Still, some books do better than others, and especially now, where I hope to make it clear that my focus lies with stories of suspense (the Carpenter/Harding series and standalone stories like The Amnesia Project and Secrets) - what happens to the others?
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Speaking of a book that definitely has been noticed, The Amnesia Project, here's another excerpt for you:
Excerpt:
I could feel it
in my bones that Caitlyn, if I found her in the Gellers’ house, had answers for
me. I just knew it. I stopped halfway for breakfast at a rest stop, enjoying a
coffee and a piece of cheesecake, then I drove the rest of the way straight. I
only stopped briefly at the hotel to check in and freshen up, then I made my
way to the Gellers. The community they lived in was a bit further out than I
imagined. The suburban feel of the area and its cookie cutter houses depressed
me. It looked like the coming of age of a bunch of jocks and their high school
sweethearts.
The house Jason
shared with his family was on the first in a large, almost symmetrical half
circle, another half circle of houses behind. Who or what were they trying to
summon?
I parked on the
curb and walked up to the house. I had a prickling feeling at the back of my
neck, and turning, I could see movement behind the next door neighbor’s window.
Nothing surprising so far. When your neighbor was practically on top of you,
curiosity was a given. It made me cringe that there were people who chose to
live like this. Then again, it was none of my business, right? A few days out
here would remind me why I loved living in a city.
I rang the
doorbell once, waited, then another time.
The door opened,
and I came face to face with Caitlin Hoyt aka Mrs. Geller.
“Ms. Caitlyn
Hoyt?” There was alarm on her face, and I had only a split second before she
decided to slam the door in my face. I caught it in time. “Caitlyn, please, I
need to talk to you for a moment. It’s important.”
Someone’s life
could depend on it. I’m not sure it would have been fair to use that, given
that I had no idea if Paige was alive. But she had to be. She had to be.
The other woman
let go of the door, her shoulders slumping.
“My name is
Katie Geller,” she said. I heard children’s laughter from inside the house.
“I need to make
lunch,” Caitlyn/Katie added. “My husband is coming home in a few minutes, and
he won’t like seeing you here. He doesn’t like people bothering us.”
I detected more
between the lines than I wanted to.
“I don’t want
any trouble for you or your family. I know you escaped your former husband.” It
was worth a shot. “You might want to know that he’s dead.”
Something in her
expression changed, a hint of emotion visible.
“Who are you?”
“My name is
Danielle Ryder. I’m a cop, but I’m not here on an official assignment. I am
interested in the circumstances of your disappearance.”
“Why?” she
asked, her tone cool and sarcastic now. “You want to charge me for pretending a
crime happened? That’s rich, especially since the police never do a thing when
you need them.”
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