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Undertow (Julesburg Mystery Series #3)

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A need to begin a new life drives Angie Harrison to leave behind a promising, but costly modeling career to buy a newspaper in a small Oregon town. She has plans for opening its office in an old, haunted theater, but she is not strictly in control of what is to be. Old deaths cry out for justice, and a new murder,that of one of Angie's own friends, demand justice. Angie is determined to find out the truth. Maybe solving the case will drown out the pain that has kept her far from God and from those who love her.

Angie will have to face death in more ways than one before she learns the truth, and before she faces it. In a life and death moment, she realizes that she only has one chance to find salvation, even if she can not escape with her life.

*** This is a powerful, gritty novel that dares to have very flawed and human characters. White washed saints have no place here. Ms. McCourtney frankly lets readers know that Christians are real, and sinful people who need forgiveness. ***

Reviewed by Amanda Killgore.

"The past is behind me." Or so Angie Harrison, UNDERTOW'S heroine, would like to think.

Yet these five words may not be as true as she hopes. She's left her high paying modeling career and stockbroker boyfriend in New York, moved to Julesburg, and become editor of the local paper, all in an attempt to run from the dark shadows of her past. But has she run far enough? And can she ever escape the shadows lurking in her heart?

Without question, UNDERTOW is the best story yet in award-winning storyteller, Lorena McCourtney's Julesburg mystery series. In addition to the re-appearance of Ryan and Stephanie (from Whirlpool), readers will be pleased to discover the return of one more familiar character in UNDERTOW. The character? The hauntingly historic Nevermore Theatre!

As Angie looks for news stories in her small, uneventful town, she realizes her best story waits beneath the knife-like billboard of the Nevermore.

Is the place truly haunted, as many in Julesburg believe? Or is the frightening list of suicides, drownings and accidents that happened in the lives of past owners merely coincidental? And what about the unsolved murder that took place within its sagging gold walls thirty years ago?

Despite warnings from local townspeople, Angie begins digging into the checkered history of the theatre. But the murder of a close friend, a visit from her abusive ex-boyfriend, and the return of a long lost love are just the first currents of a terrible undertow that soon surrounds her.

Can she turn to God with the torment of her past and the fears of her present? Or will the cloak of secrets and evil that surrounds the Nevermore suffocate her heart and perhaps her very life?

Not just an enjoyable read, but also a powerful tale of fatal choices and victorious forgiveness. UNDERTOW is highly recommended!

Kelli Standish
Editor
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I am not a real mystery reader but I try to read Christian and clean books which this is great and not too preachy.
If you like some mystery with your romance this is a must buy.

This book was very suspenseful! Loved the way it shows how we can come back to God, no matter how far we might stray. Excellent read!

Lorena McCourtney is one of my favorite mystery writers. This book keeps the reader turning the pages. The characters are believable and interesting. The story is exciting and moves at a fast pace.
Amazon was very responsive when I ordered this book, I received it within days.