From the back cover: Mallory’s mother died fifteen years ago. But her father’s last words on the phone were unmistakable: “Find . . . mother.”
Shame and confusion have kept Mallory Davis from her home for the last fifteen years, but when her dad mysteriously dies on his mail boat route, she doesn’t have any choice but to go back to Mermaid Point.
Mallory believes her father was murdered and childhood sweetheart Kevin O’Connor, game warden in Downeast Maine, confirms her suspicions. But Kevin is wary of helping Mallory in her search. She broke his heart and left—without a word—years ago.
When Mallory begins receiving threats on her own life—and her beloved teenage daughter, Haylie—their search intensifies. There’s a tangled web within the supposed murder, and it involves much more than what meets the eye.
As answers begin to fall into place, Mallory realizes her search is about more than finding her father’s killer—it is also about finding herself again . . . and possibly about healing what was broken so long ago with Kevin. She just has to stay alive long enough to put all the pieces together.
I do not know how I was unaware that this book is a murder mystery. Once I found out then that jacked it up immensely. Possibly there is a cold case in that her mother was murdered. Now she is convinced that her father was murdered. On top of that both Mallory and her daughter are receiving death threats both at home and at the Point. Obviously someone wants to wipe out the whole family. Kevin O’Connor, who is a game warden, is still in love with her and would like to help keep her alive however she did break her heart. There is a lot going on that will keep you super interested. Not only will you not see most of these twists coming the plot will keep you guessing. Mallory and Kevin are such a wonderful characters and we get so emotionally involved with them and we want them to get together and we want them to succeed. Make yourself a big bowl of popcorn and get yourself a large sweet tea, you are going to be reading for a long while that’s how good this book is. I am so looking forward to the next book in this series.
