From Book Jacket: Tess DeGraff leads a satisfying life as a documentary film maker and the adoptive single mother of an 11 year old boy, even though she is still haunted by the murder of her sister. Tess was only nine when her family's camping trip in New Hampshire turned deadly. Her eyewitness testimony convicted Lazarus Abbott who was subsequently put tp death. Abbott's mother always believed her son innocent and a DNA test now reveals that he was not the killer. Tess is stunned by the news, and returns to the small New Hampshire town to discover the truth for herself.
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Mystery in a sleepy New England town,
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Death comes like a thief in the night, the saying goes! And, it is true for Phoebe DeGraff, a thirteen year old who is abducted, raped, and murdered on a family camping trip. Her sister, Tessa, witnesses her sister's abduction. Older brother Jake has skipped out on his sisters to attend a dance in town. Mom, Dad, and baby Sean are sleeping in another tent. Tessa identifies the killer, who is executed ten years after the crime. And now, it seems that the DNA tests prove that the killer wasn't the killer, after all. What will Tessa do now?Stolen in the Night discusses all the "things" that were taken from the DeGraff family the night of Phoebe's murder. Jake loses his happiness; instead, he becomes angry and guilty. Tessa has gnawing feeling to love and be loved; she adopts a young boy, Erny (Air-knee). Rob DeGraff dies from the stress of his daughter's death. Dawn DeGraff eventually moves to the town where Phoebe was murdered; there, Dawn tends the inn that housed the DeGraffs during the trial. Tessa's sense of closure is stolen the day she learns that her sister's killer is innocent. Tessa is determined to find out the truth about her sister's death. She immerses herself in the details of the village residents. She does her research on the crime. Along the way, she helped by many people: Ben, attorney; Aldous, retired police chief; Ken, former inn owner; Julie, nurse and sister-in-law; Channing, newspaper owner. Tessa's sense of safety is stolen in the darkness that envelopes her world as she becomes the criminal in this decades old case. She deals with threats, insults, and harassment. Her world is turned upside down as people break her trust. Will Tessa come out of the dark? Will she find closure admist the confusion and pain? The climax is a disturbing metaphor of being stolen in darkness. Very powerful, very scary. Tessa is a likeable character. We know all that we need to about her. Tessa's motivations are revealed little by little throughout the story. Sometimes we won't agree with Tessa's actions, such as the condo incident or the John Deer cap. Through it all, we support her because we know her. We also understand her family's heartache. This is not a contrived, simplistic mystery story. It's filled with a few twists and turns and a surprise ending. I highly recommend it!
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the story line was good but Idid a lot of skip reading. chapter after chapter of junk words like who was wearing what...how their hair looked, etc. what took 307 pages to write could have been done in 200 pages.
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such bad writing,
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Seriously - I thought this book was awful - very poor plots, hardly any believable....I listed to it as a book on tape, maybe it wasn't so noticeable on a written page but why oh why does the author insist on finishing almost all lines of dialogue with the person's name???"Yes" said Tess "I know" said Sam "Thank you" said Tess We get it - we can follow dialogue - especially stuff as simple as this....I don't think I would ever read anything else by this author. So many better writers out there.....
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Nelson Abbott, Lazarus Abbott, Rusty Bosworth, Ben Ramsey, Edith Abbott, Chief Fuller, Chan Morris, Chief Bosworth, Aldous Fuller, Stone Hill, Mary Anne, Uncle Jake, Channing Morris, New Hampshire, Kenneth Phalen, Officer Virgilio, Main Street, Ken Phalen, Governor Putnam, John Deere, Sally Morris, Officer Swain, New England, Mac Swain, Aunt Edith Browse Sample Pages:
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Nelson Abbott, Lazarus Abbott, Rusty Bosworth, Ben Ramsey, Edith Abbott, Chief Fuller, Chan Morris, Chief Bosworth, Aldous Fuller, Stone Hill, Mary Anne, Uncle Jake, Channing Morris, New Hampshire, Kenneth Phalen, Officer Virgilio, Main Street, Ken Phalen, Governor Putnam, John Deere, Sally Morris, Officer Swain, New England, Mac Swain, Aunt Edith Browse Sample Pages:
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