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Scraps of Paper (Spookie Town Murder Mysteries Book 1) Kindle Edition
"Scraps of Paper is a well-constructed mystery with just the right mix of good guys and bad guys, with a sprinkling of oddballs and misfits thrown in. Kathryn Meyer Griffin does a nice job of allowing the friendship of the book's two main characters to develop as the story progresses. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes a good who-done-it, set in a picturesque environment with believable characters. This is the first book in a series the author calls 'The Spookie Town Mysteries'." 5 Stars Reviewed by Michael McManus for Readers' Favorite May 17, 2013 (Second in the series: ALL THINGS SLIP AWAY)
Snippet of NOVELSPOT Review for Scraps of Paper:
"The premise behind this story intrigued me. Old houses have their own history-bad and good. What would you do if, while you were renovating an old house, you found an intriguing mystery, even if it was years old? If you had a chance of solving that mystery, would you? Or would you leave it buried in the past? Would you want someone digging in your past, your tragedies? If someone you loved just disappeared, what would you do?
Kathryn Meyer Griffith's Scraps of Paper is an engaging story of what happens when you go digging into the past and the possible consequences. It also has an underlying story about dealing with what life hands you and finding the strength to move on. Both Frank and Abby are strong characters they have had to deal with the loss of a loved one and to learn to deal with that loss. You find yourself drawn to them and to all the quirky people who live in the little town of Spookie. In the end you want to know what happened in the old house so many years earlier. I'll be looking forward to more books about this quaint little town."
Reviewed By Theresa at NOVELSPOT © March 2006 (9 out of 10 rating)
*****
Abigail Sutton's beloved husband walks out one night, doesn't return, and two years later is found dead, a victim of an earlier crime. It's made her sympathetic to the missing and their families.
Starting her new life, Abigail moves to a small town and buys a fixer-upper house left empty when old Edna Summers died. Once it was also home to Edna's younger sister, Emily, and her two children, Jenny and Christopher, who, people believe, drove away one night, thirty years ago, and just never came back.
But in renovating the house Abigail finds scraps of paper hidden behind baseboards and tucked beneath the porch that hint the three could have been victims of foul play.
Then she finds their graves hidden in the woods behind the house and with the help of the eccentric townspeople and ex-homicide detective, Frank Lester, she discovers the three were murdered. Then she and Frank try to uncover who killed them and why...but in the process awaken the ire of the murderer. ***
***This book is the first of a series. The second and third books, All Things Slip Away and Ghosts Beneath Us, where Abigail and Frank's sleuthing adventures continue, are also for sale on Amazon.
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateJanuary 15, 2013
- File size1159 KB
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~GHOSTS LEAVE MESSAGES TOWARDS SOLVING MURDERS
A recent widow, Abigail Sutton knows that she needs to begin her life anew. Having her husband's death confirmed after two years of wondering. Abby drives aimlessly down the highway until she spots a hamlet named 'Spookie.'
Spookie brings back fond memories of her childhood, and it seems as though, Abigail was 'directed' to the location. Quickly she meets a realtor and finds a home, next her true ambition begins to be filled, as she is hired to do an artistic rendering. Friends seem to come easily to her as well. Abigail's life is changing as she wished.
There is the small fact that the house she bought is the former home of a beauty who 'disappeared' with her two young children some thirty years earlier but that is no problem as Abby isn't superstitious nor does she believe in ghosts.
Then, Abby begins to find scraps of paper with messages written in crayon. Abby, and her new friend, former policeman, Frank Lester begin wondering just what had happened to Emily Summers and her two children, twins Jenny and Chris. There curiosity just might kill them.
