| Authors: |
Bohjalian, Christopher A.
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| Material type: |
Book |
| Subject: |
Murder victims -- Fiction.
Murder victims' families -- Fiction.
Clergy -- Fiction.
Psychological fiction.
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| Language: |
English |
| Publisher: |
New York : Shaye Areheart Books, c2010. |
| Description: |
370 p. ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780307394972 0307394972 |
| Notes: |
Includes Reading Group Guide (p. 365-370). |
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| Rating: |
3 out of 5: It was okay |
| Community reviews |
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Light holiday page-turner by BiddyS |
| I read this book as I had read Chris Bohjalian's "Midwives" some years ago . This was not as gripping but has a great twist at the end. Murder/suicide,suspense,did the vicar do it??A good read for anyone who doesn't feel like anything too taxing in the holidays. |
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| Summary: |
After the murder of Alice Hayward and the suicide of her husband, Reverend Stephen Drew flees the pulpit and is saved from despair only by a meeting with Heather Laurent, the author of wildly successful, inspirational books about angels. Heather, identifying deeply with Alice's daughter, Katie, mentors the young girl but soon suspects that Alice's husband may not have killed himself ... and that Alice had secrets only her minister knew. |