
"Bravo for a plot that grabs the reader! The characters are intriguing and in the early chapters you've stirred up enough suggestion of internal conflict for at least Amanda, and Dorian to make readers want to go deeper into their lives and individual situations.

Thank you so much for the captivating read." (Beta reader) Your prose is clearcut and to the point in both narration and dialogue, making the story easy to follow. It is a busy plot around diverse characters eyeing a huge inheritance while a murder takes place and suspicion is rife, giving investigators a puzzle to unravel. The backstory surfaces rapidly, Amanda adopted out in Australia when Jean was seventeen and penniless, but now a rich widow in California able to call them back together. Published in 1922, it tells the story of an author who, while reading a letter written by a woman he does not remember, gets glimpses into her life story. "This book moves at a brisk pace from the very beginning, Amanda meeting her mother Jean for the first time after many years. In this diabolically gripping thriller, no one-and nothing-is what it seems.

Someone will stop at nothing until she is dead. who can she turn to and who can she trust.Įveryone's keeping secrets, but some secrets are deadly.Ī hail of bullets has her running for her life. Someone is shadowing Amanda's every move as she seeks to find her mother's killer and bring this assassin to justice.Īmanda is staying in a house full of strangers. Howel - reviewer)Īmanda Blake tracks down her birth mother, but hours later, her mother is found dead.

It set my heart pounding 'till the very end." (H. Product Details Product Description Customer Questions & Answers Customer Ratings Review this product O.
