The Fallen Girls by Kathryn Casey | Detective Clara Jefferies Book 1| Book Tour sponsored by Bookouture. A new series from Kathryn Casey featuring Detective Clara Jeffries.
THE FALLEN GIRLS by Kathryn Casey Series: Detective Clara Jeffries #1
Published by Bookouture on June 3, 2020
Genres: Detective/Sleuth, Fiction, Mystery
Format: eBook, Paperback
Pages: 341
She didn’t notice the corn stalks shiver a few feet to her right. By the time she looked up, the man towered above her. In a single movement, he wrapped one thick hand around her waist, the other he clamped over her mouth, muffling her screams.
Detective Clara Jefferies has spent years running from her childhood in Alber, Utah. But when she hears that her baby sister Delilah has disappeared, she knows that the peaceful community will be shattered, her family vulnerable, and that she must face up to her past and go home.
Clara returns to find that her mother, Ardeth, has isolated her family by moving to the edge of town, in the shadow of the mountains. Ardeth refuses to talk to the police and won’t let Clara through the front door, believing she and her sister-wives can protect their own. But Clara knows better than anyone that her mother isn’t always capable of protecting her children.
When Clara finds out that two more girls have disappeared, all last seen around the cornfields near her family’s home, she realizes it’s not just Delilah who’s in danger. And then she gets a call that a body has been found…
Clara will have to dig deep into the town’s secrets if she’s going to find Delilah. But that will mean confronting the reason she left. And as she gets closer to Delilah, she might be putting her more at risk…
Gripping and spine-chilling, readers will love Detective Clara Jefferies, reading The Fallen Girls deep into the night. Fans of Kendra Elliot, Lisa Regan, and Melinda Leigh won’t stop turning the pages of this unforgettable new series from bestselling and award-winning author Kathryn Casey.
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My thoughts on The Fallen Girls by Kathryn Casey | Detective Clara Jefferies Book 1
The adage “You can’t go home again” is certainly proven here. The Fallen Girls centers around Clara Jeffries. Clara escaped from a horrible situation in her polygamist Utah community. She tried to build a life in Dallas as a homicide detective, but had trouble putting the past behind her.
When childhood crush Max Anderson calls with the news her sister is missing, Clara returns home to help with the case. Once there, she faces ostracism from her family and friends for daring to live outside the faith.
In the race to catch a serial killer, Clara must come to terms with her past and attempt to move on. The author offers a unique look into polygamy and how our roots affect every decision we make in life.
I highly recommend reading The Fallen Girls, book one of the new Clara Jeffries series.
Thank you to Kathryn Casey, Bookouture, and NetGalley for the opportunity to review this book.
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The Fallen Girls by Kathryn Casey | Detective Clara Jefferies Book 1
About Kathryn Casey
A novelist and an award-winning journalist, Kathryn Casey is the creator of the Clara Jefferies and Sarah Armstrong mystery series and the author of eleven highly acclaimed true-crime books. Her first novel, SINGULARITY, was one of Booklist's best crime novel debuts of that year, and Library Journal chose the third, THE KILLING STORM, as one of the year's best mysteries.
Her most recent true crime book, IN PLAIN SIGHT, is an in-depth account of the infamous Kaufman County prosecutor murders, a trio of killings that shocked the nation. Casey is the only journalist to have interviewed the two killers. Her book DEADLY LITTLE SECRETS was the basis of a Lifetime movie.
True crime matriarch Ann Rule has called Casey "one of the best in the true-crime genre." NY Times bestselling author Gregg Olsen describes Casey as "a true-crime great." In March 2014, Elle Magazine included a book by Casey along with those of Agatha Christie, Jane Smiley, Edna Buchanan, Joyce Carol Oates, Gillian Flynn, and others, on a list of "The Ten Best Thrillers and Crime Writing by Women."
Casey is a frequent television and radio commentator and has appeared on 20/20, Oprah, Oprah Winfrey's Oxygen Network, Reelz, Court TV, Biography, Nancy Grace, E! Network, TruTv, Investigation Discovery, The Travel Channell, A&E, and other venues.
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That sounds like a chilling story, just the kind I like to read. Thanks for linking up I’ll be sharing with my followers.