The rich and powerful Josephine Lazarow, matriarch of Fairham Island, is dead. The police say it’s suicide, but Keith, her estranged son, doesn’t believe it. Keith bears scars-both physical and emotional-from his childhood, but he’s worked hard to overcome the past. After walking away from his mother and her controlling ways five years ago, he’s built a new life in L.A. He’s also accumulated a fortune of his own. But as soon as he learns of his mother’s death, he returns to Fairham. He feels he owes it to his grandfather to put the family empire together again, and he’s determined to find his mother’s killer. The problem is, coming home to Fairham puts him back in contact with Nancy Dellinger, the woman he hurt so badly when he left before. And digging that deep into his mother’s final days and hours entails a very real risk. Because the person who killed her could be someone he loves . . .
Family secrets I was given a copy of The Secrets She Kept by Brenda Novak & in return, I am giving a honest review.Â
Great suspense! It’s been five years since Keith left Fairham Island and his mother behind. He needed to escape her control if he ever wanted to change his life. And in those years, Keith has transformed himself and turned his life around. He’s clean, healthy, and found success. Life is going pretty well until he gets the shocking news that his mother is dead. He has to return to Fairham Island where he has so many bad memories.Â
Great character study with mystery and romance, too! In my opinion, Brenda Novak’s greatest strength as an author is characterization, and her newest title, THE SECRETS SHE KEPT reinforces that.Â