Samantha Williams’s carefully crafted life is about to be demolished as thoroughly as her art classroom when a careening SUV smashes into the school.
In the dusty farming community of LaCrosse, Washington, art teacher Samantha Williams manages to save her students when an SUV crashes into the school. Her car isn’t so lucky. Oddly, her purse–containing her driver’s license, credit cards, and other identification–is missing from the wreckage, forcing her to rely on the kindness of strangers. Never one to trust easily, Samantha is thrust into a world far different from her simple life of jigsaw puzzles, children’s books, and lectures at the library.
One of the strangers who befriends her is a reporter from Spokane who is in town investigating two sets of skeletal remains that were recently discovered. When authorities discover that the driver in the school accident was shot before the crash, Samantha quickly becomes enmeshed in strange events, which turn ominous with the discovery of blackmail, murder, an abandoned town, and a secret government project.
Samantha has long tried to forget the tragedy of her past, but the links here can’t be ignored. Yet these are secrets that others are determined to keep buried, and they’ll use any means necessary to stop Samantha’s search for truth.
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Sexual Content - 1/5
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Violence - 2/5
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Language - 0/5
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Drugs and Alcohol - 0/5
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Summary
Fall Out by Carrie Stuart Parks was tough to get started but I was glad I stuck with it. The beginning has a lot of action, but you are not sure how it all ties together. Keep with the story because it will all tie together. The author was able to surprise me several times and I love it when that happens.
Samantha was our lead and was a different type of heroine. I personally didn't like her Sneetch moments but other readers may enjoy them. The author did a fabulous job of revealing her background and that may have been the most interesting part of the book for me.
A car plows into her school room and they find out that the driver was shot right before. So who was the intended victim?
The author is a forensic artist which adds some authenticity to those scenes. Also if you read the authors notes about how much of the story is based on real events it is frightening.
I recommend the story. keep reading even if you feel like it has a disjointed start you will be glad you stayed till the end.
Sexual content - none
Violence - opens with a murder, and a car plowing into a school room, a couple more people die, mention of past murders and a rape.
I received this book from Netgalley. I was not required to write a positive review.
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