As We Forgive Others
by Shane Peacock
ISBN: 9781770867628
Format: Trade Paperback w/ Flaps
Size: 5.5" x 8.5"
Subjects:
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FIC022020 / FICTION
Mystery & Detective / Police Procedural -
FIC022000 / FICTION
Mystery & Detective / General -
FIC031010 / FICTION
Thrillers / Crime
Price: $24.95
Publication Date: November 9, 2024
Synopsis:
Hugh Mercer has come to a small town in Ontario, far away from his broken career, broken marriage, and broken life in New York. He’s expecting to take advantage of what he’s sure will be a peaceful place in the middle of winter to begin to make some sense of the situations he’s left behind. Before he has a chance to settle into his rented farmhouse, a strange woman appears on his doorstep and makes a startling prediction: Elizabeth Goode, a local, is about to disappear under bizarre circumstances and her life is at risk. Mercer needs further information, but as quickly as she appeared, the stranger is gone.
Within a few days, Elizabeth Goode does indeed vanish from a café in town and all the witnesses have different accounts of the event. Her life now depends on the skills Mercer honed in the New York Police Department as a homicide detective and the down-to-earth abilities of local police officer Alice Morrow. Together they work to solve the mystery of the disappearance and get to Elizabeth before she is murdered; but they, too, are troubled by their own need for forgiveness, their desire for justice, and their passion for each other.
Reviews
“Gripping and original … pick this one up and you won’t want to put it down!”
— Shari Lapena, bestselling author of The Couple Next Door
“This debut adult series from Peacock, author of the Boy Sherlock Holmes series and other YA books, is a great addition to the genre. Hugh Mercer is a rough-around-the-edges protagonist who endears himself to readers. … Readers who enjoy well-plotted mysteries and police procedurals, such as those by Michael Connelly and Louise Penny, will want to check out this one.”
— Carmen Clark, Booklist
“Shane Peacock’s new mystery As We Forgive Others explores a subgenre that takes the reader to unsuspected depths that lie beneath a deceptively smooth surface — Southern Ontario Gothic.”
— Cecilia Nasmith, Today’s Northumberland
“As We Forgive Others delivers an intriguing police procedural packed with depth.”
— Dayna Linton, Novels Alive