Happy Book Release Day! Some of the new books out today are: Read or Alive by Nora Page, A Deadly Inside Scoop by Abby Collette (I will feature on May 15), A Spell for Trouble by Esme Addison, To Kill a Mocking Girl by Harper Kincaid, Unveiling the Past by Kim Vogel Sawyer, and A Study in Murder by Callie Hutton. Which one do you wish to read first?
Unveiling the Past can be purchased from Amazon*. For other retail options, click here. You can find other books by Kim Vogel Sawyer here. Thank you for joining me today. I will be featuring Secrets of the Treasure King by Terry Ambrose. It is the 4th novel in A Seaside Cove Bed & Breakfast Mystery series. I hope that you have a cheery day. Take care, stay safe and Happy Reading!
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| Little Rock, Arkansas |
Unveiling the Past by Kim Vogel Sawyer has Detective Meghan DeFord-Eagle with the Arkansas Cold Case
Investigations Department working on a case that hits a little close to
home. Sheila Menke’s father, Anson never
arrived home from work back in 2002, and then was found guilty of embezzling
funds from the bank where he worked.
Sheila took care of her sick mother while raising her two brothers. Her mother did not want to find out the truth
while she was alive, but, since she has passed away, Sheila wants answers. Meghan was raised by a single mother and
never knew the identity of her father until recently. She wants to find her birth father in the
hopes of learning more about herself.
Meghan feels she cannot start a family with her husband, Sean until
then. Can Meghan get the resolution she
needs while helping Sheila? Unveiling the Past is a story of forgiveness, redemption and second chances. I like that we get to see three generations
of Meghan’s family. I liked Meghan’s
mother, Diane who teaches Honors English in Las Vegas and lives with her
mother, Hazel. I just loved Hazel and
enjoyed the humor she added to the story.
Sean Eagle is Meghan’s husband
and a detective with the Arkansas Cold Case Investigations Department as
well. They have been married three years
and Sean is ready to start a family. The
thought of having a child fills Meghan with fear. The couple has a few issues they must deal
with which will test their marriage. I
thought Unveiling the Past contained good writing and it moved along at a nice
pace. I did, though, have trouble with
the switching point-of-view. It took me
a while to get into the story with the POV going between Diane, Meghan, Sean, and
Kevin. Christian elements were nicely
incorporated into the story, but I did feel it was a little heavy handed (felt
preachy at times). Forgiveness and
having a relationship with God were two of the prevalent themes. I like how Unveiling the Past ended. I did wonder, though, if there was a previous
book featuring these characters. There
is mention of a previous case involving Meghan and Sean when they searched for
Hazel’s sister. Update: I have learned that Bringing Maggie Home is the book that involves Hazel's sister and where we first meet the characters in Unveiling the Past. It is said that they can be read on their own, but I believe I would have benefited from reading Bringing Maggie Home first. Unveiling the Past is an
uplifting story about acquiring forgiveness, a missing father, family, new
beginnings and forging new paths.
Kris
The Avid Reader
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