When Atlanta housewife Abigail Campano comes home unexpectedly one afternoon, she walks into a nightmare. A broken window, a bloody footprint on the stairs and, most devastating of all, the horrifying sight of her teenage daughter lying dead on the landing, a man standing over her with a bloody knife. The struggle which follows changes Abigail’s life forever.
When the local police make a misjudgment which not only threatens the investigation but places a young girl’s life in danger, the case is handed over to Special Agent Will Trent of the Criminal Apprehension Team – paired with detective Faith Mitchell, a woman who resents him from their first meeting.
But in the relentless heat of a Georgia summer, Will and Faith realise that they must work together to find the brutal killer who has targeted one of Atlanta’s wealthiest, most privileged communities – before it’s too late… Goodreads
Growing up on Long Island, Shelby Richmond is an ordinary girl until one night an extraordinary tragedy changes her fate. Her best friend’s future is destroyed in an accident, while Shelby walks away with the burden of guilt.
What happens when a life is turned inside out? When love is something so distant it may as well be a star in the sky? Faithful is the story of a survivor, filled with emotion—from dark suffering to true happiness—a moving portrait of a young woman finding her way in the modern world. A fan of Chinese food, dogs, bookstores, and men she should stay away from, Shelby has to fight her way back to her own future. In New York City she finds a circle of lost and found souls—including an angel who’s been watching over her ever since that fateful icy night.
Here is a character you will fall in love with, so believable and real and endearing, that she captures both the ache of loneliness and the joy of finding yourself at last. For anyone who’s ever been a hurt teenager, for every mother of a daughter who has lost her way, Faithful is a roadmap. Goodreads
Book Beginnings
For our first stop, we will pay a visit to Gilion over at Rose City Reader to share our Book Beginnings. Every Friday you can link up and share the first sentence of your current read (or the one you plan to devour over the weekend), as well as your initial thoughts and impressions. Hashtags are the one thing I do know on social media, so simply #bookbeginnings so we can find each other.
The Friday 56
Next we will pay a visit to Freda over at Freda’s voice who hosts the Friday 56. Don’t show up empty handed though!
- Grab a book (Yes, any book. But it might get you to your other Friday activities a bit quicker if you just grab the book you are currently reading)
- Turn to page 56 or 56% on your e-reader
- Find a sentence or two (your other Friday activities might determine this)
- Post it!
- Remember to post your link on Freda’s Voice and to visit the other guys in the linky.
- And last but not least, don’t forget to list the title of the book and the author as well.
What a fantastic choice for the FFO – I rather like the Chinese cover this week. And not just the cover, the title also fits! Win/win.
Lynn 😀
I need to read that Hoffman book. Thanks for sharing!
Hi Konna! I think so tooooo!
I think that I would pick Faithful! 🙂
HI Freda! I also love Karin Slaughter. I am playing around a bit today and will then decide what's next!
Thanks for stopping by, hope you will have a good weekend!
I think Faithful appeals to me more than Fractured because I think that one might be too scary for me.
I was slow getting BBOF up this week so I added your link.
Fractured definitely is a read for me! Happy weekend!
I hope you have a good weekend!
I've never been tempted by the alphabet reading challenge but it's a popular one! Good luck with it.
Hi there Nicci! It's the easiest one to chose if you don't really know what to do…! So far so good. Will try something different next year though.
Thanks for stopping by!
Both of these sound so good! Thanks for sharing! Hope you have a lovely weekend! 🙂
I will definitely read both of them, the choice is just which one first…
Same to you!
How gruesome to witness someone stabbing your daughter. Argh. I want to know how this turns out. My Friday Quotes
Hi Ann! I know, I'm just about done with Bear Town, so I think I need to just wait a bit before I read another gruesome book. But then again, I might change my mind by midday!
Have a good weekend.
I love both of these authors, and those are great snippets. Thanks for sharing, and for visiting my blog.
Hi Laurel-Rain! I know, that's what is making the decision so difficult.
Thanks for returning the favor!