Woman in Red
by Eileen Goudge
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Pub Date Jul 14 2015 | Archive Date Oct 14 2015
Open Road Integrated Media | Open Road Media
Description
Alice Kessler has lived through a mother's worst nightmare. While riding his bike, her eight-year-old son, David, was killed by a drunk driver. Out of her mind with grief and rage—especially after losing the wrongful death suit—Alice runs down the driver, Owen White, crippling him. After serving nine years in prison, she returns to Grays Island in the Pacific Northwest, divorced and destitute, to reunite with her surviving son, Jeremy.
But the child she has not seen in almost a decade has become an angry teenager, and when Jeremy is falsely accused of rape, White, who is now mayor, seizes his chance for revenge.
To defend Jeremy, Alice seeks the help of former Manhattan DA Colin McGinty, who lost his wife on 9/11 and returned to Grays Island after the death of his grandfather—an artist famous for his haunting portrait Woman in Red. As the story of the painting is revealed, the past becomes intertwined with the present, and Alice and Colin discover that they are bound together by a deadly wartime secret on the verge of being exposed.
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Featured Reviews
Carol C, Reviewer
This book had several stories - past and present - that eventually come together. Some of the ending is pretty predictable but there are enough twists and turns in the story to make it an enjoyable beach read.
Carol S, Librarian
Good story of bonding and sacrifice well written by a beloved author.
Cheryl S, Reviewer
O, what a tangled web we weave... - Sir Walter Scott
This book originally came out in 2007. I read and enjoyed it then - and I just re-read it and enjoyed it just as much this time around.
I especially like the character of Alice Kessler, a strong woman in spite of the terrible burdens life has directed her way. She sees her young son run down and killed by a drunk driver and then sees the driver get off without even a slap on the wrist. So when she sees the driver in the parking lot after the trial, she runs the man down with her car and cripples him.
The story really starts nine years later when Alice is released from prison and heads home to Grays Island, Washington.
This story has wonderful, relatable characters. They are highlighted and the reader is able to get inside their minds - good guys and bad guys.
The small-town setting of fictitious Grays Island is integral to the story, with its narrow-minded population.
The story alternates between a wonderful story from the 1940s that is intertwined with the modern-day saga that includes Alice and her family. Also a major player in the story is Colin McGinty, a recovering alcoholic, a non-practicing attorney, that inherits his grandfather's property on the island.
This is a multi-family saga with unexpected twists and turns. I loved the story, the backstory, the characters. In fact I can't think of anything I didn't like about this stellar story.
NOTE: I received this book from Open Road Media through Net Galley in exchange for my honest review.
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