Review – Deadly Echoes

From the back cover:  After a youth filled with tragedy and upheaval, Sarah Miller’s life is finally settled with all echoes of the past silent at last. She happily calls Sanctuary her home and spends her days teaching at the local school.

Sarah’s joy at her recent reunion with her sister, Hannah, and meeting the niece she didn’t know she had is too soon interrupted when Deputy Sheriff Paul Gleason informs Sarah her sister has been killed.

As she learns more about Hannah’s death, the circumstances are eerily similar to their parents’ murder. Sarah enlists Paul’s help in digging deeper into the murders the police are dismissing as burglaries gone wrong. Paul’s concern encourages Sarah’s growing feelings for him, but as their investigation peels back the layers of lies almost twenty years old, they get close to uncovering the truth one person will do anything to hide–even if that means coming after the last remaining members of the Miller family.

Things can go out of control fairly quickly and, I guess, there is no way you can be prepared for the events that happen to Sarah. She has just been reunited with her sister and, suddenly, she is informed that her sister has been murdered. Now the old wounds from twenty years ago resurface with the possibility that this is the same murderer. But why the twenty year gap? This is an intense mystery as there are multiple stories that need to be solved. Ms. Mehl has crafted a fine thriller in that Sarah is in deadly danger from practically page one.  I could not figure out who the murderer was and was surprised when this person was revealed.  Get ready for a real page turner that will keep you guessing until the end. I liked “Deadly Echoes” and look forward to the next book in the series.