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The Grave Tender by Eliza Maxwell You won't want to put it down.

    The Grave Tender
by 
Eliza Maxwell

A chilling psychological suspense novel, The Grave Tender, explores the dark boundaries people cross to save loved ones and the limits of family bonds tested by the deepest of betrayals. 

Endless questions from a shadow-filled East Texas childhood haunt Hadley Dixon. People said her mother, Winnie, was never quite right, but with one single, irreparable act, life as Hadley knew it was shattered. The aftershocks of that moonlit night left her reeling, but the secrets and lies had started long before.

When a widowed and pregnant Hadley returns years later, it's not the safe harbor she expects. The mysteries surrounding a local boy's disappearance remain, and the townspeople still whisper about Hadley's strange and reclusive Uncle Eli-whispers about a monster in their midst.

But Hadley's father and grandmother, the cornerstones of everything safe in her world, avoid her questions. If Hadley stays here, will she be giving her children the family they need or putting their lives in danger?

The hunt for answers takes a determined Hadley deep into the pine forests, in search for sunlight that will break through the canopy of lies long enough to reveal the truth.

  

Wow, what can I say?!?  Well, let's start that once I got started I could not put the book down, well actually my kindle.  I had read that someone thought there should have been a subject disclaimer for the sensitive material in parts of the book. My thoughts, for some yes but I kinda expect it, in thrillers, for there to be some subject matter that might make some a little squeamish or uncomfortable. 

The transitions between the past and the present didn't feel disjointed, they flowed smoothly as if you were in Hadley's mind as she went through them.   

Without giving spoiler's all I can say is if you like the southern gothic feel, in a thriller then you most likely will find The Grave Tender will fit into the notch.  ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Received ARC  from NetGalley and Lake Union Publishing for an honest review. 

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