“Readers familiar with French will love this book, as will those who like true crime, strong female protagonists, and stories where the dog is the hero.”
– Library Journal
“A swift plot and constant pressure on Shaw create an enthralling mystery thriller that highlights the grip grief can have on a person.” – Booklist
“Edgar Award Finalist Gillian French’s adult debut is a riveting, thrilling and wild mystery starring a hard-edged yet nurturing fingerprint analyst.” – BookPage
“This well-written, emotionally wrenching novel is not a mystery in the traditional sense. The tension lies in how far Shaw will go . . . what Anders will do if she persists, and the price the people she loves will pay for her obsession.” – Associated Press
“(Narrator] Saskia Maarleveld portrays the gritty yet vulnerable Shaw…[and she] increases her pace and the intensity of her tone as Shaw puts everything on the line despite the danger.” — AudioFile (audiobook edition)
“French mixes a strong character development with a robust, incisive plot in Shaw Connolly Lives to Tell.” – Shelf Awareness
“Gillian French has fashioned a superb psychological thriller in Shaw Connolly Lives to Tell, transporting us deep into one woman’s personal nightmare.” – Book Trib
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A page-turning, compelling thriller about a woman who will stop at nothing to uncover the truth behind her sister’s disappearance.
Shaw Connolly is no stranger to trauma. As a fingerprints analyst, she’s one of the first on-site for crimes, including murder scenes and a mysterious string of arsons popping up throughout the rural Maine community her department serves. But the tragedy of her little sister’s disappearance sixteen years ago has always weighed on her the most; Thea is never far from her thoughts or dreams, and Shaw knows that her obsession with finding the truth about Thea is driving her husband away and impacting her two boys. Still, she can’t let it go and has even started taking disturbing calls from a man named Anders Jansen who all but claims to have committed the crime.
Anders taunts Shaw with hints and innuendo about what supposedly happened all those years ago. His calls go to the next level as he reveals just how much he knows about Shaw’s personal life, like her stalled career and ruined marriage. As his stalking escalates to threats on her and her family’s lives, he begins to show just how dangerous he might be. Shaw is too desperate for answers to hang up now, just when she’s getting close to finding proof. The only question left is what she must lose to learn the truth.
A taut, atmospheric thriller from Edgar Award-finalist young adult author Gillian French, Shaw Connolly Lives to Tell introduces a compelling new voice in adult suspense fiction.
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