Scare the Light Away

Informationen zum Autor Vicki Delany Klappentext Recently widowed Rebecca McKenzie left her hometown 30 years ago to escape a brutal childhood and psychopathic grandfather. When she returns for her mother's funeral! a diary and her troubled brother cause her to extend her stay. Zusammenfassung "Delany delivers an outstanding debut novel that explores the good, the bad, and the ugly of family relationships." —Booklist Rebecca McKenzie, a successful Vancouver businesswoman, returns to tiny Hope River after an absence of 30 years to attend her mother's funeral. Estranged from her father and two older siblings, she'd left a brutal childhood and a psychopathic grandfather behind. She expects her visit to be short. But then she discovers the diaries written by her mother, a British war bride with a young baby who came to Canada to join a husband she scarcely knew, and finds her heart wrung by her mother's story. Meanwhile, a young girl has gone missing, and suspicion falls on Rebecca's handsome, charming brother Jimmy. Before long, violence threatens and Rebecca must put aside some long-held grievances to cut to the heart of the crime.

Product details

• Authors: Vicki Delany, Delany Vicki
• Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.2012
• EAN: 9781590589922
• ISBN: 978-1-59058-992-2
• No. of pages: 348
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Amateur Sleuth, FICTION / Crime, FICTION / Family Life / General, FICTION / Family Life / Siblings, FICTION / Small Town & Rural, Family life fiction