Fallout
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4.5 • 26 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Her carefully crafted life is about to be demolished.
After a difficult childhood, Samantha Williams craves simplicity: jigsaw puzzles, lectures at the library, and the students she adores in her role as an elementary school art teacher in the dusty farming community of LaCrosse, Washington.
But when an SUV crashes into the building where she teaches, her entire world is upended. Samantha manages to keep the children safe, but her car isn’t so lucky. Oddly, her purse—with her driver’s license, credit cards, and other identification—is missing from the wreckage.
After authorities discover that the driver in the accident was shot seconds before the crash, Samantha quickly becomes entangled in increasingly strange events that have her constantly looking over her shoulder.
Samantha has long tried to forget the tragedy of her past, but the twisting connections she discovers between the murdered driver, a deadly secret government project, and an abandoned town can't be ignored. Those involved are determined to keep these secrets buried, and they’ll use any means necessary to stop Samantha’s search for truth.
Full-length, stand-alone suspense novelAward-winning, bestselling authorIncludes discussion questions for book clubs
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
This propulsive thriller from Parks (Woman in Shadow) follows a small-town art instructor who must face her past to stop a murderer. Sam Williams is miraculously unscathed after an SUV crashes into the temporary classroom where she teaches art to elementary schoolers in LaCrosse, Wash. An investigation reveals that the driver of the SUV had been shot immediately before the crash and had worked as an art therapist at Clan Firinn, a secretive rehab facility for "first responders suffering from various forms of PTSD." Mary Thompson, an amateur writer looking into the recent discovery of two skeletons at a nearby construction site owned by Clan Firinn, introduces herself to Sam and the two join forces to get to the bottom of the deaths. The stakes escalate when an SUV forces Sam off the road and into a river, where her prayers to God deliver her to safety. An unexpected development suggests the events might be connected to the deaths of Sam's parents decades ago, leading Sam to return to her childhood home to face her past. Intricate plot threads combine with fast-paced action to exciting effect, and Sam's social awkwardness adds some comic moments of levity. This addictive, twisty mystery will keep readers guessing.
Customer Reviews
INTENSE INTRIQUE!
What would you do if the life you had carefully crafted suddenly was taken away from you through a series of complex, perplexing, circumstances? This is the situation that author Carrie Stuart Parks has created for her main character, Samantha Williams, in her newest release, FALLOUT. Samantha thrives on living a simple, organized life learned from living on her Aunt’s farm where she moved after the deaths of her parents when she was very young. As she is in the midst of an ordinary day, one single moment begins the perplexing game of cat and mouse that changes her life forever. If you enjoy a novel filled with intense intrigue, buried secrets, and hidden connections, one that will keep your heart rate up, and one that will keep you up past your bedtime reading then look no further than Carrie Stuart Park’s FALLOUT. In my opinion, you will not be disappointed!
I was provided a complimentary copy of this novel by Thomas Nelson and NetGalley. The opinions expressed here are completely my own and without influence.
A time when everything hidden would be revealed….
Always remember you are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem and smarter than you think - Christopher Robin
Samantha did not always manage to remember that saying. This story brings out the best in her, teaches her many things and helps her realize why she is who she is. Orphaned as a young child, her life has been anything but ordinary. An SUV careening into her school room opens a whole new set of problems. An accident or was someone the target?
This incredible book was impossible to set down before I finished it, making dinner quite late that day. A mystery that turns into a thriller with more intrigue than you can possibly imagine sets this book aside as one to remember!
An early copy of this book was received through Thomas Nelson and HarperCollins Publishing. These thoughts and impressions are my own and were in no way solicited.