The buried hours : a novel / R.S. Grant.

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Author:

Grant, Rachel (Novelist), author.

ISBN:

9781662511509

Physical Description:

366 pages ; 22 cm

Abstract:

Investigative crime journalist Signe Gates's life became a nightmare the day she was kidnapped and drugged. After forty-eight missing hours she woke to a blur of unsettling memories and a warning from her unknown abductors: tell anyone what happened and they'll die. Two years later she is haunted by what she knows she did. When an informant tells her two men recently found dead in Yosemite are connected to her missing hours, she has no choice but to embark on a dangerous journey for answers. If only she could trust the man leading her into the backwoods.... -- adapted from back cover

Subject Term:

Women journalists -- Fiction.

Kidnapping victims -- Fiction.

Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction.

Femmes journalistes -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.

Victimes d'enlèvement -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.

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

Geographic Term:

Yosemite National Park (Calif.) -- Fiction.

Yosemite National Park (Calif.) -- Romans, nouvelles, etc.

Genre:

Romantic suspense fiction.

Thrillers (Fiction)

Novels.

Romans.

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Is she following a path of redemption or an enemy's revenge? A crime reporter's traumatic past comes back to haunt her in a twisting novel of lies, betrayals, and killer secrets.

Investigative crime journalist Signe Gates's life became a nightmare the day she was kidnapped and drugged. After forty-eight missing hours, she woke to a blur of unsettling memories and a warning from her unknown abductors: tell anyone what happened and they'll die. They've already proved they will deliver on that threat.

For two years, Signe has been haunted by what she knows she did and terrified of what else could be buried in her memories.

Then an informant tells her two men recently found dead in Yosemite are connected to her missing hours, and more answers await her in the park's backwoods. But she must hurry. Desperate to know who targeted her and why, she has no choice but to embark on the dangerous journey.

With a seasoned hiker acting as her guide, Signe ventures into the wilderness to solve a crime, get justice for the crimes committed against her, and overcome her demons. If only she could trust the man leading her into the backwoods...

Because with each new suspicion, deliverance is starting to look more and more like a trap.

Reviews (2)

Publisher's Weekly Review

Documentarian Signe Gates untangles the details of her kidnapping in this harrowing standalone from Grant (Into the Storm). Two years ago, Signe was abducted and forced to watch the murder of one of her sources, though most other details of the two-day ordeal remain hazy. Recently, however, she's been receiving disturbing videos that the senders claim are from her abduction. When she gets a cryptic text from a former source promising to reveal who abducted her if she can solve the murders of a climber and a camper in Yosemite National Park, Signe heads to Yosemite with FBI agent Cole Banner to get to work. As the pair hike through the woods, Signe comes to suspect that Cole may have been one of her attackers. She must balance that suspicion with a race against time to solve the murders and arrive at a designated meeting spot coordinated by her source. The plot clips along at a satisfying pace, and Grant pulls off several successful surprises, though she flubs the final twist. There's also a significant amount of sexual violence, some of which feels gratuitous. Still, for those who can stomach it, this offers a reliable thrill. Agent: Elizabeth Winnick Rubinstein, McIntosh & Otis. (Dec.)

Kirkus Review

A journalist's dangerous project also provides the key to a haunting attack against her. A year after a painful divorce and two years after she was abducted and drugged, losing several hours of her memory, documentary journalist Signe Gates struggles to rebuild her life. Unhelpfully, she still sees her ex-husband, Leo, who's her former cameraman, since they both work for the Wayfinders Network, a streaming app. Signe's future rides on her pitch for Crime Lords, a series that links her personal violation to a larger criminal operation. A provocative text message from someone calling himself "DiscoFever" promises to share important information about her attack if she'll meet him at Yosemite National Park. Because her new cameraman, Roman, is on crutches, Leo, whom she runs into at an event at the Wayfinders Museum, agrees to find a replacement. The star of the event is dashing archeologist Cole Banner, whose swagger annoys Signe. With this foundation, Grant's thriller cruises for a while as a romance. Cole and Signe meet cute: He of course is the substitute cameraman Leo's found. Against the rugged backdrop of Yosemite, the pair banter and grow to trust each other. Romance stays in the mix as the tale swerves back into thriller territory. As DiscoFever continues to manipulate Signe, the wilderness provides both physical danger and a metaphor for her struggle. Grant skillfully shuffles familiar tropes and writes with precision and pace, keeping the stakes high by intermittently casting suspicion on the three most prominent men in Signe's life. A brisk and satisfying, if formulaic, romantic suspenser. Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.