"Will tiny clues from the past find justice? A suspenseful and realistic Amish based mystery!"
Vanish In Plain Sight
By: Marta Perry
Genres: Inspirational Amish | Suspense
Posted: April 29, 2011
So when a small suitcase full of clothes found by Link Morgan as he was renovating his uncle's house turned out to belong to her mother, Marisa Angelo returned to her childhood community. She was determined to stay until she got the answers she desperately needed, despite some friendly and unfriendly efforts to make her leave.
Seeking the truth, Marisa becomes increasingly involved with Link, an Afghan veteran wanting to make his own break with the past and his family. But, can the Morgans really be trusted to as the suitcase was found on their property? Yet, as Marisa shifts through the trickles of small remembrances, she starts to ponder her own family's stories and wonders why her Englischer Dad was so quick to accept the findings of the brief police report. Now, her own life may be in danger from those who knew and who want the truth to stay buried. Who can she trust?
Skillfully written in a deceptively simple yet realistic style, Marta Perry instantly places you in plain sight of Springville, a beautiful mixed Amish and English semi-rural community where people have long histories together and where words spoken and unspoken quickly highlight a tension the revealing of this small suitcase has brought to bear. Perry adeptly develops both the suspense and storyline by moving perspectives from the fresh eyes and ears of Marisa, a freelance illustrator with the time and ability to finally get to the bottom of why she was left abandoned as a child, to the thoughts of others, especially Link's, as they come to terms with what they could and could not have done. It is remarkably readable as a stand alone novel, but is sure to a captivating delight for fans already familiar with Perry' pervious books, especially Murder in Plain Sight. Enjoy this aptly titled intriguing book that is very hard to put down once you start reading!
Book Summary
The sole survivor of his engineering team after an explosion in Afghanistan, Link Morgan comes home to Lancaster County to recuperate. Blaming himself for living when the others died, he vows never to be responsible for anyone again. But his determination is tested when he discovers a suitcase hidden inside teh wall of the house he's remodeling - a suitcase belonging to a woman who supposedly left her husband and young daughter twenty-five years ago.
Children's book illustrator Marisa Angelo has only one aim when she learns of the discovery - to find the truth about her mother's disappearance. She has been haunted all her life by the image of her mother walking away from her, leaving Marisa with a hole in her heart nothing can fill. She's coped by never letting anyone see the real Marisa, because if they do, they'd see how unlovable she is. Now she must find the answers or be forever less than whole.
It's commonly believed that Marisa's mother ran back to her Amish family in the Midwest, unable to face living in her husband's English world any longer. Now, with the finding of the suitcase, it seems that what everyone believed may not be true. Link and Marisa reluctantly join forces to find the answers - Link because the bloodstained suitcase seems to implicate his uncle, who left him the house, and Marisa because she her fears her father may be implicated in her mother's disppearance.
The secret of Marisa's mother's disappearance must lie buried somewhere in the pastoral farmland and quaint Amish settlements of Lancaster County. But the more Marisa searches, the greater the danger she is in. Someone, either Amish or English, doesn't want the truth of the disappearance ever to come to light, and he will kill to be sure that secret stays buried forever.
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by: Marta Perry
Amish Suspense #2 HQN
June 1, 2011
On Sale: May 24, 2011
Featuring: Marisa Angelo; Link Morgan
384 pages
ISBN: 0373775768
EAN: 9780373775767
Mass Market Paperback