The Friday 56 hosted by Freda’s Voice.
The only rules are to grab a book (any book), turn to page 56 or 56% in your eReader and find any sentence, or a few (no spoilers) that grabs you and post it.
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Open Meetings (A Jillian Hillcrest Mystery) by Joyce T. Strand
“There’s something about all this activity with Chuck’s group that makes me very uneasy. Nonetheless, I’m here to help. I still want to know what happened to Trev, and I’m not satisfied that I know everything yet.”
Nothing about her demeanor suggested motherhood or friendship. Rather it said, “Beware.”
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BLURB
PR Executive Jillian Hillcrest is having lunch with a reporter colleague when a woman enters and begs him not to print anything she’s told him because they will kill her if he does. A few days later, the reporter tells Jillian that the woman was killed in a car crash in his hometown. The police ruled her death an accident caused by driving under the influence of alcohol.
Although Jillian is busy promoting her Silicon Valley biotech company, the reporter draws her into an investigation of his hometown’s police department, located in California north of the Napa-Sonoma wine region. Coincidentally, Jillian’s neighbor Cynthia Anderson wonders about the untimely death of her policeman husband years earlier as part of the same police department. Meanwhile, Jillian’s ex-husband hovers over her to reverse the “ex” status. Unfortunately, none of them anticipates the frightening events that follow.
This is the second of the Jillian Hillcrest mysteries. I have not read the first book and don’t feel it wasn’t necessary to read this one. Each can stand alone.
I must confess, I felt page 56 did not do Open Meetings justice, so I reversed it to page 65. Shhhh, don’t tell anyone.
To get your copy of Open Meetings by Joyce T Strand, click on the cover below.
A secret on the internet! LOL
The cover art is awesome and there’s some stories to be told just by looking at it. I’m going to have to check this one out. A new author for me!
LOL. This is a great book. Will let you know more when I review it.This is an author I will keep my eye on.
Ooh, liking the blurb. Thanks for sharing.
So far, so good. ^_^
An “accident.” Yes, we’ve all heard that before.
I’m sure we’ll hear again too. I don’t know why people feel they have the right to do some of the terrible things they do. They show and feel no remorse.