LET HER GO: Lillian Dove Mystery
Suspense Mystery
3rd in Series
Horatio Press (November 6, 2018)
Paperback: 448 pages
Synopsis
Murder. Betrayal. Love Gone Wrong
With her ability to present clues without giving away the endings and offering surprising twists encouraging the reader to the next page, D. J. Adamson delves into a family tragedy ending up in murder and a teenage daughter missing. When Lillian Dove finds herself involved in the police investigation, she realizes the daughter holds the key to unravel who killed her mother.
It is three days before Christmas when Lillian Dove comes across Dr. Conrad standing out in front of his house, covered in blood. When going inside the house to help other members of his family, she finds his wife killed, his son seriously injured, and his teenage daughter, Peyton Clayton, missing. Even more shocking, the police suspect Dr. Conrad. Understanding how emotional dilemmas have strained the family emboldens Lillian to help Detective Jacque Leveque, Major Crimes Detective for the Frytown Police Department, find the prime witness to the Conrad truths.
Let Her Go is a nerve-wracking exploration into a family lost, and the extent love elicits both the good and the bad. In this Third Step in Personal Recovery Lillian works to find Peyton Clayton, while battling the worse arctic freeze in Frytown’s history, untangling human frailties, and confronting the ghosts of Christmas.
Character Guest Post
Today I’m lucky enough to have Dahlia, Lillian’s mother, visiting us and sharing her thoughts about her relationship with her daughter. Thanks for joining us today Dahlia!
Sweet and Sour, A Mother-Daughter Relationship
As the protagonist, readers easily know Lillian Dove’s wants, dislikes, struggles, urges, and misadventures in the Lillian Dove Mystery series. But Dahlia—Lillian rarely refers to her as mother—is only known through Lillian’s eyes. Yet, Dahlia’s actions and reactions are just as complex as her daughter’s. What does Dahlia have to say to it all:
Some people might say I come across as an abusive mother. Well, I’m here to tell you, Lillian came into the world wailing, thinking life’s unfair. I tried to teach her that no matter what you want out of life, you’re going to get something different. I know she blames me a lot. And that’s right I guess. Her father wasn’t there much in raising her. He had his own trouble. Not that I’m saying he didn’t love his daughter. He loved us all, and he did the best he could with what he’d been given. You can’t ask for more than that from any human being. I did the best I could, working two jobs, raising three kids. I tried to keep bad things from happening to that girl. Don’t think I didn’t. No matter what I did, she was bound and determined to ruin her life. Doesn’t listen any better today. The girl’s lucky she doesn’t get herself killed, getting involved with the police, running after criminals.
Will we be close some day? I’d say were pretty close now. Mothers and daughters don’t always see eye-to-eye. But, I love my daughter.
About the Author
D. J. Adamson is an award-winning author for both her mystery novels and her science fiction novel. She is the editor of Le Coeur de l’Artiste, a newsletter which reviews books, and a blog, L’Artiste with offers authors the venue to write on craft, marketing, and the creative mind. D.J. teaches writing and literature, and to keep busy when she is not writing or teaching, she has been a board member of Sisters in Crime Los Angeles and Sisters in Crime Central Coast, a member of the Southern California Mystery Writers Organization, California Writers Club and Greater Los Angeles Writer’s Society. Her books can be found and purchased in bookstores and on Amazon.
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