Too Close to Home by Lynette Eason (Book Review)

Title: Too Close to Home
Author: Lynette Eason
Publisher: Revell

About the book: The FBI has a secret weapon. But now the secret's out.

When missing teens begin turning up dead in a small Southern town, the FBI sends in Special Agent Samantha Cash to help crack the case. her methods are invisible, and she never quits until the case is closed.

Homicide detective Connor Wolfe has his hands full.  His relationship with his headstrong daughter is in a tailspin, and the string of unsolved murders has the town demanding answers.  Connor is running out of ideas -- and time. 

Samantha joins Connor in a race against the clock to save the next victim.  And the killer starts to get personal.

Too Close to Home ratchets up the suspense with each page even as love blossoms in the face of danger. Read this one with the lights on!

Available April 2010 at your favorite bookseller from Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group.

My thoughts:  This one gets off to a quick start with the discovery of a victim in a trash dumpster.  From there it only gets better.  I found this one hard to put down and carried it with me just about everywhere I went.  This book has everything from the hardships of being a single father to a teenage girl (it is hard enought to just parent teenage girls!) - and then having this same father on the search for a serial killer who seems to be targeting teenage girls!  There is a little romance - lots of mystery and suspense.  You should read this one if you are a fan of suspense - and if you are not - read it anyway - it just might hook you!  What's even better is that this is the first in a new series - Women of Justice (this would be a good name for a TV series don't you agree?)  Don't Look Back is coming in October!

~I received this book for review from Baker Publishing.~

Too Close to Home
Publisher/Publication Date: Revell, Apr 2010
ISBN: 978-0-8007-3369-8
332 pages

Too Close to Home by Lynette Eason - Blog Tour (Apr 11 - 17)

New romantic suspense series: “Women of Justice”

FBI agent Samantha Cash sets out to solve a string of murders in a small Southern town. Troubles arise when the case turns personal…

Lynette Eason debuts a new romantic suspense series that features strong female characters who will stop at nothing to find the criminal: the Women of Justice series.

Too Close to Home is the first novel in this new series, which renowned suspense author Dee Henderson called “a hit” and said that she “enjoyed every minute.”

In this thrilling first book, readers meet Samantha Cash, who is the FBI's secret weapon. Her methods are invisible, and she never stops until the case is closed. When missing teens begin turning up dead in a small Southern town, Samantha is assigned to help the local police chief Connor Wolfe find the killer. And he has two problems with that. There's her faith--in God and herself. And then there's the fact that she looks exactly like his late wife.

As they get close to an answer, the case becomes personal. The killer seems to be taking an interest in Connor's 16-year-old daughter, who thinks her dad is getting way too protective. Can't a girl just have some fun?

Too Close to Home ratchets up the suspense with each page, and will have readers cheering for the characters they love as justice is served and love grows even in the face of danger. Read this one with the lights on!

Lynette Eason is the author of three romantic suspense novels, and a member of American Fiction Christian Writers and Romance Writers of America. A homeschooling mother of two, she has a master's degree in education from Converse College.

Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group, offers practical books that bring the Christian faith to everyday life. They publish resources from a variety of well-known brands and authors, including their partnership with MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) and Hungry Planet.

For more information, visit www.RevellBooks.com.