By Kelly Bridgewater
Family secrets. Historical wrongs.
And the truths that refuse to stay buried.
Savannah Webster is trying to find
her way forward. She and her husband, Hez, have been separated since tragedy
tore them apart and he began numbing his grief and guilt with alcohol. She
returned to Tupelo Grove University, which her family helped found over a
century ago, to teach history.
When Hez turns up in her classroom
asking for a second chance, she rejects the idea immediately. But twenty-four
hours later she’s under suspicion for murder, and since Hez is the best
attorney she knows, she reluctantly asks him for help. They suspect the murder
is tied to someone selling off the university’s pre-Columbia artifacts, but the
secrets go much deeper than they realize.
The only hope they’ve got is each other, and they’re going to
have to put their past behind them if they’re going to stay alive long enough
to uncover all that’s hidden.
My Thoughts:
What We Hide
by Colleen Coble and Rick Acker is a legal drama with family drama thrown in to
carry the plot along. The story is categorized as Christian Mystery and
Suspense Romance, but I do not agree with this assessment. The story features
Savannah and Hez, who used to be married. Tragedy happened and their marriage
fell apart. Now they are back in each other’s lives, they are trying to figure
out if they can make this work or not. It reads more like a women’s fiction
novel than a suspense novel. Yes, there were missing artifacts, and readers
will see the person who is taking them and their point of view, but it does not
seem to be a main suspense factor. Yes, the story features a dead body after a
couple of chapters, but it really does not have that suspense atmosphere that
mystery readers want when reading this type of story. Most of the story
features Hez and Savannah arguing and thinking of the tragedy moment that
happened three years ago. I was actually bored reading the story. I couldn’t
wait for it to be over.
I received a complimentary copy of What We
Hide by Colleen Coble and Rick Acker from Thomas Nelson Publishing, but the
opinions are all my own.
My Rating: 2 out of 5 stars
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