Liar's Creek

Book Summary:

Clay Hawkins isn’t a stranger to the secrets of his hometown. After twenty years away, Clay has recently returned home from abroad with his twelve-year-old son Braedon, and his relationship with his father Judd, the recently replaced sheriff, is as strained as ever.

Trouble immediately brews for Clay when his beloved uncle, Teddy, disappears. Together, the three generations of Hawkinses must overturn every stone in Riverwood and confront deep familial wounds to find the one person who brings them together. As danger looms, Clay worries that it might be too late to save Teddy—and that the rest of the family might be next.

Review:

This was really good, better than I expected actually. Within the first few pages I was drawn in and invested in Clay and Braedons life, as well as the interesting dynamic with Clay and his father. Now I'm a thriller girl and this definitely does not play out as a thriller, its more mystery than anything.

Since I'm also originally from a small town, the play by play of everyone knowing everyone's business really hits home. It also made it difficult to believe no one knew anything about what happened to Teddy. If I'm really being honest, there is a least one outcome I wished had come out differently, but its really the only outcome that could have made sense I guess.

Its very normal for books to show a story from the aspect of a single mother trying to raise a child without the father involved. This story gives you an entirely different perspective, three generations of a family, with two of them being raised by a single father. Both men approached that job differently and the result was resounding. Braedon grew up knowing his father loved him, while his father grew up with the assumption that his father didn't love him and if anything was highly disappointed in him. Even though all the storylines were mostly wrapped up at the end, I wouldn't mind seeing this one become a series so that we can follow these characters and watch their relationships continue to evolve.

*I did receive a advanced copy of this book in return for an honest review.