Blog Tour: ONLY ONE LIE by Audrey J. Cole

 

Only One Lie

by Audrey J. Cole

 

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GENRE:   Historical Mystery

 

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BLURB:

 

From the author of The Pilot's Daughter and The Final Hunt comes a thrilling, suspense-driven mystery set in World War II-era Seattle.

Seattle, 1942. News of the war is interrupted by the kidnapping of young Max Ellis, heir to the wealthiest banking family on the west coast. When the boy's parents comply with the ransom demands, the kidnapper is found dead and their son remains missing. For newlywed Vera Chandler, the story hits close to home-her husband Hugh is just six months into his job as the Ellis's private pilot.

Within days, Hugh is deployed to the Pacific as a navy pilot, while Vera's flying instructor and best friend joins the Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron. Left alone, her parents' words haunt her: If you really wanted to serve your country, you wouldn't have dropped out of nursing school.

In an exchange for a favor Vera can't refuse, she is pulled into the Ellis family affairs by the desperate mother of the missing child. The Ellis family, Vera learns firsthand, is as dangerous as they are rich. Soon, she is in a race to save the child's life, and it could be the only way she can save her own.

 

 

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Excerpt One:

 

Priscilla put her hand on the wool trousers covering the limp legs of the man she had tripped over. She shook the pants leg, but there was no movement. She heard Vincent’s footsteps flying up the path.

 

“Max!” she yelled out again.

 

Her cry was met with nothing but silence. The light from Vincent’s flashlight illuminated the body next to her when he reached her side. Priscilla shrieked and jumped to her feet. She impulsively took her husband’s arm and stared down at the man.

 

“Oh, no! Oh, dear God! This can’t be happening!”

 

A bullet hole marked the middle of the blond man’s forehead. Blood and brain matter speckled with gunpowder seeped into his hairline. Another bullet had pierced his chest just below his neck. A deep red stain flowed beneath the collar of his shirt. His blank eyes stared at her.

 

“Max!”

 

Vincent aimed his flashlight around the surrounding park as Priscilla continued to call out for their son. But there was no movement and no response.

 

“Max!”

 

“I know this man!” Vincent pointed to the bloodied corpse. “It’s Howard Mills—the man Rex fired for stealing! The guy we called the police on!”

 

Only three weeks ago, this same man had appeared at their home like a raging maniac, banging on their front door and complaining that Rex had unfairly fired him.

 

“I remember—but Vincent!” She gripped the sleeves of his overcoat and spun him toward her.

 

“Where’s our son?”

 

 

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 Review: A boy ripped from his home and taken for ransom. All this happened while the nanny was on duty.

At first, the story shifts between the boy’s kidnapping and the woman test-driving a pilot. Of course, the connection is not clear at all. But then this shifting pattern continues. It was almost like we were getting two different stories here. On the one side, we had mystery and suspense; and, on the other, we had a technical manual on jet-flying. Odd.

Pilot training? Who cared? Between Vera, Opal, Dari, and Lilly, it was kind of hard to keep track of who was who in the 2^nd story of the book. Really, the interesting portion was the search for the missing boy. Why even have the flying ladies in here? If we could’ve just focused on the kidnapping case, that would’ve been best. Do these characters from each side even meet here?

With the constant shifting, the whole thing was really slow. The writing was pretty good, but the stories here weren’t too great. This shouldn’t have been ONLY ONE LIE, it should’ve been ONLY ONE STORY.

A decent read though.

 

Rating: 3 stars

AUTHOR Bio and Links:

 

Audrey J. Cole is a registered nurse and a USA Today bestselling author of thrillers set in Seattle. Audrey J. Cole is a USA TODAY bestselling thriller author. Before writing full time, she worked as a neonatal intensive care nurse for eleven years. She lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and two children.

 

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Amazon buy link: https://www.amazon.com/Only-One-Lie-Audrey-Cole-ebook/dp/B0B94TNVBQ/

 

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