This novel was a murder suspense. You 'sense' the ghosts but they never present themselves. Or do they? You have to read the tale and form your own opinion. My opinion was that Abby may be a sensitive and truly was 'drawn' to Spookie. I enjoyed each and every scenario and character drawn in this book. I'm looking forward to book number two.” 5 stars Cozy Readers May 2017
~”WOW! COULD NOT PUT IT DOWN! An excellent read. I was guessing and not sure of the ending until the end! Double bonus, and I think this may have been the first book I have read like this, the characters actually get to know each other. Most books have the hero and heroine fall in love because they are thrust into the perils and adventure of the story. The characters actually get to know each other as people, sharing thoughts and feelings. They become friends, which is the root of love. The mystery sucks you in, you find yourself thinking about Emily and the kids, wondering what really happened. I very seldom make the time to just read and read, but I had to know what happened. I curled up in a chair and read the last hour and a half straight to the end!” 5 stars Penny S 26, 2018
~"Scraps of Paper is a well-constructed mystery with just the right mix of good guys and bad guys, with a sprinkling of oddballs and misfits thrown in. Kathryn Meyer Griffin does a nice job of allowing the friendship of the book's two main characters to develop as the story progresses. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes a good who-done-it, set in a picturesque environment with believable characters. This is the first book in a series the author calls 'The Spookie Town Mysteries'." 5 Stars Reviewed by Michael McManus for Readers' Favorite May 17, 2013 (Second in the series: ALL THINGS SLIP AWAY)
~Snippet of NOVELSPOT Review for Scraps of Paper:
"The premise behind this story intrigued me. Old houses have their own history-bad and good. What would you do if, while you were renovating an old house, you found an intriguing mystery, even if it was years old? If you had a chance of solving that mystery, would you? Or would you leave it buried in the past? Would you want someone digging in your past, your tragedies? If someone you loved just disappeared, what would you do?
Kathryn Meyer Griffith's Scraps of Paper is an engaging story of what happens when you go digging into the past and the possible consequences. It also has an underlying story about dealing with what life hands you and finding the strength to move on. Both Frank and Abby are strong characters they have had to deal with the loss of a loved one and to learn to deal with that loss. You find yourself drawn to them and to all the quirky people who live in the little town of Spookie. In the end you want to know what happened in the old house so many years earlier. I'll be looking forward to more books about this quaint little town."
Reviewed By Theresa, March 2006 (9 out of 10 rating).
From the Author
I originally began writing this Spookie Town Murder Mystery series, set in a quirky little town I called Spookie (a tip of my hat to my horror roots) around 2002. I'd written the first book, Scraps of Paper and in 2006 the second I titled All Things Slip Away for Avalon Books as hardcovers. But it took me another 9 years to write and put out the third, Ghosts Beneath Us. Life, as it always does, got in the way -and I was writing my award winning Dinosaur Lake series and overseeing the production of twenty-something audio books (of my back list books going back to 1984). By then, 2012, I'd left Avalon Books and my other legacy publishers far behind and was self-publishing all my books. I still am.
Scraps of Paper is about an artist named Abigail Sutton, whose husband has been missing for two years, and who's just learned he's been dead all that time -a victim of a gone-wrong mugging. She begins a new life and moves to a small town full of fog, quirky townspeople and mysteries. And right away she's drawn into one of her own when she buys, renovates, a fixer-upper house and uncovers hidden in it scraps of paper written by two young children who once lived there with their mother, and who supposedly drove away thirty years before and were never seen again. The town thought they simply went somewhere else; began a new life. But Abigail suspects they never left the house; suspects they'd been murdered. She finds three graves in the back woods. Of course, with her history of a missing husband she develops the overpowering urge to find out what happened to them. The scraps of paper she continues to find makes the bond, the desire, stronger. She forms a friendship with an ex-homicide cop, Frank, and together they solve the mystery. Only thing is there's someone still living in the town that just as desperately doesn't want them to; someone who'd kill to keep the murderer's identity secret. The next six books are the continuation of Abigail and Frank's sleuthing adventures, their blossoming romance and about the eccentric, lovable people who live in Spookie.
All Things Slip Away zeroes in more on Frank, the ex-homicide detective, as a serial killer from his past threatens their peaceful town of Spookie and both Frank and Abby's lives.
Ghosts Beneath Us about the old people in town supposedly being haunted and killed off by...ghosts.
Witches Among Us, released in 2017, is about a young beautiful psychic who joins the town and helps solve the next murder mystery with our gang and turns out to have a direct family connection to old Myrtle.
