Making a Murderer meets Scandal in this story of police corruption, family secrets, and illicit affairs from bestselling author K.A. Tucker, celebrated for her “propulsive plot twists and searing seduction” (USA TODAY).
Noah Marshall has known a privileged and comfortable life thanks to his mother, the highly decorated chief of the Austin Police Department. But all that changes the night she reveals a skeleton that's been rattling in her closet for years, and succumbs to the guilt of destroying an innocent family's life. Reeling with grief, Noah is forced to carry the burden of this shocking secret.
Gracie Richards wasn't born in a trailer park, but after fourteen years of learning how to survive in The Hollow, it's all she knows anymore. At least here people don't care that her dad was a corrupt Austin cop, murdered in a drug deal gone wrong. Here, she and her mother are just another family struggling to survive...until a man who clearly doesn't belong shows up on her doorstep.
Despite their differences, Noah and Gracie are searching for answers to the same questions, and together, they set out to uncover the truth about the Austin Police Department's dark and messy past. But the scandal that emerges is bigger than they bargained for, and goes far higher up than they ever imagined.
Complex, gritty, sexy, and thrilling, Keep Her Safe solidifies K.A. Tucker's reputation as one of today's most talented new voices in romantic suspense.
The story started off slow for me but quickly picked up as Gracie and Noah connected. The tale shares both present and past perspectives giving us insight into events that occurred some fourteen years ago. While the majority of the story is told from Noah and Gracie's POV, We get chapters from the past featuring Jackie, Noah's Mom then chief of police and those of Abe, Gracie's father as he becomes entangled in something that will forever alter Gracie's course in life.
Police corruption, secrets, missing persons and unanswered questions soon have both Noah and Gracie facing danger and wondering who to trust. With a one-eyed dog by their side will they be able to clear Gracie's father and what will it cost Noah?
Tucker does give us a romance, but it is served on the side as the mystery and investigation take center stage. Tucker did a great job of revealing what happened and tying it into events and characters in the present all while building up the suspense. She did so without sacrificing the characters and I love that she fleshed them out and allowed me to know them. I enjoyed seeing Noah and Gracie's relationship grow from unease into something more.
Keep Her Safe is a standalone story that delivered a dark, gritty and suspenseful tale. Tucker threw in twists, powerful villains, and a tenacious FBI agent that kept me on edge. While the story is entirely fictional and inspired by news stories, Tucker made it seem very plausible. The plots threads were developed and tightly woven into a fantastic tapestry that delivered a powerful, believable conclusion. This review was originally posted at Caffeinated Reviewer
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