Anne Krist
Sweet and romantic–forever love!
Sweet and romantic–forever love!
[#historical #mystery #suspense #TwentiethCentury #kidnapping #stalker #revenge #WW2 #KoreanWar anthology novellas romance]
Two great historical novellas that will keep you guessing.
In Jan Selbourne’s The Next Stop Is Dead, a woman boards a city train one night and finds herself alone in the car with four strangers, all men. When she discovers one of them is dead, she has to find a way to exit the train and get help. Will she escape, or will the next stop be her final one?
In Anne Krist’s Missing, sisters Audra and Daina communicate using “twin language.” But how much difference will that make when Daina disappears? Can Audra find her sister before her abductor ends Daina’s life? Even with the help of an over-protective detective, saving her missing twin might not happen in time.
I really enjoyed these two novellas. I am a fan of mystery and historic novels, so these two were great to read. Keep up the good work ladies I am waiting for the next books or novellas to be published.
They are great gifts for my sister. Highly recommended.
5 Stars/4 Stars--Daphne
Selbourne gives a look into Australia in the late 50s by creating a connection between two strangers on a train. The mystery and intrigue build steadily until you're on the edge of your seat to see how the characters will get out of their predicament.
Krist takes you to the midwest and every parents nightmare. Two farm girls in the big city testing their boundaries. Again the late 50s so different norms from today. One daughter tests her boundaries and one daughter remains traditionalish. The disappearance of one daughter leads the other to make discoveries about the world she hadn't faced. The intrigue and light romance build at a good pace.
I enjoyed these stories. They fit together despite being half a world apart. There's an innocence to the stories you don't find in the crime drama of today.
4 Stars--Eileen
Something woke her. She moved and the magazine fell to the floor. Groggy, she scraped her hair back from her face and then rubbed her eyes. She didn’t need to look to see that Daina’s bed remained empty—she’d feel her sister if she were there.
The room was dark, the door closed. But she’d left the light on in the living room and the bedroom door open. Hadn’t she?
She’d forgotten to wind the alarm clock and it had stopped at two-oh-five. She clicked on the lamp on the table between their beds and got up to check her watch on the dresser. Three o’clock. Her heart raced and her mouth dried. Where in the world was her sister?
Suddenly, the front door closing sounded like a shot. She slid into her slippers and tightened the sash on her robe. “Daina!” She threw open the bedroom door and rushed to the apartment door.
Automatically grabbing her key from the dish by the door, she rushed out into the hallway and down the stairs. She hadn’t reached the bottom step when she saw a man halfway out the door. He turned to look at her and she gasped. His face was rough. Stubble made it dark. A jagged, angry scar ran from his left temple to his jaw line. There was no smile, no lightening of expression. With a scowl, he pulled a black, flat cap low and then left.
The door hardly made a sound but his presence in her building set off an explosion in Audra’s mind. Who was he? How had he gained entrance? What was he doing at three o’clock in the morning skulking around her building?
Fear gave way to panic. Her knees nearly gave out when the thought occurred that he might have been in their apartment, that it had been he who she heard closing their front door. Then the thought that screamed in her mind. Did he have anything to do with Daina’s disappearance?
On shaky lags, she climbed the stairs. She’d make a pot of coffee and then wait until daylight made it safe to walk to the bus stop to start the trek downtown to the police department. She’d think later about calling her parents but first thing this morning she’d have to file a missing person report for her sister. Her twin. The other half of her soul.
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Between the two stories there are three kidnappings. What do they have in common?
A. They all took place in a church
B. They all involved couples
C. None of them were for ransom
D. All of the above
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