What Lies Beneath the Graves, the fifth book, is a long ago buried treasure tale and a murder mystery rolled into one.All Those Who Came Before, the sixth book, has two mysteries...the long-abandoned Theiss House that Abigail is determined to paint on canvas: is it really haunted, and did the boy who lived there forty years ago really kill his whole family? And...after a decade, Frank, solves the death of Abigail's first husband, Joel. Both mysteries will put our couple in great danger. When the Fireflies Returned is Myrtle's story. When she was very young, seventy years ago, she'd had a best friend, Hattie Dalton, who one fall evening disappeared and was never seen or heard from again. This books solves that long ago mystery - and her psychic grand niece, Glinda, is predicting a worldwide pandemic (though I never actually go into the actual pandemic...we have lived through it and, I felt, I didn't need to reiterate it). All seven are now in eBooks, paperbacks and in audio books.
You can find all of them here: amazon.com/gp/product/B012EQQNRQ/ref=series_rw_dp_sw AND WHERE TO FIND ALL MY 31 NOVELS AND 13 SHORT STORIES: tinyurl.com/ycp5gqb2
From the Inside Flap
Starting her new life, Abigail moves to small town and buys a fixer-upper house left empty when old Edna Summers died. Once it was also home to Edna's younger sister, Emily, and her two children, Jenny and Christopher, who, people believe, drove away one night, thirty years ago, and just never came back.
But in renovating the house Abigail finds scraps of paper hidden behind baseboards and tucked beneath the porch that hint the three could have been victims of foul play.
Then she finds their graves hidden in the woods behind the house and with the help of eccentric townspeople and ex-homicide detective, Frank Lester, she discovers the three were murdered. Then she and Frank try to uncover who killed them and why...but in the process awaken the ire of the murderer.
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Novels:
Evil Stalks the Night, The Heart of the Rose,Blood Forged, Vampire Blood, The Last Vampire (2012 EPIC EBOOK AWARDS*Finalist), Witches, Witches II:Apocalypse, Witches plus Witches II: Apocalypse, The Nameless One erotic horrorshort story, The Calling, Scraps of Paper, All Things Slip Away, GhostsBeneath Us, Witches Among Us, What Lies Beneath the Graves, All Those Who Came Before, When the Fireflies Returned, Egyptian Heart, Winter's Journey, The Ice Bridge, Don't Look Back,Agnes,A Time of Demons and Angels, The Woman in Crimson, Human No Longer, Six Spooky Short Stories Collection, Haunted Tales, Forever and Always Romantic Novella, Night Carnival Short Story,Dinosaur Lake (2014 EPIC EBOOK AWARDS*Finalist), Dinosaur Lake II: Dinosaurs Arising, Dinosaur Lake III: Infestationand Dinosaur Lake IV: Dinosaur Wars, Dinosaur Lake V: Survivors, Dinosaur LakeVI: The Alien Connection (2021), Memories of My Childhood, and a memoir ChristmasMagic 1959.
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Product details
- ASIN : B00B1W4A2K
- Publisher : Kathryn Meyer Griffith; 2nd edition (January 15, 2013)
- Publication date : January 15, 2013
- Language : English
- File size : 1159 KB
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Print length : 307 pages
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,750 Free in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
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About the author
Kathryn Meyer Griffith has been writing for over 53 years and have published 38 novels & 13 short stories.
She writes traditional supernatural horror, SF horror, ghost stories, romantic time-travel, cozy murder mysteries, paranormal romance & dinosaur tales. Horror, romance, murder mysteries & dinosaurs. A plain old storyteller.
Evil Stalks the Night, The Heart of the Rose, Blood Forged, Vampire Blood, The Last Vampire (2012 EPIC EBOOK AWARDS*Finalist* in their Horror category), Witches, Witches II: Apocalypse, Witches plus Witches II: Apocalypse, The Nameless One erotic horror short story, The Calling, SPOOKIE TOWN MURDER MYSTERIES: Scraps of Paper, All Things Slip Away, Ghosts Beneath Us, Witches Among Us, What Lies Beneath the Grave, All Those Who Came Before, When the Fireflies Returned, Echoes of Other Times, Waiting Beyond the Void, Remember Those Once Loved. Egyptian Heart, Winter’s Journey, The Ice Bridge, Don’t Look Back, Agnes, A Time of Demons and Angels, The Woman in Crimson, Human No Longer, Spooky Short Stories Collection, Haunted Tales, Forever and Always Romantic Novella, Night Carnival Short Story, Dinosaur Lake (2014 EPIC EBOOK AWARDS*Finalist* in their Thriller/Adventure category) and its eight (soon nine) sequels. Memories of My Childhood and my memoir Christmas Magic 1959.
