
This book relates to a young lady Adja Davis who had to take on too much at a young age. Adja dealt with all of her trials and tribulations in a negative way. After she under went extreme hardships such as infidelities concerning her father, high school boyfriend, rape and abuse it took her years to accept the person she had become.
Hidden Scars
Author: Cheyenne Hanson
Publisher: Archway Publishing
ISBN: 1480889652
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
To the outside world, author Cheyenne Hanson was just another happy kid. She loved her childhood to the fullest. The only difference was that she grew up faster than most kids and got really good at hiding it. Behind closed doors, she was a different person, locked in the captivity of a secret life. In Hidden Scars, she shares how she was a prisoner in her own world, forced to endure extreme abuse and used as nothing more than an object. Although Hanson experienced brainwashing, manipulation, and control, she managed to survive without a visible scratch. The memoir chronicles her life, telling how, in August of 2017, she finally used the voice that had been suppressed for so long and extricated herself from an impossibly dangerous situation. It came with high risk, stomach-wrenching, life-threatening moments but Hanson became a survivor not a victim. Hidden Scars narrates the real account of everything she lived through.
Publisher: Archway Publishing
ISBN: 1480889652
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
To the outside world, author Cheyenne Hanson was just another happy kid. She loved her childhood to the fullest. The only difference was that she grew up faster than most kids and got really good at hiding it. Behind closed doors, she was a different person, locked in the captivity of a secret life. In Hidden Scars, she shares how she was a prisoner in her own world, forced to endure extreme abuse and used as nothing more than an object. Although Hanson experienced brainwashing, manipulation, and control, she managed to survive without a visible scratch. The memoir chronicles her life, telling how, in August of 2017, she finally used the voice that had been suppressed for so long and extricated herself from an impossibly dangerous situation. It came with high risk, stomach-wrenching, life-threatening moments but Hanson became a survivor not a victim. Hidden Scars narrates the real account of everything she lived through.
Cases on Emotionally Responsive Teaching and Mentoring
Author: Ellsworth, Ann M.
Publisher: IGI Global
ISBN: 1799829731
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Educators who work with pre-service teachers understand the significant role they play in mentoring the next generation of teachers. Those who have "walked the talk" and been classroom teachers themselves, working with students daily over the course of a school year, can share powerful stories on transformative teaching. To fully prepare tomorrow's teachers, educators need to mix theory about best practice with the reality of teaching in classrooms. Cases on Emotionally Responsive Teaching and Mentoring provides a collection of case studies from former classroom teachers who now work with pre-service teachers to provide an understanding of the expectations and outcomes of teaching through actual K-12 teaching experiences. Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics such as cultural identity, teacher development, and learner diversity, this book is ideally designed for pre-service teachers, mentors, educators, administrators, professors, academicians, and students seeking current research on the diverse nature of schools, children, and learning and applying concepts to best suit the profession.
Publisher: IGI Global
ISBN: 1799829731
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Educators who work with pre-service teachers understand the significant role they play in mentoring the next generation of teachers. Those who have "walked the talk" and been classroom teachers themselves, working with students daily over the course of a school year, can share powerful stories on transformative teaching. To fully prepare tomorrow's teachers, educators need to mix theory about best practice with the reality of teaching in classrooms. Cases on Emotionally Responsive Teaching and Mentoring provides a collection of case studies from former classroom teachers who now work with pre-service teachers to provide an understanding of the expectations and outcomes of teaching through actual K-12 teaching experiences. Featuring coverage on a broad range of topics such as cultural identity, teacher development, and learner diversity, this book is ideally designed for pre-service teachers, mentors, educators, administrators, professors, academicians, and students seeking current research on the diverse nature of schools, children, and learning and applying concepts to best suit the profession.
Scars
Author: Cheryl Rainfield
Publisher: West Side Books
ISBN: 9781934813577
Category : Artists
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Teen girl cuts to cope with memories of sexual abuse
Publisher: West Side Books
ISBN: 9781934813577
Category : Artists
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Teen girl cuts to cope with memories of sexual abuse
Hidden Scars
Author: Authoress Kamara
Publisher: Singapore New Reading Technology Pte Ltd
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 355
Book Description
Natasha has been through more grief than a person experiences, in their entire life. She carries baggage that no kid should entail. She lives a pain filled life but hides it all beneath a fake smile. Behind that smile, she is truly hurting. When you look into her closely, then you can see the Pain within. She has Hidden Scars that she prefers to stay hidden in her closed heart and nobody had ever been let in not even once... But of course, she must be loved and love comes when two of them can depend on each other, cherish each other and have no secrets. Her Hidden Scars are soon to be explored by mysterious and popular bad boy, Reece Worth. Reece Worth is the school's scandalous bad boy who acts on impulse and blinded rage who is known for breaking every single rule. He only has his best friend and his cousin by his side. Driven by a whirlwind of secrets, Natasha and Reece are thrown together despite their differences. Can Natasha open her heart to be loved despite the pains buried within her? Will that be possible when her abusive stepbrother lurks around.
Publisher: Singapore New Reading Technology Pte Ltd
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 355
Book Description
Natasha has been through more grief than a person experiences, in their entire life. She carries baggage that no kid should entail. She lives a pain filled life but hides it all beneath a fake smile. Behind that smile, she is truly hurting. When you look into her closely, then you can see the Pain within. She has Hidden Scars that she prefers to stay hidden in her closed heart and nobody had ever been let in not even once... But of course, she must be loved and love comes when two of them can depend on each other, cherish each other and have no secrets. Her Hidden Scars are soon to be explored by mysterious and popular bad boy, Reece Worth. Reece Worth is the school's scandalous bad boy who acts on impulse and blinded rage who is known for breaking every single rule. He only has his best friend and his cousin by his side. Driven by a whirlwind of secrets, Natasha and Reece are thrown together despite their differences. Can Natasha open her heart to be loved despite the pains buried within her? Will that be possible when her abusive stepbrother lurks around.
