The Widow's Watcher

Name: The Widow's Watcher
Brand: Brilliance Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Eliza Maxwell
ISBN: 9781543674446

Author: Eliza Maxwell

Narrator: Angela Dawe

Unabridged: 5 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook (DRM Protected)

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Published: 05/29/2018

Categories: Fiction, Suspense & Thriller, Family Life, Women

Synopsis

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?

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.

Reviews

Goodreads review by donna on April 26, 2021

I kept waiting for a mystery or something (anything) to emerge to make me care about what was going on in this novel. Finally, at Chapter 20, this book turned into something mildly interesting. But until then it's just us (the readers), following around a suicidal and barely communicative Jenna, as......more

Goodreads review by Sherri on May 15, 2018

This book did not grab me from the very beginning but once I got going, it was hard to put it down. In fact, I had to start it over twice because I let a few days go by and as I read on, I wasn’t connecting at all. I looked at the reviews and EVERY SINGLE REVIEW was 4-5 stars, nothing less than that......more

Goodreads review by DJ on June 07, 2018

Favorite Quotes: “They spend their whole lives walking away from you,” the kindergarten teacher had said on her little girl’s first day. “Your job now is to be there when they look back.” “When the judge said, ‘For better or worse,’ I agreed quick enough.” Lars pinned her with his piercing gaze. “Nobo......more

Goodreads review by Kristine on May 31, 2018

This is the third book I’ve read by author Eliza Maxwell, and there is a reason I keep coming back. Yes, her book covers are gorgeous and enticing and make you want to crawl inside and find out the story behind the image. But those covers are only one appetizer before a multi-course meal. The cover......more