Far Gone (Badlands Thriller, #2)

Name: Far Gone
Rating: 5.00 (2 reviews)

by Danielle Girard

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Far Gone (Badlands Thriller, #2)

by Danielle Girard

2 ratings • 1 review • 3 shelved

From the USA Today bestselling author of White Out comes a story of two heroines with shattered pasts and a town with blood on its hands.

When a North Dakota couple is shot down in their home in cold blood, the sleepy town of Hagen wakes with a jolt. After all, it’s usually such a peaceful place. But Detective Kylie Milliard knows better.

Despite not handling a homicide investigation in years, Kylie is on the case. A drop of blood found at the scene at first blush promises to be her best evidence. But it ultimately only proves that someone else witnessed the murder—and the results are shocking: the DNA reveals a familial match to a crime involving local nurse Lily Baker from over a decade ago. This unveiling stirs new nightmares for Lily as she’s forced to reckon with the most traumatic time in her life.

Haunted by their pasts and hunting the killer, Kylie and Lily uncover hellish secrets and impossible truths, finding answers that put both their lives in jeopardy.

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ISBN10 1542018250
ISBN13 9781542018258
Publish Date 15 June 2021
Publish Status Active
Publish Country US
Imprint Thomas & Mercer

Format Paperback (US Trade)
Pages 348
Language English

Reviews

Compelling Mystery. This is one of those mysteries that has so much going on that it could feel disjointed in a lesser storyteller's hands, but Girard manages to make it work quite well. We get the story primarily through three perspectives - Hannah, who witnesses a murder in her opening scene, Lily, a nurse who is a former kidnapping victim who is now working to rebuild her life, and Kylie, the detective who helped Lily in the first book and who here is investigating the murder. Girard manages to keep the pace of the reveals driving through the narrative, all while maintaining plausibly realistic scenarios. Indeed, even the ending is surprisingly refreshing in its realism on all fronts - despite what some activists would have liked. Truly a great story told very well. Very much recommended.