Crime and Paradise by Julie Howard has a suspense and hint of romance. This is book one of a new series. Meredith is a very young mother with two small children. Her husband, Brian is away for weeks at a time for his job. Meredith is very passive in this relationship, and rarely speaks up with any opposition to Brians control of the money and decisions. One day he tells her they are moving from California to a northern state. He is very abrupt and refuses to give Meredeth any details. He drives them for hours straight with very few rest stops until they reach Hay City, Idaho. During the miserable trip, Meredith begins to feel resentment about how selfish and forceful he is being to her recently. As she cares for the restless children she passes some of the time playing a what-if game in her mind such as: what if he were to die, be in an accident, or how could I kill him? The house he takes them to live is decrepit, nasty, and needs repairs. The landscape is a frozen snowy wilderness which has Meredith isolated. The reader will get the backstory for Meredith with her thoughts as she remembers her alcoholic mother, moving from shelter to shelter, and the sad childhood she had experienced. Meredith has headaches and takes her husbands prescription at night which is beginning to cause vivid, scary dreams. Secrets are uncovered in the house which give Meredith cause for more concern and she wants to take the children and leave. Murder strikes before she can make her escape! Did she do it?!
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Art Images and Photographs by Diane Lochala-All Rights Reserved
"Lonesome Prairie"
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