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And now for our second mystery of the day!
Synopsis:
The Brennans — parents, Finn and Bridget, and their sons, Jarrah and Toby — have made a sea change, from chilly Hobart, Tasmania, to subtropical Murwillumbah, New South Wales. Feeling like foreigners in this land of sun and surf, they're still adjusting to work, school, and life in a sprawling purple clapboard house, when one morning, tragedy strikes.
In the devastating aftermath, the questions fly. What really happened? And who's to blame? Determined to protect his family, Finn finds himself under the police and media spotlight. Guilty and enraged, Bridget spends nights hunting answers in the last place imaginable. Jarrah — his innocence lost — faces a sudden and frightening adulthood where nothing is certain.
In the Blink of an Eye is a haunting, redemptive story about forgiveness and hope.
Review:
Like our earlier mystery, this book allows the reader to look behind the scenes at a family, to see dysfunction and the truth, no matter the cost. It takes a tragedy like no other to show the cracks that are turning into ravines in the Brennan family. And once opened up, can they be fixed, or is there a permament divide. It may be up to the courts to decide the family's fate. This is an interesting look at what happens to a family when what is normal changes overnight to a surreal nightmare they can't seem to escape from, and one you will not want to put down, once you start it!
About the Author
Jesse Blackadder is an award-winning novelist, short story writer, freelance journalist and a budding screenwriter. Her novel The Raven's Heart won the Benjamin Franklin award for historical fiction, and she was awarded an Antarctic Arts Fellowship for her novel Chasing the Light.
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