Stop!
Author: Alison G. Bailey
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781514265741
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Every life has a different path full of sharp turns, smooth curves, and steep drop offs. Hollis Murphy has a plan-college, career, boyfriend, love, marriage, family. A predictable, normal life. She's on track until an outside force causes her to crash and burn. They call it an accident, because that's the only word they know to explain what happens to her. It helps everyone move on with their lives, except for Hollis. She holds on to the belief that she's been targeted for a reason. Risher Stevenson is intelligent, caring, sweet, and the hottest boy Hollis has ever laid eyes on. He fits perfectly into her original plan for a normal life. Everyone loves him. Benton Daniels is intelligent, caring, sweet, and the bravest boy Hollis has ever met. He doesn't fit into her life but gives it purpose and makes it extraordinary. Everyone hates him. One is bullied. One is tormented. All are judged. How will it STOP? *NOTE FROM AUTHOR: I appreciate each and every review. With all due respect, please keep reviews spoiler free or place a WARNING at the beginning. Don't take the moment of discovery away from another reader. Thank you.
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781514265741
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Every life has a different path full of sharp turns, smooth curves, and steep drop offs. Hollis Murphy has a plan-college, career, boyfriend, love, marriage, family. A predictable, normal life. She's on track until an outside force causes her to crash and burn. They call it an accident, because that's the only word they know to explain what happens to her. It helps everyone move on with their lives, except for Hollis. She holds on to the belief that she's been targeted for a reason. Risher Stevenson is intelligent, caring, sweet, and the hottest boy Hollis has ever laid eyes on. He fits perfectly into her original plan for a normal life. Everyone loves him. Benton Daniels is intelligent, caring, sweet, and the bravest boy Hollis has ever met. He doesn't fit into her life but gives it purpose and makes it extraordinary. Everyone hates him. One is bullied. One is tormented. All are judged. How will it STOP? *NOTE FROM AUTHOR: I appreciate each and every review. With all due respect, please keep reviews spoiler free or place a WARNING at the beginning. Don't take the moment of discovery away from another reader. Thank you.
Hidden Scars
Author: Mark de Castrique
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1464208972
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
2018 Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award nominee "With its strong sense of place, depiction of racial tension that still lingers in the new South, and appealing sleuths, de Castrique's well-plotted mystery is a winner." —Library Journal When Asheville, NC, private eyes Sam Blackman and Nakayla Robertson are asked by an eighty-year-old client to investigate the suspicious death of her brother, they warn her there is little chance of success. Paul Weaver died nearly seventy years earlier. The only documentation she has is the sole surviving copy of a coroner's report stating his death was caused by an accidental fall while hiking. There's a red flag: local son Weaver knew every inch of the mountain trails. The returning World War II veteran had enrolled at Black Mountain College, a liberal local school with an international reputation for innovation, thanks to its stellar faculty and advisers like Buckminster Fuller and Albert Einstein. The college of the 1940s is currently being portrayed in a film being shot on the site of its former location. The plot is based on a book by a local author. The research behind both may provide a lead in the Weaver case. One is drawn from movie crew member Harlan Beale, an octogenarian mountaineer who knew Weaver. In a late-night voice message, Beale tells Sam he's found something to show him. Then Beale is discovered dead in the Black Mountain College Museum. His murder turns the cold case white hot. When a second killing follows, the question becomes how to separate dark doings in the present from dark days and hidden scars of the post-war past. In typical de Castrique fashion, the answers aren't what you expect. No-nonsense Nakayla and veteran Sam with his prosthetic leg love their investigations which always carry a thread from the past, and love each other. An interracial couple in the South, even the new South around Asheville, they've surrounded themselves with a terrific support team including an unorthodox lawyer and a veteran cop, and use humor both to bind them all together and to deflect insults. Plus, it helps deal with the tragedies their work uncovers.
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1464208972
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
2018 Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award nominee "With its strong sense of place, depiction of racial tension that still lingers in the new South, and appealing sleuths, de Castrique's well-plotted mystery is a winner." —Library Journal When Asheville, NC, private eyes Sam Blackman and Nakayla Robertson are asked by an eighty-year-old client to investigate the suspicious death of her brother, they warn her there is little chance of success. Paul Weaver died nearly seventy years earlier. The only documentation she has is the sole surviving copy of a coroner's report stating his death was caused by an accidental fall while hiking. There's a red flag: local son Weaver knew every inch of the mountain trails. The returning World War II veteran had enrolled at Black Mountain College, a liberal local school with an international reputation for innovation, thanks to its stellar faculty and advisers like Buckminster Fuller and Albert Einstein. The college of the 1940s is currently being portrayed in a film being shot on the site of its former location. The plot is based on a book by a local author. The research behind both may provide a lead in the Weaver case. One is drawn from movie crew member Harlan Beale, an octogenarian mountaineer who knew Weaver. In a late-night voice message, Beale tells Sam he's found something to show him. Then Beale is discovered dead in the Black Mountain College Museum. His murder turns the cold case white hot. When a second killing follows, the question becomes how to separate dark doings in the present from dark days and hidden scars of the post-war past. In typical de Castrique fashion, the answers aren't what you expect. No-nonsense Nakayla and veteran Sam with his prosthetic leg love their investigations which always carry a thread from the past, and love each other. An interracial couple in the South, even the new South around Asheville, they've surrounded themselves with a terrific support team including an unorthodox lawyer and a veteran cop, and use humor both to bind them all together and to deflect insults. Plus, it helps deal with the tragedies their work uncovers.