Best kept secrets : a novel / Tracey S. Phillips.

By:

Phillips, Tracey S

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New York, NY : Crooked Lane Books, 2019Edition: First editionDescription: 296 pages ; 25 cmISBN:

1643852272
9781643852270

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Detective and mystery fiction.

Summary: Fay Ramsey is shy, with a controlling mother; Morgan Jewell is the perfect, wild, loud-mouthed yang to Fay's ying. When Fay is found dead, Morgan's entire world crumbles. Years later, still haunted by the abrupt end to her best friend's life, Morgan is now a homicide detective, but has failed to make a picture out of the clues Fay left behind. When Morgan is called in on the murder of a woman whose body is left mangled, it's too similar to Fay's case to ignore. This is the case that could set Morgan on the killer's trail-- and that forces her to confront Fay's secrets. -- adapted from jacket.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Adult Book	Phillipsburg Free Public Library	Adult Fiction	Adult Fiction	FIC PHILIPS	Available		36748002468298

Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Fay is shy and Morgan is the perfect, wild, loud-mouthed yang to Fay's ying. But when Fay is found dead, Morgan s entire world crumbles. Years later, Morgan is still haunted by the abrupt end to her best friend's life. She knew Fay held a secret in those final days, but Morgan, now a homicide detective, has failed to make a picture out of the crooked puzzle pieces she left behind. When a new body appears, mangled just like Fay's was, she must confront her memories. What was her secret? What got her killed? Maybe Morgan didn't know her at all.

Fay Ramsey is shy, with a controlling mother; Morgan Jewell is the perfect, wild, loud-mouthed yang to Fay's ying. When Fay is found dead, Morgan's entire world crumbles. Years later, still haunted by the abrupt end to her best friend's life, Morgan is now a homicide detective, but has failed to make a picture out of the clues Fay left behind. When Morgan is called in on the murder of a woman whose body is left mangled, it's too similar to Fay's case to ignore. This is the case that could set Morgan on the killer's trail-- and that forces her to confront Fay's secrets. -- adapted from jacket.

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Publishers Weekly Review

Det. Morgan Jewell of the Indianapolis Metro PD, the heroine of Phillips's underwhelming debut, is still consumed by the murder of her best friend, Fay Ramsey, 16 years earlier. Fay's death led Morgan to study "criminal psychology and law to try to make sense of what had happened to her friend," and it also caused memory loss that Morgan's psychiatrist, Dr. Taylor, has diagnosed as Perpetration-Induced Traumatic Stress syndrome; Dr. Taylor predicts the memories will someday return. Indeed, when the body of Hallie Marks, a successful designer, is discovered tied to a chair, having been tortured and severely beaten, the sight of Hallie's disfigured face does cause some of Morgan's repressed memories to resurface. After another young woman's body is found with similar injuries, Morgan believes that this case might be connected to the deaths of Hallie and Fay. The detective's erratic and self-absorbed behavior diminishes her ability to interview witnesses effectively or make logical deductions. The action builds to a surprising yet unconvincing finale. Hopefully, Phillips will do better next time. (Oct.)