Everything She Feared: A Suspense Novel

by Rick Mofina

Overview

"When a teen falls while taking a selfie at the edge of a cliff, the last thing she sees before plummeting to her death is Katie Harmon, the nine-year-old girl she was babysitting, looking down at her. Investigators gather at the scene, and Katie's mother, Sara, rushes to comfort her daughter. Yet there's a small, secret ping of alarm in Sara's heart that she cannot share -- though rookie detective Kim Pierce senses it. For years, others have tried to unravel this secret. From true-crime podcasters to a haunted journalist searching for a killer who vanished after being released from prison several years ago. And now, with detectives tightening the focus of their investigation, Sara is consumed by her darkest fear -- that the babysitter's death was not an accident."--

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780778333401
Publisher:	MIRA Books
Publication date:	04/11/2023
Edition description:	Original
Pages:	448
Sales rank:	996,484
Product dimensions:	5.20(w) x 7.90(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Rick Mofina is a USA TODAY bestselling author of more than thirty crime fiction thrillers that have been published in nearly thirty countries. A former journalist, he has interviewed murderers on death row, flown over Los Angeles with the LAPD and patrolled with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police near the Arctic. He has also reported from the Caribbean, Africa, Kuwait and Qatar. He is a two-time winner of the Crime Writers of Canada Award of Excellence, a Barry Award winner, and a multiple finalist for the International Thriller Writers Thriller Award and the Shamus Award, presented by the Private Eye Writers of America. Library Journal calls him "one of the best thriller writers in the business."

Editorial Reviews

02/27/2023

This plodding outing from Mofina (If Angels Fall) opens with 17-year-old Anna Shaw clinging to a branch on the side of a cliff in a Washington State park. She calls to Katie Harmon, the nine-year-old girl she’s babysitting, to run for help, but by the time rescuers arrive, Anna lies dead on the rocks below. Rookie detective Kim Pierce leads the investigation: while her fellow officers are quick to rule the death an accident, Pierce digs deeper and comes to suspect Katie pushed Anna to her death. Was it an accident or was it cold-blooded murder? Meanwhile, in parallel subplots, a team of true-crime aficionados pursue a serial killer, a young man searches for his long-lost sister, and Katie’s mother hides a troubling family secret. Eventually, all the stories collide. A few clever twists along the way fail to make up for uneven pacing and some rough jumps between timelines and points of view. This promising slow burn fails to ignite. Agent: Amy Moore-Benson, Meridian Artists. (Apr.)

Publishers Weekly

Everything She Feared moves like a raging river. This is a thriller not to be missed!
—Michael Connelly, #1 New York Times bestselling author

In Everything She Feared, Rick Mofina has penned a creepy, heart-pounding page-turner. Simmering with unrelenting tension and family secrets, Mofina mines the darkest corners of the human heart and explores the age-old question—is evil born or made? A gripping, chilling thriller from beginning to end.
—Heather Gudenkauf, New York Times bestselling author of The Overnight Guest

"Everything She Feared hooked me from page one and didn't let go. An intriguing premise coupled with masterful storytelling and a well-plotted mystery made it impossible for me to put it down. Compulsively readable with twists and turns right up until the stunning conclusion. I loved it." —Amber Garza, author of A Mother Would Know

"Everything She Feared is a propulsive, page-turning thriller; I couldn't put it down. I was immediately immersed in the different perspectives, all realistic and fascinating characters whom I couldn't help but root for. Mofina has successfully written The Bad Seed for the twenty-first century, with even more twists and turns." —Flora Collins, author of A Small Affair

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