Welcome to another Waiting on Wednesday, our special day for sharing upcoming book releases. Hop on over to Breaking the Spine to find out what everyone else is excited about.
Today’s featured book is from Julia Heaberlin, a new favorite suspense author, whose book Playing Dead kept me riveted. Black-Eyed Susans is an electrifying novel of psychological suspense. Release Date: July 28, 2015.
Blurb: I am the star of screaming headlines and campfire ghost stories.
I am one of the four Black-Eyed Susans.
The lucky one.As a sixteen-year-old, Tessa Cartwright was found in a Texas field, barely alive amid a scattering of bones, with only fragments of memory as to how she got there. Ever since, the press has pursued her as the lone surviving “Black-Eyed Susan,” the nickname given to the murder victims because of the yellow carpet of wildflowers that flourished above their shared grave. Tessa’s testimony about those tragic hours put a man on death row.
Now, almost two decades later, Tessa is an artist and single mother. In the desolate cold of February, she is shocked to discover a freshly planted patch of black-eyed susans—a summertime bloom—just outside her bedroom window. Terrified at the implications—that she sent the wrong man to prison and the real killer remains at large—Tessa turns to the lawyers working to exonerate the man awaiting execution. But the flowers alone are not proof enough, and the forensic investigation of the still-unidentified bones is progressing too slowly. An innocent life hangs in the balance. The legal team appeals to Tessa to undergo hypnosis to retrieve lost memories—and to share the drawings she produced as part of an experimental therapy shortly after her rescue.
What they don’t know is that Tessa and the scared, fragile girl she was have built a fortress of secrets. As the clock ticks toward the execution, Tessa fears for her sanity, but even more for the safety of her teenaged daughter. Is a serial killer still roaming free, taunting Tessa with a trail of clues? She has no choice but to confront old ghosts and lingering nightmares to finally discover what really happened that night.
Shocking, intense, and utterly original, Black-Eyed Susans is a dazzling psychological thriller, seamlessly weaving past and present in a searing tale of a young woman whose harrowing memories remain in a field of flowers—as a killer makes a chilling return to his garden.
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What are you excited about today? I hope you’ll stop by and share….
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Thanks for sharing this one–it’s one for my list.
My WoW: http://www.bookclublibrarian.com/2015/04/waiting-on-wednesday-last-four-days-of.html
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Glad you could stop by, Catherine….I love the cover! And the author kept me glued to the pages in the other books I’ve read by her.
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This author is totally new to me but I’m loving that cover! Great pick!
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Me, too, Kindlemom…thanks for stopping by!
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Wow! Never heard of this one before and it sounds great. Doesn’t hurt that it’s a nice cover as well. I will have to add it to my wishlist. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.
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Thanks, Barb, Iove the cover, too.
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Oh wow! This sounds really good! I love thrillers like this! I’m adding it to my wait list. Thanks for sharing! I can’t wait either! Thanks for visiting my WoW. Happy reading!
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Thrillers are my go-to read….and I have enjoyed this author in the past. Thanks for stopping by, Kim.
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This book looks so good…I have been staring at it for awhile now…enjoy!
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Yes, I think so, too, Patty…have you read anything by this author? I got two of her books from Vine and enjoyed them.
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This is the first I’ve heard of this one but it definitely sounds good. Great pick!
Krystianna @ Downright Dystopian
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Thanks, Krystianna….I am excited about it!
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Oohhhh…this sounds like my kind of book. I have to add it to my wishlist.
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Thanks, Yvonne…I think so, too! Glad you could stop by.
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Oooh this sounds so good. I am so into psychological thrillers these days, I will definitely need to try it when it comes out. The cover of this book is beautiful, too! Thanks for sharing!
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Thanks for stopping by, Sarah…I am very excited about this one!
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