Oh my! I loved this book! I seriously received it in the mail Saturday afternoon and had it read before going to bed that night. It read super quickly(suspense tends to do that) and kept me guessing! Our author does such a great job of making you believe you are there with the characters and keeping you spellbound. I wanted to know what happened to Sarah so I had to keep reading. Would anyone else get hurt before the killer was caught? Why was the investigator on the case killed? Was it related to the case or just a simple killing? Oh my! So many twists and turns. Add in a letter arriving from Hannah the day AFTER she dies containing information and life just keeps getting better! Oh and did we mention that Hannah never wanted anyone to know who the father of her daughter was? Why was that? Could he have been the killer?

This book is amazing. If you have not read book one of the series don't worry, it's not essential. The characters do show up again but nothing that leaves you with blanks. Each book is a stand alone and wonderful at that. I don't want to give away too much, but let's just say that the Kansas City police department just might have some big time corruption problems. Oh and I'll never look at white orchids the same again. A flower of death they now are. So sad for the lives lost and all the ones that we never did connect along the way. Makes you wonder. And look over your shoulder a lot if you happen to finish it in the dark of night. I made the mistake of reading her first book in the series when I was home alone at night! She's that good folks! I thought someone was out to get me too!

Definitely go pick up a copy of this book and enjoy a lovely read! Deadly Echoes should be added to everyone's must read list this spring. It'll get your blood pumping and put your investigative skills to work. Calling all you amateur detectives out there!



I received a complimentary copy of Deadly Echoes by Nancy Mehl through Bethany House Publishers in exchange for my honest review. All thoughts and opinions are my own and not influenced in any way.

Continuing with my goal to clear old books off my kindle and I was in the mood for a bit of suspense after reading a few romance novels, I decided to read Nancy Mehl's Deadly Echoes as I am a fan of her edgy Christian fiction novels. Also, I had before reading this the memory of Fire Storm by Nancy Mehl - a book that I had read last year and enjoyed. Deadly Echoes starts with a similar theme to a book I have read this year called Cross Her Heart by Melinda Leigh where the two main characters suffered as children when both of their parents were murdered. Sarah and Hannah hid under the steps and heard the killers. Both girls went into foster care and were separated as Hannah was adopted and Sarah wasn't. Now years later the girls have found each other and Sarah met her lovely niece Cicely. Their dreams of a long reunion are cut short though when Hannah is murdered. Sarah is contacted where she has been living since she was 18 - in the small Mennonite community of Sanctuary. She is the local school-teacher. Now Sarah must take custody of her niece Cicely and prove to the sheriff's and police that Hannah's death is related to her parents' murder as Hannah before she died had found proof that the killer of her parents had never been found and the guy arrested was innocent. Is Hannah's murder connected and is someone now after Sarah and Cicely as they are trying to tie up loose ends to that fateful night when Sarah was a child? I do have to admit when the killer was revealed at the end, I was a little disappointed as it seemed like weak reasoning to kill Hannah as it was back then - their parents and another couple as it turns out they had also murdered - all to keep a dark secret. However, readers if you love edgy Christian fiction and Christian Romantic Suspense, then check out Nancy Mehl's series Finding Sanctuary.

Yet another thrilling read that I could hardly put down. Full of mystery and intrigue with just enough romance this book will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very end.

"Deadly Echoes" by Nancy Mehl was wonderful. I loved seeing the familiar faces from book one "Gathering Shadows". Nancy knows how to write mysteries because there's always something that totally takes you by surprise.

After Sarah has settled her past of tragedy and upheaval, she calls Sanctuary her home and spends her days teaching at the local school. Her joyful reunion with her sister Hannah and a niece -she didn't know about- is cut short when Deputy Sheriff Paul Gleason tells Sarah that her sister has been killed.
Will Deputy Sheriff Paul help Sarah find her sister's killer?
Who did kill Hannah?
The answers to these questions and more are in the book; I highly recommend read it.

I received this book through Net Galley and I was not required to give a positive review.

This author is an auto-read for me and many of my patrons.