THE WIDOW'S WATCHER
by
ELIZA MAXWELL
Genre: Literary Fiction
Publisher: Lake Union Press
Publisher: Lake Union Press
Date of Publication: March 29, 2018
Number of Pages: 286
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From Eliza Maxwell, the bestselling author of The Unremembered Girl, comes a gripping novel about the mysteries that haunt us and the twists of fate that can unravel them…
Living in the shadow of a decades-old crime that stole his children from him, reclusive Lars Jorgensen is an unlikely savior. But when a stranger walks onto the ice of a frozen Minnesota lake, her intentions are brutally clear, and the old man isn’t about to let her follow through.
Jenna Shaw didn’t ask for Lars’s help, nor does she want it. After he pulls her from the brink, however, Jenna finds her desire to give up challenged by their unlikely friendship. In Jenna, Lars recognizes his last chance for redemption. And in her quest to solve the mysteries of Lars’s past and bring him closure, Jenna may find the way out of her own darkness.
But the truth that waits threatens to shatter it all. When secrets are surrendered and lies are laid bare, Jenna and Lars may find that accepting the past isn’t their greatest challenge. Can they afford the heartbreaking price of forgiveness?
PRAISE FOR THE WIDOW'S WATCHER:
"There was a moment I had to tell myself that this is just a book..."
- Goodreads reviewer
"A well-paced story of healing, forgiveness and tragedy, with enough unexpected twists to keep readers guessing.”
-- Amber Cowie, author of Rapid Falls
║ AMAZON ║ MURDER BY THE BOOK ║
DELETED SCENE
FROM THE WIDOW’S WATCHER
BY ELIZA MAXWELL
AUTHOR’S NOTE: This scene gives us a glimpse into Jenna’s childhood and her relationship with her mother, who had just sent nine-year-old Jenna to the store to buy cigarettes. I didn’t want to do it, but in the end, it didn’t move the story forward, so it ended up on the cutting room floor. I’m pleased to be able to share it now.
In the end, she'd gift wrapped her mother's cigarettes, pleased with the neat, tidy corners she managed. Opening her new pens, Jenna used one to write "I love you, Mom" on the blank card with the balloon and slid it into the envelope, tucking it by the corner beneath the red bow that she affixed to the top of the package.
When Kaye's heels gave their sharp, familiar clip-clop across the wooden floors of the living room, Jenna jumped up and smiled as her mother exited the house.
Kaye was polished and shining, lovely despite the lines she bemoaned around her eyes as she slathered them with cold cream every night before bed.
Jenna held her hand out with the little gift, so pretty and neat.
"What's this?" Kaye had asked her, her head tilted to the side.
"It's for you," Jenna said.
"For me?" She flipped the little box over and ran a lacquered nail beneath the flap Jenna had taped down and began to unwrap the package.
When she saw Jenna had gift wrapped her cigarettes, she gave her daughter a bemused smile.
"Aren't you a silly thing," Kaye said, shaking her head. She leaned over and placed a palm on Jenna's cheek.
"Listen, I have to go to work for a little while," she said.
"But it's Saturday."
"Saturday or not, we still have bills to pay, Jenna." Kaye's voice had gone stern and distracted as she opened her handbag to deposit the cigarettes inside.
"I'll be home later," she'd said, glancing up the street at the sound of her boss's green Oldsmobile turning the corner.
"Maybe we'll go out and get a pizza tonight," she said with a smile. "Celebrate. Would you like that?"
Jenna nodded.
"How's my hair look?" she asked, fluffing the brunette locks she'd washed and set that morning. But the Oldsmobile had pulled alongside the front of the house and gave a honk, so Kaye didn't wait for a reply.
She clip-clopped her way down the steps.
"Oh, Jenny," she turned and pranced a few steps back toward her daughter. "Throw that away for me, will you?"
She pressed the crumpled wad of wrapping paper into Jenna's hands. The red bow and the little card, unopened, were still attached.
"Thanks, Hon," she said. She gave her daughter a wink and a wave as she hurried to the waiting car.
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