31st December 2005.
ISBN 0-7090-7956-7 (HB)
Chloe Newcombe, ex New York investigator is now a victim advocate in Dudley Arizona. Chloe is fighting depression since her lover Kyle Barnett killed a man, resigned from his job and disappeared. But work keeps her demons at bay at least during waking hours, sleeping hours are another matter.
When Chloe is called to the scene of the death of a bookmobile librarian shot to death, she little suspects that she will know the victim, or that this recognition will take her back to her own past. From the MO it is clear that this was not random, someone wanted Erica Hill dead. As Chloe seeks to help Erica’s son Troy, she encounters defence lawyer Stuart Ross, and Erica’s friends Nelson and Larry. And then Erica’s sister and husband arrive.
Meanwhile, the rumour has grown and circulated around the small locality that Dot Sone who found the body saw the killer, and Chloe fears for her. But Dot Stone is a formidably lady and is sure she can take care of herself!
The tension is skilfully built as Chloe recalls what she knew of Dot, friend of her dead brother, and what she now learns from more recent friends. What she discovers is a secret, but how does this impact on the killing?
A really
enthralling mystery that kept me guessing.
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Reviewer: Lizzie
Hayes
Betsy Thornton was born in Wilmington City, North Carolina. She graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University with a degree in English, married, and lived in New York City. She was employed for fifteen years in an Attorney's office in Arizona, where she worked as an advocate for victims of crime. She has written eight mystery novels, all but two of which feature her main character, Chloe Newcomb. Newcomb works as a victim advocate, the same position that Thornton herself held. Thornton's latest work Empty Houses was issued by Severn House in the UK on March 31, 2015.
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