Hidden In The Stars
Robin Caroll
Abingdon, Sep 16 2014, $13.99
ISBN 9781426773600
The vicious assault against her and her mom in their home in Plano,
Texas leaves Olympic-level gymnast Sophia Montgomery in an Arkansas hospital
unable to speak due to larynx damage and aware her crushed hands will never
allow her to compete ever again. Police
Detectives Julian Frazier and Brody Alexander lead the investigation that
frustrates the victim and the cops. Her
grandmother Alena Borin visits Sophia who does not recognize the woman. Lip reader Charlie Wallace arrives to
interpret Sophia’s responses to Julian’s questions starting with the attack on
her and Mamochka, and their demands that her mom give them something. Julian tells her that her Mamochka is dead.
Worrying about Sophia’s safety as those who invaded her home
thought she was dead, Julian wonders what the Russians wanted and how come the
deceased was estranged from her own mother who refuses to talk about why. Julian admires Sophia’s tenacity but denies
he is falling in love. As he and his
partners work the case, Julian feels knowing what caused the estrangement is
critical and clues may be found in a memorial quilt made by Mamochka.
The latest Quilts of Love inspirational (see A Grand Design by Amber Stockton and
A Promise In Pieces by Emily T. Wierenga) is a terrific police procedural in
which the past haunts the present and thereby impacts the future. The cast is strong and the Russian intrigue
adrenaline pumping. The romance takes a
backseat to the suspense as the hero insists the victim is a trauma patient
needing protection not love; while he also struggles with his lost faith having
blamed God for his late partner Eli’s death and fearing the same abandonment re
Sophia.
Harriet Klausner
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