This
novel has quite a bit of action but generally concentrates on
character development. It starts out with Harper taking photos in a
national forest. She spots a running woman who is then shot. The long
range shooter then turns his sights on her. She scrambles away, falls
and loses her camera. She is rescued by Heath, a local dude ranch
owner who also happens to be a childhood friend. This sets up the
dual plot lines of romance and trying to find the shooter.
The
reason Harper, a forensic photographer, is out in the forest is
because she is on leave is due to PTSD issues. She sort of saw her
father killed when she was a child. The trauma of photographing
criminal scenes has re-traumatized her. Oddly enough, Heath's mother
died in a house fire when he was young. Both of them have issues to
work through. The book contains long passages of character thought.
The
plot is a bit complex. It has roots in the past, information we
readers are not privy to. There are several red herrings in the
present too. I was a bit puzzled when the FBI had so much information
on the bombing culprit why they had not found him. If Emily could
find out the information, certainly the FBI could!
This
is a good novel for readers who like a concentration on character
thoughts showing character development with action and suspense
thrown in.
My
rating: 4/5 stars
Elizabeth
Goddard is the award-winning author of more than forty romance and
romantic suspense novels. She is a Carol Award finalist and winner, a
Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence in Mystery and suspense
finalist. You can find out more at www.ElizabethGoddard.com.
Revell,
384 pages.
I
received a complimentary egalley of this book from the publisher. My
comments are an independent and honest review.
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