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A Dangerous Silence [Large Print] [Hardcover]

Catherine Palmer (Author)
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August 2003
When Dr. Marah Morgan returns to Cowley County, Kansas, she is surprised to find herself agreeing to run the family farm for her injured and difficult father. When government agents arrive and begin searching the farm for an Indian burial ground, Marah grows suspicious. A mysterious stranger appears, looking for work. Then Marah discovers alarming details about her mother's death more than twenty-five years earlier, making her wonder if reconciliation with her father is possible, or if bitterness—and silence—will destroy them.
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Palmer (A Town Called Hope; Finders Keepers) departs from her usual genre of Christian romance for this character-driven suspense novel. Cowley County, Kansas, with its unpredictable, merciless weather patterns, is home to Big Ed Morgan, an ancient tower of a farmer whose tendencies toward extreme severity match his surroundings. Independent and stubborn, Morgan relies on no one until one backward step off a barn loft sends him tumbling into nothingness. The injured Big Ed has to ask his estranged eldest daughter, Marah, a well-coiffed young pediatrician in St. Louis, for help running the farm. Marah, whose own simmering bitterness toward her father has been well honed, finds the idea of temporarily running the farm as distasteful as re-entering the world she fled 18 years earlier. Still, Marah and Big Ed have more on their minds than just getting along; mysteries surround an Indian burial site located on Morgan's land, and questions about Marah's mother's death 25 years earlier contribute to a murderous tangle that ties the past with a haunting present. Palmer's contemporary thriller reads plausibly and sweeps readers into the story, pairing deep emotions with numerous suspenseful scenes. Palmer certainly doesn't preach, yet spiritual truths come part and parcel with the story. Balancing her characters' flood of negative emotions with their spiritual reawakening is difficult, but Palmer succeeds admirably. Fans of Dee Henderson's fast-paced Christian thrillers will find Palmer's novel just as riveting.

Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

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In Cowley County, KS, farmer Ed Morgan is in a bind. A fall from the hayloft leaves him unable to run the farm while he recuperates, so he demands that his oldest daughter come home and help. Dr. Marah Morgan, a pediatrician in St. Louis, is reluctant. Her biblical teachings tell her to honor her father, but his distant and domineering nature during her childhood destroyed her feelings for him. In an attempt to make peace with her past, Marah returns home, where she is confronted by her still-distant father; the neighbors' perpetually sunny little girl, nicknamed "Perky"; a group of suspicious scientists looking for Indian remains on the family farm; and Judd Hunter, a mysterious drifter looking for work. As Marah uncovers Judd's real purpose in coming to the farm (he is an FBI undercover agent), she also discovers the true purpose behind the scientists' mission. They are in fact bio-terrorists looking for samples of smallpox, eradicated by the World Health Organization during the 1970s. Palmer (A Kiss of Adventure) provides a suspenseful thriller combining modern fears about terrorists with Judd's search for faith and Marah's questions about her own in a title everyone can enjoy.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 461 pages
  • Publisher: Thorndike Press (August 2003)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0786256516
  • ISBN-13: 978-0786256518
  • Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.6 x 1.1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,428,614 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Catherine Palmer lives in Atlanta with her husband, Tim, where they serve as missionaries in a refugee community. They have two grown sons. Cathy is a graduate of Southwest Baptist University and holds a master's degree in English from Baylor University. Her first book was published in 1988. Since then she has published over 50 novels, many of them national best sellers. Catherine has won numerous awards for her writing, including the Christy Award, the highest honor in Christian fiction. In 2004, she was given the Career Achievement Award for Inspirational Romance by "Romantic Times BOOKreviews" magazine. More than 2 million copies of Catherine's novels are currently in print.

With her compelling characters and strong message of Christian faith, Catherine is known for writing fiction that "touches the hearts and souls of readers." Her many collections include A Town Called Hope, Treasures of the Heart, Finders Keepers, English Ivy, and the Miss Pickworth series. Catherine also recently coauthored the Four Seasons fiction series with Gary Chapman, the "New York Times" best-selling author of "The Five Love Languages."

 

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars You will not want to put it down., April 6, 2001
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This review is from: A Dangerous Silence (Paperback)
A bitter estranged daughter returns to aid her stubborn but injured father, with the help of a roaming farmhand, on his wheat farm. As she confronts her past including her mothers death she discovers that nothing and noone is quite as it seems. Even the old farm itself holds an ancient and dangerous secret. Lots of suspense and mystery keep you turning the pages and burning the midnight oil. Realistic characters and a believable story make this one of the best I have read.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Great suspense and a little romance too..., October 20, 2003
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This review is from: A Dangerous Silence (Paperback)
I grabbed this off the shelf one week while my daughters took ballet. While some romances bore me, Catherine Palmer's Heartquest titles always keep my attention and fed my spirit. I wondered if ***A Dangerous Silence***, her suspense debut would be as good.

I wasn't disappointed. In a whirlwind of a story, Palmer took me to Kansas to save a family, a farm and the faith of burned out FBI agent. When old Ed Morgan falls out his barn loft and can no longer run his farm, his pediatrician daughter, Marah, must decide whether to return to the home she fled so long ago.

When she gets there, she finds more than her father's shattered leg--a team of archeologists from the Bureau of Indian Affairs, a drifter looking for work, and harrowing details of her mother's death years before.

With fluid ease, Palmer weaves a tale between tornados and family secrets with her telltale romantic thread in the seams. Perky, the child character, is so realistic she could have been my own daughter.

Tyndale has a winner in this one. Don't miss it!

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Strong, April 9, 2003
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A Dangerous Silence by Catherine Palmer proved to be a captivating novel. The story makes you feel for the characters and want to reach out and help them in any way possible. It beautifully illustrates an emerging relationship between a father and his daughter. Marah, the daughter, goes back to her family farm to help her father, Ed, after he suffers from an injury that prevented him from taking care of the farm. Marah had been gone for eighteen years and she despises her father initially upon her return. As the story progresses they both mature and eventually form a strong bond of respect and love. Marah begins as a failure and disappointment to Ed, but she soon gains his reverence and admiration. The choice of character personalities in the novel adds to the plot and makes the whole story more invigorating. The romantic twist given to the novel between Judd, the farmhand, and Marah adds to the suspense. You yearn for the two of them to just realize their love for one another. Other characters, such as a young girl named Perky, also add to the excitement of the book. Perky lightens the tone and takes away the serious edge. Her insight as a child is remarkable. She sees all that goes on around her and adds her input when she feels it is appropriate. These dynamic characters take an ordinary plot and transform it into an extraordinary and moving story. I recommend this story to any one who wants a good read. Whether you like romance or suspense, this book's for you. A Dangerous Silence has it all.
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Big Ed Morgan stepped backward off the edge of his barn loft into thin air. Read the first page
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lice medicine, old rock house, double beans, biohazard hood, old white house, heat register
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Milton Gregory, Marah Morgan, United States, Mike Dooley, Pete Harris, Big Ed Morgan, Bob Harper, Cowley County, Morgan Farm, Indian Hill, Native American, Perky Harris, Ruby Morgan, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Dairy Queen, Via Christi, Doc Benson, Judd Hunter, Pink Pearl, Sam Girard, Kansas City, Aunt Barb, Barbara Harris, Doc Harris, Family Services
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