What We Found At The Library…Sort Of

Today I’m linking up with Sarah at This Heavenly Life for her bi-monthly book swap, “What We Found At the Library.”

Only in this case I’m not talking about a book I found at the library.

So we’ll call this “What We Got From WaterBrook Multnomah to Review and Liked So Much We Wanted to Recommend It to Everybody”

Or something like that.

About the Book:

Battling his own personal demons, Police Chief Jonah Westfall knows the dark side of life and has committed himself to eradicating it. When a pair of raccoons are found mutilated in Redford, Colorado, Jonah investigates the gruesome act, knowing the strange event could escalate and destroy the tranquility of his small mountain town. With a rising drug threat and never-ending conflict with Tia Manning, a formidable childhood friend with whom he has more than a passing history, Jonah fights for answers—and his fragile sobriety.

But he can’t penetrate every wound or secret—especially one fueled by a love and guilt teetering on madness.

 

About the Author:

While home schooling her four kids, Kristen Heitzmann wrote her first novel. It became one of a five book historical series. Since then, she has written three more historical novels and eight contemporary romantic and psychological suspense novels including The Still of Night, nominated for the Colorado Book Award, The Tender Vine, a Christy Award finalist and Christy Award winning Secrets. She lives in Colorado with her husband Jim, sundry family members, and pets.

My Thoughts:

This was a fiction book, of my favorite genre – a mystery/suspense novel. I just can’t help myself – I’ve loved a good mystery ever since reading my very first Nancy Drew book back in middle school.

I thought the book had an excellent plot. There was a tangled web of different story lines that seemed unrelated, but the author did a great job of tying everything in at the end. I thought that the characters and relationships in the story were complex and believable, and her descriptive writing style drew me in from the first page. This was one of those books that I would pick up at night and want to keep reading until my eyes got heavy.

I have to say though, I was a little disappointed by one thing. She chose to use some language a couple of times that I felt was inappropriate and distracting from the overall story line. I was especially surprised since that is not what I’ve come to expect from the books I’ve received from WaterBrook. I’ve never read anything else by this author so I’m not sure if that’s the norm.

Other than that, I loved the book and am definitely interested in checking the author out to see what other novels she’s written!

To read the first chapter in this book, go here.

Indivisible can be purchased online at WaterBrook Multnomah.

Be sure to go visit Sarah to see what books she and others recommend this week!

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This book was provided for review by the WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Company