When the Smoke Clears
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As a member of the North Cascades Smokejumpers, Alexia Allen always takes care of the equipment that keeps her safe. So when she nearly dies in a fire due to equipment failure, she knows something is up. Ordered to take time off while the investigation continues, Alexia makes a last-minute decision to recuperate at her mother's home and attend her high school reunion. Yet trouble seems to be following her, and within hours of arriving home she's involved with murder, arson--and a handsome detective. But the conflicts ahead are nothing compared to the ghosts of her past. As she strives to remember and forgive her family history, she must also decide if the secret she's been guarding for the last ten years must finally come to light. Chock-full of the suspense and romantic tension readers have come to expect from Lynette Eason, When the Smoke Clears is the explosive first book in the Deadly Reunions series.
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1 primary book2 released booksDeadly Reunions is a 2-book series with 1 primary work first released in 2012 with contributions by Lynette Eason.
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4.5 stars.
Two favorite things: first, the realistic portrayal of faith and how certain characters had been totally changed by faith in Jesus. Plenty of scripture and realistic witnessing without being “preachy.” Second, not being able to figure it all out! I admit, she had me going for awhile, on other suspects. Once or twice I noticed something about the villain that ended up being a telling clue, but there were so many twists that all of the suspects began to look guilty!
Well written and well plotted!
“Someone seems to be after me and I'm not sure why.”
~Alexia Allen (page 143 of When the Smoke Clears)
I love a good suspense novel, don't you?
Last week, when I was searching for a book to read in my oversized to-be-read pile, I had a few criteria. First, it had to be a novel that would quickly capture my interest. It must be one that I don't want to put down until I read the very last word on the final page. This time around, I was looking for an author I had previously read before. And lastly, I needed to be finished with it in two or three days, so I could get back to work on my own manuscript.
When my eyes landed on Lynette Eason's When the Smoke Clears, I knew I had found a winner. Previously, I had enjoyed her suspenseful Women of Justice series. They captured my interest and I could hardly put them down! Since I had finished each of the books in that series in less than three days, I figured the same would be true of When the Smoke Clears.
I was right.
Here's my own brief summary of the first book in the Deadly Reunions series:
Since she's been suspended pending an investigation into a piece of faulty equipment, firefighter and smokejumper Alexia Allen decides to attend her 10-year high school reunion in the hometown she fled immediately after graduating. As she's confronted with her troubled past, a series of murders casts a murky shadow on her future. Will Alexia evade the killer long enough to clear her name in both cases looming over her? Or will she run away from her problems like she did as a child? Or will the killer catch up to her before she has a chance to do either?
Just thinking about this book again gave me the chills! I can't wait to start reading the next installment in this gripping series!
If you are a fan of Christian suspense novels and have not yet discovered Lynette Eason, you should run (don't walk!) to your nearest library or book store and pick up one of her titles. She does not disappoint readers looking for a good crime drama with lots of twists and turns. When I read a Lynette Eason book, I know I'm getting a tightly written story that will keep me up at night—the perfect and expected thing for a suspense novel to do! It leaves me so interested in the plotline, I don't want to put it down. Besides that, I get so anxious to discover the killer that I couldn't sleep a wink even if I wanted to.
I've decided that next time I read one of Lynette's books, I'm going to make my own suspect list and see if I can figure out whodunit before the big reveal at the end of the novel. I challenge you to do the same!
Please visit Lynette Eason at one or more of the following places (and don't forget to find a copy of When the Smoke Clears!):
www.lynetteeason.com
https://www.facebook.com/lynette.eason?fref=ts
http://suspensesisters.blogspot.com/
