so many secrets (Breakdown)
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so many secrets (Breakdown)

Paperback – August 25, 2018

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Price
$8.99
Format
Paperback
Pages
176
Publisher
Magnolia Leaf Press
Publication Date
ISBN-13
978-1939016195
Dimensions
6 x 0.44 x 9 inches
Weight
9.6 ounces

Description

"Vicki Hinze's name on the cover always guarantees a great read." Library Journal "Tense, breathless, multi-layered and highly recommended." Lee Child on Not This Time"Cuts both to the bone and to the heart." James Rollins on Not This Time"Hinze's talent transforms the unlikely into something beautiful." Publishers Weekly "Hinze's hands are as secure and steady as they come. xa0A thriller you won't soon forget." Providence Journal on Forget Me Not"Hinze paints her tale on a broad canvas, her writing expertly controlled, rich in imagination, deep in characterization. xa0It's a race against time and shadowy instincts, the narrative loud with surprises, the premise all-too-believable." xa0-- Steve Berry on Not This Time"I know I can always count on Vicki for an absorbing story I'll remember long after I've closed the book." xa0-- Kay Hooper "Books by Vicki Hinze never fail to entertain and enthrall. xa0Her work is not to be missed." xa0-- Jon Land I love rivetingxa0suspense. Growing up, The Stepford Wives was a favorite. When a group of author friends got together (Debra Webb, Regan Black, Peggy Webb and me) discussed writing a suspense mini-series, we decided on a "perfect" town that endures an unexpected event. xa0An event that shatters the illusion of perfection secret by secret, lie by lie, and reveals you can know too much. xa0Four strong and capable women haunted by traumatic experiences in their pasts, step up, summon the strength, and forfeit nothing and no one in their determination to find the truth. xa0The BREAKDOWN mini-series was born and the four novels in it will be released every Thursday in the month of October. xa0They are:xa0xa0the dead girl by Debra Webb xa0 xa0 xa0 xa0 (October 4)so many secrets by Vicki Hinze xa0 xa0(October 11)all the lies by Peggy Webb xa0 xa0 xa0 xa0 xa0 xa0(October 18)what she knew by Regan Black xa0 xa0(October 25)xa0This is a mini-series you won't want to miss!xa0Blessings,Vicki Hinze Destined to Thrill. Fated to Heal. A note from Vicki: Welcome to my world! Sign up for my email update (mostly monthly) and receive a free copy of INVIDIA, a story of a woman who discovers her husband has a mistress and they're plotting her murder. It's short, but packs a powerful punch! Jump over to vickihinze.com for it.xa0xa0I've been writing for as long as I can remember. I so want to make a difference, to help people overcome the obstacles in their lives and heal. We're all walking wounded and we need to know there's a way to get past the problems and into the healing so we experience the joy in life.That's what I hope my books do for people. I've written for Random House, Multnomah, Bantam, St. Martin's Press, Kensington, Harlequin, Silhouette, Bell Bridge and others, and like many other authors, the rug was pulled. I thought my writing career was over. Instead, it's liberated me to write exactly what I want to write, the way I want to write it. Talk about a blessing in disguise. I love that! And I hope you do, too. If so, please follow me, and let's see where this new adventure takes us.THE NUTS AND BOLTS: Raised in New Orleans, Vicki Hinze began writing before Kindergarten but her journey to writing books included a lot of corporate pitstops. Eventually, she settled in and her first novel landed an array of awards and on the bestseller list. With nearly 40 books published, she's been back many times with awards in multiple genres and appearances on multiple bestseller lists, including USA TODAY. Vicki is recognized by Who's Who in the World as an author and an educator and is best known for chilling suspense, trailblazing, and creating series that genre-blend. Her works include suspense, mystery, thriller and romance. Since 1994, this former VP of International Thriller Writers has written heavily about military and military families and in nearly all genres. Read more

Features & Highlights

  • THE BREAKDOWN DEEPENS...Seven years ago, Dr. Dana Perkins came to idyllic Shutter Lake seeking safety from a traumatic experience in Phoenix. She became the principal at Shutter Lake School—and found her refuge . . . until Sylvia Cole was killed and one of Dana’s best and brightest students, Vinn Bradshaw, confessed to the murder. A murder Dana is certain he didn’t commit. But who is he protecting? Why? Seeking the truth shatters Dana’s safety. Yet who could have predicted proving Vinn innocent would jeopardize her friends and neighbors . . . and expose so many secrets?

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Wonderful series!!

Very intriguing with surprises galore!
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Great suspense/mystery

The Breakdown Series is a 4-part suspense series by 4 different authors, each focusing on a different leading woman whose job has the necessary connections to help in finding the truth behind the murder of one of their own. Each woman has a powerful job that gives them an edge with information and secrets hidden in this quaint community. As a cop, school principal/psychologist, an investigative reporter, and a doctor they each have a skill set that can contribute to solving the crime and bringing a killer to justice.

This 4-part series is an awesome read. The stories flow seamlessly from one book to the next to where you cannot even tell they are written by 4 different authors. They fit together that well.

The second book in the series, So Many Secrets by Vicki Hinze highlights Dana Perkins, the school principal and psychologist. Dana Perkins was an elementary school teacher in Phoenix but after a tragic incident involving her kids, moved to the quiet, small community of Shutter Lake and has loved living in this friendly little town for the last 7 years. Her job at the high school, as principal and psychologist, keeps her happy and fulfilled. She is deeply involved with all the children’s welfare and mental health and always lets them know she is there for them and how special they are. She still holds herself partly responsible for past events and she is determined to do whatever it takes to be there for the kids. She has no idea how much of an impact she has had on all their lives and how much she means to them until one of her students confesses to a murder. She knows with every fiber of her being that this young, bright student had nothing to do with Sylvia Cole’s death but she cannot help but wonder what she missed? Where there signs there that she should have seen to know it would come to this? What did she miss? She truly believed in his innocence and she was going to do everything in her power to find the truth and prove it to everyone. Determined, she starts brainstorming with all the information she knows on the case and decides to do her own investigation, digging into the lives of those in question and asking more questions and looking for the little nuances in behavior that a psychologist would recognize. The more questions she asks and deeper she digs, more shocking secrets are revealed as more lies and deceptions are brought forth about the seemingly quaint community of Shutter Lake.

The more you read the more intriguing the stories are. The characters are complex and each new book adds a new level of depth to the overall series. There are so many questions to be answered and it is just impossible to tell who the killer is. This is a wonderful suspense series that definitely keeps you guessing. I cannot wait to find out what new information will be revealed in the next book!

The series includes – The Dead Girl by Debra Webb, So Many Secrets by Vicki Hinze, All the Lies by Peggy Webb and What She Knew by Regan Black. You will want to read each book in the series in order.

*I received an Advanced Reader’s Copy of these books by the authors with no obligation to read/review. I am voluntarily reading this series and providing my honest reviews for each book. The thoughts are opinions expressed are completely my own.

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