The Reckoning Stones: A Novel of Suspense
- ISBN-10
- 0738745111
- ISBN-13
- 9780738745114
- Category
- Child sexual abuse
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015
- Author
- Laura DiSilverio
Description
After accusing the pastor of her close-knit religious community of molesting her, 14-year-old Mercy Asher is branded a liar and publicly humiliated. She runs away on the night someone beats the pastor into a coma and kills his wife. Two decades later, Mercy has become Iris Dashwood, an emotionally troubled but brilliant jeweller. She thinks she's in control of her life until news of the pastor's miraculous awakening broadsides her and leaves her unable to design. Eventually she returns to Lone Pine, Colorado, determined to confront her past to restore her creativity, and reconnects with her mother, best friend and boyfriend, all harbouring secrets she must unearth to find a killer. In the final reckoning, the truth may cost more than she anticipates. But will it bring redemption - or devastation?
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