Thirty-four
year old Delanie Miller had left behind her dark past and was trying
to live a quiet life in a rural Kentucky town. When Delanie's friend
is murdered and Delanie discovers the body, her quiet life is
shattered and her past rears its ugly head.
Delanie
was actually Laura Denton who, at sixteen, had arrived home from
school one day to find her mother brutally murdered. The horror of
that discovery was magnified when she was arrested and convicted of
the murder. The evidence was damning. Someone had done such a good
job of framing her, there was no viable defense.
This
is a great novel of suspense. We experience the horror of Laura
knowing she did not murder her mother yet being convicted and being
sentenced. We feel the betrayal when her father comes to the
conclusion she must be guilty, and when he marries way too soon after
her mother's death. When Laura gets out of prison, it is not over.
For her a greater terror is just beginning.
I
really liked how Collins developed the character of Laura/Delanie.
She struggles with her faith after her arrest yet finds strength from
it at the suspenseful end.
Brandilyn
Collins is the best-selling author of nearly thirty books. Find out
more about her and her books at http://brandilyncollins.com/.
Challow
Press, 301 pages.
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