Magic Hour

What an interesting book and an agonizing twist toward the end. Again, it's an unlikely, but possible scenario. A disgraced child psychologist (Julia Cates) practicing in LA, returns to her hometown in the Pacific Northwest to recover/lick her wounds at her sister, the chief of police's request. She find her services are needed to help a mute child who appears on the main street of the small town where the doctor grew up.

Again, the character development of all characters is stunning as is the description of the locale. Soon, I was rooting for the doctor to recover her confidence and for the child to find her voice. What I didn't expect was the resolution of how the child ended up with so many issues in the first place. And how that tied to the romantic lead, another misplaced doctor who came to the area to avoid his own troubles.

Maybe it's unbelievable that so many characters are so good-looking, but I liked that aspect of the story. Good beach read overall.