There Was a Little Girl
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- 4,49 €
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- 4,49 €
Publisher Description
THERE WAS A LITTLE GIRL AND WHEN SHE WAS BAD…SHE WAS A KILLER.
NO GOOD DEED GOES UNPUNISHED
Romance novelist, harried mom, and sometime sleuth, E. J. Pugh has a habit of being in the wrong place at the right time. This time she's on hand to pull a suicidal teenager from a freezing Texas river. The distraught young girl, Brenna, has good reasons for wanting to end it all, since she comes from the worst horror of a family since Charles Manson's. And a good Samaritan act has plopped E. J. into the middle of the dysfunctional mess.
Then comes the news that makes E. J.'s blood run cold: the girl's mother has been murdered, and Brenna stands accused of the crime. E. J. feels certain the frightened teen is innocent, and the determined crime solver is making it her business to save a troubled child's life one more time...even at the risk of losing her own.
"A gifted and perceptive writer whose characters are second to none."—New York Times bestselling author, Sharyn McCrumb
"One of today's finest mystery writers"—Carolyn G. Hart
“Even a bright sunny day feels menacing in the hands of this pro.”—Margaret Maron, author of Up Jumps the Devil
Don't miss E. J. PUGH mysteries: ONE, TWO, WHAT DID DADDY DO? and HICKORY DICKORY STALK
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
E.J. Pugh is the first one to admit she's no Martha Stewart. What she is, is a sometime romance writer and an emotionally over-extended wife and mother. She's also a woman who can't walk away from trouble. In this fourth installment of her series (after Home Again, Home Again), E.J. jumps into a freezing Texas river to rescue a suicidal teen named Brenna. As young lives go, Brenna's is lousy and getting worse fast. Her mother, free after a nine-year term for the death of Brenna's baby brother, is hell-bent on hauling her daughter off to live with her abusive stepfather. But E.J.'s not about to let that happen. With the help of family counselor, Josh Morgan, a Herman Munster-type with a mega-watt smile and a troubled past, E.J. gives Brenna a fresh start. For the first time, things are looking up for Brenna...until her mother and stepfather are murdered and she becomes the prime suspect. Cooper, who spikes her first-person narrative with humor, witty wordplay and the occasional philosophical insight, produces not just a smart, fast-paced mystery, but a thoughtful, touching tale as well.