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Customers find the book an enjoyable read with an interesting mystery. They like the characters and how their relationship develops. The pacing keeps them turning the pages quickly. The story keeps them interested and wanting to keep reading until the mystery is solved.
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Customers enjoy the book's readability. They find the story engaging and easy to follow, with well-developed characters that are easy to like. The book draws readers in quickly and keeps them guessing until the end. It is a pleasant way to pass an afternoon.
"...am rarely inspired to actually comment, but this was an enjoyable enough reading experience that I can easily see myself rereading it...." Read more
"...As for the book itself, it was pretty good to while away a Sunday afternoon...." Read more
"...The story is well written, paced nicely, easy to read, and attention grabbing through out the whole story. The characters are believable...." Read more
"...with just the right amount of secrets, drama, new beginnings, and haunting pasts...." Read more
Customers enjoy the mystery quality of the book. They find it an engaging read with an interesting plot and compelling storytelling. Readers appreciate the author's style and finesse in storytelling, as well as the quaint small town life depicted with its share of quirky elements.
"...as befitting a tale set in Spookie Town, but they never overpowered the storyline, or felt forced...." Read more
"...I know this sounds critical, but other than that, I did enjoy this small town whodunnit, & I read it straight thru for the 2 hrs or so it took me...." Read more
"...The story is well written, paced nicely, easy to read, and attention grabbing through out the whole story. The characters are believable...." Read more
"Excellent small town murder mystery. Clean but with just the right amount of secrets, drama, new beginnings, and haunting pasts...." Read more
Customers enjoy the book's character development. They appreciate the main character finding clues in interesting places. The characters Abby and Frank are developed well, with their relationship evolving.
"...I don't want to provide spoilers, so let me just say that the characters were plentiful and well-drawn, and the author managed to avoid the problem..." Read more
"...Interesting plot, good development of it, intriguing characters, though all of them were pretty flat & seemed like they were there for window..." Read more
"...The characters are believable. You will get to know all the characters like you lived right there in Spookie...." Read more
"...Fall in love with characters as they work to solve a mystery of the disappearance of a mom & her 2 kids. Did she just leave town?..." Read more
Customers enjoy the book's pacing. They find it engaging and easy to read. The author draws them into Abigail's story quickly, making it a light and quick read.
"...The story is well written, paced nicely, easy to read, and attention grabbing through out the whole story. The characters are believable...." Read more
"...Yep, I’m a match maker. Scraps Of Paper reads at a steady pace. As the crime happened over 30 years ago, there’s no violent scenes...." Read more
"This was an intriguing tale that kept me guessing. At times, it seemed to lag a little, but overall quite enjoyable." Read more
"...were within about four chapters, and although it did a decent job with pacing (I never felt stuck in a Victorian novel, or anything like that) it..." Read more
Customers find the book engaging from start to finish. It keeps them hooked with its twists and turns that keep them reading until the mystery is solved. The small-town atmosphere enhances their enjoyment, and the love story between the characters is exciting. Readers say the book is well-written and satisfying, leaving them with a few chills and thrills.
"...It did engage me & make me want to finish it to figure out the murder mystery...." Read more
"This story drew me in quickly and kept my interest and kept me guessing right to the end...." Read more
"...It was an easy read that kept my interest." Read more
"...The story was nicely paced and kept me interested and curious as to what comes next. I didn’t understand the comment about the woman’s teeth. “..." Read more
Customers enjoy the mystery. They mention the book is well-written and starts in a new house and town.
"...The Scraps of paper and the idea of articles in the newspaper kept us all trying to find the who done it murder?..." Read more
"I loved everything about Scraps of Paper. Widowed Abigail seeks a new life in a little town named Spookie...." Read more
"A very well written mystery. Slips of paper in a new house, A new town start the search for what happened 30 years ago in her new home...." Read more
"I love a good mystery, and Scraps of Paper fulfilled my need...." Read more
Customers find the book relatable and emotional. They appreciate the sympathetic detective and strong friend. The story is lighthearted yet poignant with details, sharing thoughts and feelings. Readers describe it as an easy read that moves the tale forward.
