"William's focus in sensory details - colors, smells, sounds- will heighten the awareness of everyday circumstances that ought not be merely taken for granted. And the celebration of both cross-cultural and trans-generational friendships provides an outlook that is relevant and valuable ... 'Running Secrets' captures readers at finish line" - Barbara Lloyd McMichael, The Bookmonger, Bellingham Herald.

It’s always a treat to pick up a novel that’s so compelling one can’t put it down. That’s the case with Arleen Williams’ Running Secrets. It’s a great story, captivatingly told, full of secrets, surprises, and complex relationships.

Susan Knox, Author of Financial Basics, A Money Management Guide for Students

Gorgeous Chris Stevens seems to have everything going for her except the will to live. In this delicately crafted story, Arleen Williams explores with sensitivity the inner life of an emotionally scarred woman—and the secrets that threaten to destroy her. Running Secrets is a must-read for anyone seeking to understand fear of one’s own past.

Laurel Leigh, Author of the blog Dear Writers

Ms Williams has written a book of secrets—about life, death, family, and resurrection. As she works through the pain of the past, Chris Stevens, the protagonist of Running Secrets, uncovers the deepest of family secrets and in it finds something to live for. Williams is a writer who never gives you what you expect, but what she gives you is better than what you expect. This is a very American novel about race and love, about assimilation and reconciliation. As Chris discovers, you never know where you’ll find your mother.

Jack Remick, Author of Gabriela and the Widow and The California Quartet

Some things I loved about Running Secrets: this buddy story features women--Williams pairs a young American with a middle-aged African immigrant, the direct discussion of race and identity through the characters and their trials, Chris Stevens’s ascent from despair to creativity, Gemi Kemmal’s transformation from rigid to adventurous, and a little romance for all the protagonists.

Pam Carter, Seattle playwright

Coming off the success of her memoir, The Thirty-Ninth Victim, Arleen Williams has written Running Secrets, a novel of redemption, rebirth, friendship, and romance. When protagonist Chris Stevens goes wacko and tries to kill herself, helpers appear, bright as angels, to render aid and succor. The story deepens as each helper comes onstage, bringing a feeling of warmth and deep spirit—just in time for Christmas.

Robert J. Ray, Author of The Weekend Novelist and Murdock Tackles Taos

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