The Secret Hour (Rice, Luanne)
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| Rating | : | 4.66 (888 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B000FBFMT8 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 551 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-08-13 |
| Language | : | English |
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Now the author of Safe Harbor,True Blue, and other New York Times bestsellers presents the gripping story of a man fighting for his family, a woman searching for her sister--and the promise of a new life where both least expected itThe Secret HourBeneath his careful and controlled demeanor, attorney John O’Rourke is a man whose life is in turmoil. A woman arrives on the O’Rourke doorstep to find a household on the brink of chaos but brimming with love--and, she hopes, answers. Since the death of his wife, he has been juggling the rigors of a controversial capital murder case and the demands of raising two children. Six months ago her younger sister fled far from their beloved home following a devastating confrontation. Teddy, John’s stalwart fourteen-year-old, has quietly assumed responsibilities far too weighty for his young shoulders, as he longs for the way things used to be and tries to ignore the hostility that has swirled around his family since his father took on the defense of a killer whose crimes have rocked Connecticut.A b
A very good book by Luanne mzglorybe Different from her other works. I almost couldn't believe it was her writing this suspense. It reminded me somewhat of Greg Iles "The Quiet Game", also a story of a widower father who is an attorney and getting involved in a case in his home town that affects him personally.In this story, the attorney, John O'Rourke, is a widower with 2 kids, a teen son and a daughter. He is trying his best to raise them in his home town where everyone knows them, but is making enemies by taking on a horrible case. He is represen. Great mystery! Rice does it again! Kept me totally engaged and cheering for the characters. I couldn't put the book down. I had to stay up late to find out the answers.. "Five Stars" according to Linda. Love Luanne's books.this one was a little different but loved it, you will too.
John grieves, too, so bothered by memories of his wife's adultery he does not see what his children see-that Kate is just what the O'Rourke family needs. John's client Greg Merrill, "The Breakwater Killer," on death row for a series of brutal seaside murders, is responsible for both Kate's arrival and the brick: John's neighbors resent his efforts to save the confessed criminal's life, while Kate wants the lawyer's help in determining whether Merrill killed her sister, who disappeared much like the killer's other victims, but whose body has never been found. . Since Rice's