"Easy read. Wholesome. Very main street USA. Could have developed characters more I would have liked ed to see more feelings." Read more
"What a wonderful take of new life, life lost, and life anew...." Read more
"...Secrets, twisted personalities, and secrets abound and move this sad tale forward. I’m glad the next book is out and I can begin it." Read more
"...It’s really good. Haunting and scary and sad at times, but I believe if you like mysteries like this, it will be one you really like!..." Read more
Customers have mixed reviews about the book. Some find it engaging with interesting characters and a good storyline. They appreciate the clear descriptions of the people and town, making them feel like they are there. However, others found inconsistent details, misleading hints, and inconsistencies in the plot.
"...The characters were well drawn, intelligent and interesting, and the plot was intriguing...." Read more
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"Great first book of a series! Meeting Frank and love blooming between them, how exciting. She put the ghosts at red well...." Read more
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- Reviewed in the United States on May 10, 2021One of my biggest quibbles with so many cozy mysteries is how often that the horror genre cliche of the reader clenching their teeth and muttering, "no, don't go in there (or talk to that person)," applies. There was a welcome minimization of that cliche in this book. The characters were well drawn, intelligent and interesting, and the plot was intriguing. There were faint supernatural elements, as befitting a tale set in Spookie Town, but they never overpowered the storyline, or felt forced.
While I don't really believe that the fixer-upper house in the story only needed paint and wallpaper to restore it, considering it's history, I was able to suspend disbelief and immerse myself in the plot as it was told, since this wasn't a DIY mystery.
I don't want to provide spoilers, so let me just say that the characters were plentiful and well-drawn, and the author managed to avoid the problem of too many characters with similar names or initials. Each character had a "voice", and something to say, even if it was a red herring or an outright lie.
I read many cozy mysteries, and am rarely inspired to actually comment, but this was an enjoyable enough reading experience that I can easily see myself rereading it. Even though I know the solution, the characters and location are worth revisiting. And the holiday celebrations took me back to my childhood. I'll have to look up the sequel(s). Perhaps one will even have a Strawberry Festival to bring back even more memories.
Overall, in my opinion, this is a book that I would recommend, and I look forward to reading more by this author.
- Reviewed in the United States on June 23, 2019According to the author's notes at the end of the book, it was originally published in hardcover in 2003. You'd think at some point in the last 16 yrs, someone would've edited all the errors in it! I can't believe a traditional publishing house would've let a book go to print, in hardcover, no less, with such a poor editing job. It should've been edited again before being re-issued for Kindle. The lack of commas & the run-on sentences drove me nuts. The book wasn't riddled with them as some self-published books are, but there were more than enough errors of that nature to make me take notice & get a tad irritated, even more so when I saw this book has been re-issued from the author's backlist.
As for the book itself, it was pretty good to while away a Sunday afternoon. Interesting plot, good development of it, intriguing characters, though all of them were pretty flat & seemed like they were there for window dressing. Only the main character of Abby had some real character development. Some for Frank, too, but everyone else was cardboard. I got a bit jarred out of the story at one spot, because it was written from Abby's POV & then all of a sudden jumped into Frank's head & what he thought & what he was up to for just a little bit, then went back to Abby again. It is harder to write from one person's POV, I'll grant that. But stick to it & not abruptly leap over to another character, please. Unless you've decided to do omniscient POV from the start.
I know this sounds critical, but other than that, I did enjoy this small town whodunnit, & I read it straight thru for the 2 hrs or so it took me. It did engage me & make me want to finish it to figure out the murder mystery.
At the end of it (SPOILERS NEXT PARAGRAPHS, SO STOP IF YOU HAVEN'T READ BOOK YET), I still had some questions that went unanswered. 1st. how does a town as small as Spookie, which has just the 1 tiny grocery store, have such a huge newspaper circulation? LOL
(HERE COMES SPOILERS, YOU'VE BEEN WARNED 2x) One question came about due to the brief period the author jumped into Frank's POV. WAS Sheriff Cal doing the same thing as Frank, or was he up to no good? You'll never know.
