The summer we buried / Jody Gehrman.

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Title:

The summer we buried / Jody Gehrman.

Author:

Gehrman, Jody, author.

ISBN:

9781643859231

Edition:

First edition.

Physical Description:

328 pages ; 22 cm.

Abstract:

Twenty years ago, Tansy was drawn to Selene's hard edges, her grit, and her knack for survival. Since then, the confused tangle of guilt about covering up a murder shattered their friendship, and even now, at thirty-eight, Tansy has never come to terms with what happened that night. But now, Selene is back, demanding her old friend repay her. As she is drawn back into the intensity of Selene's world, Tansy discovers the ugly truths, and Tansy suspects there's far more to the story, and now she'll finally have to confront Selene once and for all.

Subject Term:

Female friendship -- Fiction.

Murder -- Fiction.

Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.

Amitié féminine -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.

Meurtre -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.

Meurtre -- Enquêtes -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.

Female friendship. (OCoLC)fst00922609

Murder. (OCoLC)fst01029781

Murder -- Investigation. (OCoLC)fst01029788

Genre:

Detective and mystery fiction. (OCoLC)fst01726581

Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787

Thrillers (Fiction) (OCoLC)fst01726755

Mystery fiction.

Thrillers (Fiction)

Detective and mystery fiction.

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Summary

An unthinkable crime-and the tattered threads of a friendship gone wrong-come roaring back to terrible new life in Jody Gehrman's riveting psychological suspense, perfect for fans of Joshilyn Jackson.

Twenty years ago, Tansy was drawn to Selene's hard edges, her grit, and her knack for survival. Since then, the confused tangle of guilt about covering up a murder shattered their friendship, and even now, at thirty-eight, Tansy has never come to terms with what happened that night.

But now, Selene is back, demanding her old friend repay her. Selene's daughter, Jupiter, attends the college where Tansy works as a guidance counselor. Selene is convinced that Jupiter's boyfriend, Colton, is abusive, and wants Tansy to intervene. As she is drawn back into the intensity of Selene's world, Tansy discovers the ugly truth about Colton. But Tansy suspects there's far more to the story, and now she'll finally have to confront Selene once and for all.

Reviews (2)

Publisher's Weekly Review

Tansy Elliot, the narrator of this gripping novel from Gehrman (The Girls Weekend), leads a relatively serene life as a guidance counselor at Valley of the Moon University in Sonoma, Calif., until Selene Rathbone appears at her office, having booked an appointment under an assumed name. The two share a terrible secret concerning a criminal act 20 years ago about which Tansy has felt guilty ever since. Tansy knows she shouldn't get involved with Selene again, but Selene threatens to reveal their secret to the police unless Tansy does her bidding. Selene's daughter, Jupiter, a student at the university, is living with Colton Blake, a man Selene thinks is abusive. She wants Tansy to make sure Jupiter breaks up with Colton. As Selene draws Tansy further and further into her grasp, Tansy comes to realize Selene has a hidden agenda. The romantic relationship that develops between Tansy and Selene's brother raises the stakes. Gehrman keeps the suspense high up to the final showdown. Psychological thriller fans will find much to like. Agent: Jill Marr, Sandra Dijkstra Literary. (Mar.)

Kirkus Review

A strong professional woman turns to jelly when her old college friend abruptly appears to ask a very loaded favor. Massage therapist Selene Rathbone has had a hold over Tansy Elliot ever since the night 18 years ago when the two of them agreed to keep mum about an attempted rape and its fatal consequences. Now Selene has popped up again to exact payment. Worried that her daughter, Jupiter, is being emotionally abused by her boyfriend, Colton Blake, she insists that Tansy, a guidance counselor at Sonoma's Valley of the Moon University, take Jupiter, a VMU undergraduate, in hand and persuade her to ditch Colton, or at least to lift the restraining order he's persuaded Jupiter to file against her flamboyant, interfering mother. Recognizing both Selene's power over her and the serious breach of professional ethics she's demanding, Tansy, a former singer and songwriter who still misses her band, the Insatiables, which broke up when its bass player died of a heroin overdose, temporizes and dithers long enough to field some barely veiled threats from Colton's father, Henry Blake, the local district attorney and VMU trustee, and fall for Selene's kid brother, Zack, a professor of psychology at VMU and a sometime FBI consultant to boot. Everybody involved has a different agenda they're desperately trying to keep secret from everybody else, but the main thing that changes when the secrets come out is another burst of violence that suggests that that summer 18 years ago may not be the only time that ends up getting buried. More smoke than fire. Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.