Meghan Holloway

Hector Lewis's wife and daughter vanished without a trace 15 years ago. The townspeople think he is the reason they disappeared but Hector knows who did it. With no tangible evidence, he is stuck in a community filled with suspicion. Evelyn was once stalked and nearly killed. She moves to Raven's Gap Montana to start fresh. Soon, she realizes that her new hometown is a hunting ground and the hunting season is open and running. What a thrilling story! I found myself reading this book in no time at all. The author's ability to write with such mounting tension and suspense is truly a gift. I was captivated by the richness of the characters and the deep diving into the source of their characters. Ms. Holloway shows the reader that truly not everything is as it seems.… (mere)

I need to read the first one to get the full background, and I cannot wait until the next one comes out! The author gave just a few pages insight into the next one, and it really leaves you wondering! Hector Lewis is a local police officer, yet he often does things off the books and in his own way. Things have never been the same since his wife and daughter went missing years ago. Many still believe he had a hand in them missing and that he knows what happened to them, meanwhile he wrestles with himself everyday on what he could have done differently so they would not have gone missing.

This is a case that will haunt him until it is solved, and things hit too close to home when the local inn owner shows up needing his help. As in, off the books- hence her showing up at his house and not going to the actual police station. Her son is missing, but she thinks she knows where he is, she just needs his help getting him back, and discreetly with no questions asked. No questions asked, her helps her get her son back but the questions he does have, he works to find the answers himself…. he knows something is going on, he just can’t quite put a finger on what exactly. But things are not as they appear.

Hector once again puts a target on his back with the digging around he is doing, but he feels he is so close. The answers and help have come from some unexpected help and now he knows that the disappearance of his family may have a connection to this all as well. The more he researches, the more dangerous his small town has become and he won’t stop at nothing to get to the truth of the matter- even if that means doing things off the record.

Thank you to the author for sending me a free autographed arc of this book! This is one that will be staying on the shelf. I cannot read more in this serious and will be looking to read the first one, although I had no issues reading the second as a standalone. Loved this novel and am excited to see what others come out in this series going forward.… (mere)

For readers of The Nightingale and Beneath a Scarlet Sky comes a gripping historical thriller set against a fully-realized WWII backdrop about the love a father has for his son and the lengths he is willing to go to find him, from a talented new voice in suspense.

I have read a lot of WWII genre books and this is one of the best. I loved the movie the Monument Men so I was intrigued from the very beginning. Also two of my favorite authors Mark Sullivan and Pam Jenoff recommended it.
One of my favorite animal characters ever is in this book,. Truly memorable characters and lots of action.
Definitively 5 stars. .… (mere)

Another one. Another NetGalley book that I have been skipping over and really, really shouldn’t have. I might have read too many WWII novels a few years ago and burnt myself out a bit, but this one. This one is fantastic.
This book is so perfectly written, I found myself rereading passages just so that I could do that stare-off-into-space dreamy thing and then read it again. It’s not flowery and sweet… this is a war story, and it’s full of all the dark, gritty horrors that you expect. It’s just so well told that even the horrible is somehow beautiful. The descriptions of wartime Paris, the French countryside, the Alps, and the Welsh hills are so vivid and lovely.

The novel is obviously well researched and the story, which is most definitely a fast-paced thriller, feels very much like it could have happened. Patton even makes a brief appearance as the Americans have arrived to help liberate France. Side plots of priceless artworks being smuggled from Paris to keep them from the Germans, as well as a network to save Jewish children from Nazis, all while our main character races to find his son… there is so much going on here, and it all just perfectly entwines into a cohesive, engaging story.

Rhys is probably the most attractive white male lead in a book I’ve read for a long time. We aren’t talking Jamie Fraser level here, but it’s a near thing. He’s tough, flawed, and tortured, but he’s got such an incredible sense of what’s right and important. The flashbacks to his time in WWI and the losses of his family at home are heartbreaking and endeared him to me. The burdens that he quite literally carries throughout his life, and his relationship with his son, as well as the new relationships he forges with the people he meets in his search for that son, make for an amazing read.

I highly recommend this book to fans of historical fiction, especially WWII era. It may not be a bright, happy story from start to finish, but there is enough hope and love to make it worth the time and emotional investment.… (mere)