(SPOILERS, I'M TELLING YA) Then, what happened to Emily's car??? It was sitting in the driveway, packed & ready for her & the kids to leave town when she was murdered. There is absolutely no mention of Edna tooling around town in it. She was a recluse who even had her groceries delivered. Plus, that car NEEDED to disappear in order for Edna's story about Emily & the twins leaving town to ring true. Which it did. Poof begone. But WHERE did Edna &/or John put it? Is it in Frank's lake? Was it in the shed that burned down yrs ago? Did Edna rent a garage somewhere? Is it abandoned in deep woods? Surely they didn't bury a car along with their victims! I want to know where Emily's car went!
- Reviewed in the United States on May 17, 2013This is a really good mystery, romance, mild paranormal story that you are going to love. The story is well written, paced nicely, easy to read, and attention grabbing through out the whole story.
The characters are believable. You will get to know all the characters like you lived right there in Spookie. Abigail is one gutsy lady, and Frank is a guy looking to feel needed, along with being a hunk. Funny isn't it. Reading a Kindle or book, we don't usually see the male lead, but, if the author is good, you always picture him as a hunk.
Abigail Sutton's husband walked out of the house one day never to return. Two years later, his body was found. He had been the victim of a long ago crime. When his body was found, Abigail developed a kindred feeling to other families who have gone through this horrendous experience. Now that she had closure to Joel's death, Abigail feels the time had come to start a new life. Abigail moves to Spookie.
Spookie is a small town where everyone knows everything about everybody else. No secrets allowed. Abigail finds a 'fixer upper' house that was left empty when old Edna Summers died and moves in. This is also the place where Emily, Edna's younger sister, and Emily's 2 children Jenny and Christopher died. Oddly enough, Emily and Edna's parents also died there.In renovating the house. Abigail starts finding scraps of paper tucked behind baseboards, under the porch and more. The writing, in crayon, on these papers begin to make Abigail think these people died of foul play. In the woods Abigail finds their graves. With the help of some eccentric towns people, and a retired detective named Frank Lester, Abigail discovers the three were murdered.
The events that happen while Frank, Abigail and the town try to discover who killed Emily and her children makes for an exciting read.
For those who hate sex scenes, there are none.
For those who hate blood and gore, there is none.
This is just a fantastic story and suitable for all.
Happy reading.
Top reviews from other countries
- Amazon CustomerReviewed in Canada on October 27, 2022
5.0 out of 5 stars Fun and easy read
It was a fast moving story and I couldn't put it down. Finished it in a couple of days. Only thing I didn't like is the naivety of the heroine. The author could have made that aspect more realistic given the level of threat that she builds against the heroine. Regardless, I would definitely read the next book in the series.
- Kindle CustomerReviewed in India on July 21, 2022
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing book!
Totally enjoyed reading it! Unputdownable! Loved the characters, the setting and the suspense.Wanted the story to continue. Definitely would recommend to read
- Cliente Amazon james.Reviewed in Spain on June 29, 2021
5.0 out of 5 stars Nice
Nice read, a good book one you wanted to carry on reading.Easy reading not to long everything just about right.
- Hoener, BirgitReviewed in Germany on April 5, 2020
4.0 out of 5 stars More please
After the death of her husband, Abigail moves into the small town of Spookie. The house she buys belonged to an old woman, Edna, whose younger sister Emily and her children Chris and Jenny vanished into thin air some thirty years ago. When Abigail starts finding little scraps of paper with what looks like drawings and messages from those kids, she starts investigating, with the help of retired cop Frank, another resident of the little town, and they soon discover that some things maybe should best be left alone?
Very sympathetic characters, an intriguing plot and a brilliant narration style makes this an extremely enjoyable book to read. Following Abigail and Frank look for clues and unravel lies make this book a page-turner which I found difficult to put down until the last page was read. More please!
- ozzieinfranceReviewed in France on November 14, 2019
4.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable read
I enjoyed this book but was distracted by the unnecessary and probably derivative descriptions of and escapes into minor events that did not contribute to the storyline, though in some cases, I accept that the author was trying to allow the possibility of various suspects to be explored ...even if the most likely one was pretty evident from early on.. so yes, the story could be tightened up.