Author: S. W. Hubbard
Published: May 25th 2004 by Pocket
Format: Paperback, 336 pages
Genre: Mystery
Series: Frank Bennett Adirondack Mystery Series #2
S.W. Hubbard is an undervalued writer. In this tightly plotted novel, the reader follows the story of Mary Pat Sheehan and the people of Trout Run, New York. Police Chief Frank Bennett, after leaving his position in Kansas City and following the death of his wife, thinks that nothing much can happen in this remote mountain village, but that quickly changes when a car crash reveals that the victim actually died from the complications of childbirth. Turns out that no one knew this affable single woman was dating anyone let along pregnant.
If she was pregnant, where is the baby? This is the twisty road that Chief Bennett must maneuver as he tries to find the child, find those that helped Mary Pat give birth yet did not care enough for her to make sure that she was ok. Add in a community that is rocked by secrets, environmentalists trying to shut down a local attraction, bullets flying at innkeepers, a romance on the side, and a little girl growing up in the wrong family that will break the reader’s heart and make you want to reach into the book and take her home with you.
There is pain in this book. When you have what you want at your fingertips and it is brutally ripped away, there is no limit to what you will do. You cannot judge, yet you feel for all those involved. When this book was over, I missed this little town and the good people that are just trying to make their way and possibly a child that will bring families together.
If she was pregnant, where is the baby? This is the twisty road that Chief Bennett must maneuver as he tries to find the child, find those that helped Mary Pat give birth yet did not care enough for her to make sure that she was ok. Add in a community that is rocked by secrets, environmentalists trying to shut down a local attraction, bullets flying at innkeepers, a romance on the side, and a little girl growing up in the wrong family that will break the reader’s heart and make you want to reach into the book and take her home with you.
There is pain in this book. When you have what you want at your fingertips and it is brutally ripped away, there is no limit to what you will do. You cannot judge, yet you feel for all those involved. When this book was over, I missed this little town and the good people that are just trying to make their way and possibly a child that will bring families together.
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