The Heat of the Moon
A Rachel Goddard Mystery
$31.10
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
30 June 2012
Summary
If a door suddenly swings wide in your memory, what would you see?Young veterinarian Rachel Goddard’s world begins to crumble when a client rushes into the animal hospital with a basset hound struck by a car during a thunderstorm. The dog owner’s terrified tot, drenched with rain, loses sight of her mother in the flurry of activity and screams, “Mommy! I want Mommy!” Instantly Rachel is hurled back in time to a day in her own childhood when her baby sister Michelle uttered the same cry while thunder crashed and rain poured down on them. The unearthed memory feels like a fragment from a nightmare, and Rachel doesn’t understand its meaning or the anguish it stirs up in her.When she seeks answers she learns nothing from Michelle or from Judith, their loving but manipulative mother. Judith is a psychologist who is only too happy to have her adult daughters still living in her elegant Tudor house outside Washington, DC. But their apparently serene home is a house of secrets where Judith’s unspoken rules forbid questions about the family history or the daughters’ long-dead father. As more baffling memories surface, Rachel begins to suspect that nothing about her family is what it seems. As her mother’s attempts to control her accelerate, Rachel embarks on a quest that takes her deep into her own memory as well as halfway across the country. The heartbreaking truth she uncovers will shatter her world and force her to make an unthinkable choice.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781464201127 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1464201129 |
| Author: | Sandra Parshall |
| Publisher: | Sourcebooks, Inc |
| Imprint: | Poisoned Pen Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 30 June 2012 |
| Weight: | 358g |
| Dimensions: | 140mm x 216mm |
| Series: | Rachel Goddard Mysteries |
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Critics Review
”“Parshall’s debut is a captivating tale of suspense and romance with Gothic twists. Set in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., the story focuses on Rachel Goddard, a young veterinarian who, with her younger sister, Michelle, still lives in her mother’s house. The sisters’ father died in a car accident when Rachel was a child, but her mother remains reluctant to discuss any of the details-and downright hostile when Rachel starts asking more difficult questions prompted by a repressed childhood memory that pops into her head. Complicating matters is Rachel’s new boss, the handsome vet Dr. Luke Campbell, with whom Rachel experiences much more than puppy love. When Luke encourages Rachel to keep probing into her childhood, her mother insists that Rachel end the relationship. Readers will root for Rachel as she fights her cold mother and weak sister for the truth about what happened to her father-and discovers some disturbing things about herself. A standout debut that effectively crosses subgenres-more psychologically astute than many romantic-suspense tales, yet more romantic than high-end psychological thrillers.”” -Jenny McLarin–Booklist
Sandra Parshall
Sandra Parshall, a native southerner, worked as a reporter in South Carolina, West Virginia, and Baltimore. She lives in Northern Virginia with her husband, a longtime Washington journalist, and their cats.
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