Broken

Name: Broken
Brand: Brilliance Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: John Rector
ISBN: 9781713502432

Author: John Rector

Narrator: Lauren Ezzo

Unabridged: 6 hr 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Published: 09/15/2020

Categories: Fiction, Suspense & Thriller, Crime, Noir

Synopsis

Trust becomes a fatal mistake in this shocking thriller by the bestselling author of The Ridge.Welcome to Beaumont Cove, a slowly decaying tourist town at the edge of the world, and the place where Maggie James’s worst fears for her estranged twin sister, Lilly, have come true.Lilly is dead, and Maggie has arrived to identify her body.Lilly’s husband, Mike, is in custody for her murder. With his long history of abuse, no one in town is surprised at the inevitable end to their stormy marriage, least of all Maggie. All she wants is to clean up her sister’s affairs, see Mike punished, and get out of Beaumont Cove.With the help of the local sheriff, a retired private investigator, and a strange but friendly carnival psychic, Maggie begins to uncover the truth about what really happened to her sister. But the truth comes at a price, and soon Maggie finds herself walking a dark path toward the same deadly trap that killed Lilly.The more Maggie discovers about her sister’s final days, the more she realizes that nothing is as it appears in this strange boardwalk town.

About John Rector

John Rector is the bestselling author of The Grove, The Cold Kiss, Already Gone, Out of the Black, Ruthless, and The Ridge. Rector’s short fiction has appeared in numerous magazines and has won several awards, including the International Thriller Award for the novella Lost Things. For more information, visit www.johnrector.blogspot.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kemper

I received a free copy of this for review from NetGalley. It’s like the old gum commercial said about twins: “Double your pleasure, double your fun.” At least until one of them is brutally murdered. Maggie and Lilly are estranged twins who had a falling out because Lilly refused to leave her abusive hu......more

Goodreads review by Linda

Maggie James makes her way to Beaumont Cover, a small tourist town without tourists. She has been notified that her twin sister, Lilly, is dead ... by the hands of her husband. She is there to identify the body. This was not unexpected ... it wasn't the first time he had hit his wife ... but it will......more

Goodreads review by Dee

Author John Rector describes the entire story by breaking it into pieces and assigning them to the characters. Readers are provided the backstory from Lilly and Thomas yet remained grounded in the present when Magnolia takes over. The past events move quickly, racing to catch up to Magnolia’s tale.......more

Goodreads review by Vonda

The one aspect this book had going for it was it was a quick read....other than that? This is a psychological thriller.....that you keep knowing the twist. A murder happens...or did one happen because the writer had them remove the body and go on with the story...nothing secured and important object......more