| PARANORMAL & SUSPENSE book reviews |
The Abduction of
Mary Rose
Joan Hall Hovey
Mystery/Suspense
attention of one who remembers the case well.
But someone else has also read the article in the paper. The
man whose DNA she carries.
And he has Naomi in his sights.
Following the death of the woman
she believed to be her mother,
28-year-old Naomi Waters learns
from a malicious aunt that she is not
only adopted, but the product of a
brutal rape that left her birth mother,
Mary Rose Francis, a teenager of Micmac ancestry, in a coma
for 8 months.
Dealing with a sense of betrayal and loss, but with new
purpose in her life, Naomi vows to track down Mary Rose’s
attackers and bring them to justice. She places her story in
the local paper, asking for information from residents who
might remember something of the case that has been cold for
nearly three decades.
She is about to lose hope that her efforts will bear fruit, when
she gets an anonymous phone call. Naomi has attracted the
REVIEW: When Naomi’s mother passes, she learns a hard
truth about herself and those closest to her. With this 30 year
old secret out in the open, Naomi makes a bold move seeking justice and in the process putting her life at risk. A freaky
thriller through and through, this cat and mouse game would
have made a wonderful movie. The beginning was slow, but
the suspense was continuously built. In no time, I found myself
on the edge of my seat, rooting for Naomi, while holding my
breath to find out what happens next. And when the killer came
close, I was on pins and needles and my heart pounded right
along with Naomi. The writing was a little choppy - a little, not
a lot. There was a small sprinkling of spelling mistakes and
random quotation marks sprinkled throughout. I am confident
one more round of polishing would fix these minor errors and
smooth out the book. Overall, a great suspense thriller and
pretty clean read, I highly recommend this for young and older
adults alike.
| Reviewer: Michele Biring-Pani |
December 2013 | 83