Nina Fischer and her
sister Jan were adopted as children by their uncle, a district court
judge. The girl’s mother abandoned them in a tent city when she
went off with yet another man for alcohol and drugs. Nina loves her
adoptive father, but she has to be herself. She chose a career as a
photographer and poet, although he wanted her to be a lawyer. Sill he
was supportive, and she’s living in his house as she tries to make
her career work.
One night she’s
alone in the house working in the darkroom. When she finishes, she
thinks she hears a cry. She searches the house and finds her father
dead on the study floor with a gun near his hand. She was alone. They
had argued. Now she finds her self the primary suspect.
Nina goes from one
situation where she’s violently attacked to another. The police and
her male friends, Rick and Aaron, want her to leave the detective
work to others, but Nina is convinced that they won’t work hard
enough to solve the murder. I found her falling into dangerous
situations on a regular basis a little over the top. She has trust
issues from the way she was abandoned as child, but rushing headlong
into danger happened too frequently to be believable.
The book is
Christian fiction. The characters discuss their issues with trusting
God, but it isn’t preachy. I found Nina and Aaron’s discussions
of God quite realistic.
The book is fast
paced and the plot presents a puzzle it’s not easy to solve until
the end. If you enjoy a thriller with a Christian background, this is
a good read.
I received this book
from BookLook Bloggers for this review.
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