Not What She Seems

By Yasmin Angoe

Book Overview

She left home as the local pariah at twenty-two, but when a family tragedy brings her back, she must confront her tortured past--and a new danger in town that no one seems to understand but her.

After years of self-exile, Jacinda "Jac" Brodie is back in Brook Haven, South Carolina. But the small cliffside town no longer feels like home. Jac hasn't been there since the beloved chief of police fell to his death--and all the whispers said she was to blame.

That chief was Jac's father.

Racked with guilt, Jac left town with no plans to return. But when her granddad lands in the hospital, she rushes back to her family, bracing herself to confront the past.

Brook Haven feels different now. Wealthy newcomer Faye Arden has transformed the notorious Moor Manor into a quaint country inn. Jac's convinced something sinister lurks beneath Faye's perfect exterior, yet the whole town fawns over their charismatic new benefactor. And when Jac discovers one of her granddad's prized possessions in Faye's office, she knows she has to be right.

But as Jac continues to dig, she stumbles upon dangerous truths that hit too close to home. With not only her life but also her family's safety on the line, Jac discovers that maybe some secrets are better left buried.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 166250831X
• ISBN13: 9781662508318
• Release Date: August 2024
• Publisher: Thomas & Mercer
• Length: 396 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.5" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Secrets in a Small Town

As a whole I enjoyed Not What She Seems. You have multiple “mysteries” going on at one time in this book. At one point I thought are ever going to get back to those cases that SrD had files on?? Some of the plot was predictable but there were a few surprises. The last quarter of book became more action packed and tied all things together. I would consider book medium paced where the story flowed well. A couple of things that kept me from making it a 5 ⭐️. The book was just too wordy at times. There were just somethings that could have been left out. Secondly there was a good bit of strong language used.