About Quiet Refuge: A. Fairchild Thriller (Abigail Fairchild Book 1):
Abi Fairchild lives in the racial turbulence of 1964 Alabama. While searching for a missing classmate she stumbles into a secret that turns out to be far more sinister than anything she imagined. Soon she is chased through the woods by men who want to kill her or worse. Finding refuge seems slim until a stranger takes a risk to help her. Meanwhile, the Sheriff leads a search team looking for her while he tries to keep the town calm, afraid that misplaced vigilante justice has organized a lynching against an innocent target. Quiet Refuge, a thriller set in 1964 Alabama, follows Sheriff Wesley Johnson and his niece Abi, as they each investigate the death of a girl on their own while facing a town that is determined to lynch what might be an innocent man. Fans of A Time to Kill and The Bone Collector will love this action thriller that will take your breath away. …featured on I’m loving books.
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Author Bio:
Linda Tincu Peno has transformed her lifelong passion for reading into the gratifying process of writing. As a child growing up in rural Michigan, one of her cherished memories of summer afternoons is spending hours perched high in a sycamore tree where she could feel the breeze off the lake and read a favorite novel.
Silent Girls her first novel, originally titled Quiet Refuge, is set in a small fictitious Alabama town during 1964. The main character, Abigail Fairchild is a high school senior and amateur sleuth. The obvious social injustice of the times serves as a backdrop for a thriller that keeps the tension high until the surprising end.
Her second book Twin Motives, a crime thriller,- takes place in 2016 in southeastern Michigan. It’s about a terrorist act that includes kidnapping and murder. The protagonist is a young detective named Paige McDonald.