![]() It wasn’t the first time I’d heard phantom customers. But when I looked out front, no one was there. I was working in the back of the store, and I could’ve sworn I heard someone calling me. You'll enjoy this suspenseful mystery because who doesn't yearn to see wrongs righted?įind out why critics and readers are praising Lynda McDaniel's unique voice in suspenseful mystery writing when you read the excerpt below. Abit worried if he'd ever find someone faithful and true, and I wondered if I could hold on to what I had. The tragic stories that unfolded cast a shadow over our own splintered families. Given how broken their family was, we also wondered if we should even try.Īs it turned out, we weren't dealing with just the Holt's troubles. When that failed to turn up clues, the investigation reached the streets of Washington, D.C., my old stomping grounds.Ībit and I often asked ourselves if we would ever get to the bottom of all their secrets and lies. It started close to home in our small town of Laurel Falls, then extended farther into the mountains of North Carolina. My friend Abit Bradshaw and I joined the search. She brightened things at Coburn's General Store every time she stopped by for recipe ideas-at eight years old! (That should tell you something about what was going on in her household.) So when Astrid's mother disappeared-lost in the woods? kidnapped? murdered?-how could I turn my back on her? 1994: I would never have risked so much if it hadn't been for that kid. ![]()
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