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About The Widow’s Watcher

Paperback: 286 pages

Publisher: Lake Union Publishing (May 29, 2018)

From Eliza Maxwell, the bestselling author of The Unremembered Girl, comes a gripping novel about the mysteries that haunt us and the twists of fate that can unravel them…

Living in the shadow of a decades-old crime that stole his children from him, reclusive Lars Jorgensen is an unlikely savior. But when a stranger walks onto the ice of a frozen Minnesota lake, her intentions are brutally clear, and the old man isn’t about to let her follow through.

Jenna Shaw didn’t ask for Lars’s help, nor does she want it. After he pulls her from the brink, however, Jenna finds her desire to give up challenged by their unlikely friendship. In Jenna, Lars recognizes his last chance for redemption. And in her quest to solve the mysteries of Lars’s past and bring him closure, Jenna may find the way out of her own darkness.

But the truth that waits threatens to shatter it all. When secrets are surrendered and lies are laid bare, Jenna and Lars may find that accepting the past isn’t their greatest challenge. Can they afford the heartbreaking price of forgiveness?

Purchase Links

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Mama Says:

Color me surprised and exhausted from staying up too late reading again.
Occasionally, I’ll have certain expectations for a book that just get blown out of the water.  While I did think I would enjoy this book, I didn’t know that I would be so emotionally involved and engrossed in the story that I would lose sleep.  Not just from staying up late, but also from the extreme feels that lingered long after I finally put the book down.
The Widow’s Watcher reads like both Nordic Noir and Literary Fiction, with some excellent examples of how horribly we can deal with grief sometimes, as well as some better options.   When a book is powerful but flies under the radar, I feel like it’s my duty as a reviewer to yell about it to everyone, so expect to hear about this book in future rec posts and top reads lists!
Even though I did figure out a major, um, thing, fairly quickly, it in no way took away from my enjoyment.  It’s not one of those plot twists that if you know it, ruins the story (hello Secret Window) but rather something that you might know before the characters do, so you’re just yelling at them “HEYYYYYYYYY LOOOK THEY ARE BLAH AND THIS BLAH BLAH BLAH”
I highly recommend setting aside ample time once you sit down to read this one so you don’t wind up like a zombie.  No it’s not about those, you’ll just not get rest and if you’re out of coffee, I fear for your family/housemates.

4.5 stars and my sincere thanks to Lake Union, Eliza Maxwell and TLC Book tours for the review opportunity!

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About Eliza Maxwell

Eliza Maxwell is the author of The Unremembered Girl, The Grave Tender, and The Kinfolk. She writes fiction from her home in Texas, which she shares with her ever-patient husband, two impatient kids, a ridiculous English setter, and a bird named Sarah. An artist and writer, a dedicated introvert, and a British cop-drama addict, she enjoys nothing more than sitting on the front porch with a good cup of coffee.

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