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The Stolen Hours by Allen Eskens

 

 

 

About The Stolen Hours

 

From the bestselling author of The Life We Bury comes a “riveting, hold-your-breath” new mystery in which a woman finds herself in a race not only for justice—but for her life (Karin Slaughter, New York Times bestselling author of The Silent Wife).

Lila Nash is on the verge of landing her dream job—working as a prosecutor under the Hennepin County Attorney—and has settled into a happy life with her boyfriend, Joe Talbert. But when a woman is pulled from the Mississippi River, barely alive, things in the office take a personal turn.
 
The police believe the woman’s assailant is local photographer Gavin Spenser, but the case quickly flounders as the evidence wears thin. It seems Gavin saw this investigation coming—and no one can imagine how carefully he has prepared.

The more determined Lila is to put Gavin behind bars, the more elusive justice becomes. Battling a vindictive new boss and haunted by the ghosts of her own unspeakable attack, which she’s kept a dark secret for eight long years, Lila knows the clock is ticking down. In a race against an evil mastermind, it will take everything Lila’s got to outsmart a killer—and to escape the dark hold of her own past.

 

Praise For The Stolen Hours

 

“A riveting, hold-your-breath, frightening mystery. The Stolen Hours is a thoroughly captivating legal thriller.”
-Karin Slaughter, New York Times bestselling author of The Silent Wife

“In Allen Eskens’ newest thriller The Stolen Hours, there’s not a moment misplaced or a second lost. With the precision of a watchmaker, Eskens assembles the fine parts of a mystery set to the tempo of a thriller, leaving the reader breathless.”
-Craig Johnson, New York Times bestselling author of the Longmire Mysteries

“The Stolen Hours is as good as it gets; a heart-pounding and utterly engaging thriller that had me turning the pages at warp speed. At the core of this magnificent and beautifully told story is Lila, a strong yet vulnerable woman in search of the truth. But Eskens cleverly lets her share the spotlight with two other women whose strengths and weaknesses play off of and enhance each other. Alone, each is a character that readers will identify with and root for. Together, they’re unstoppable. I loved this book!”
-Karen Dionne, New York Times bestselling author of The Marsh King’s Daughter and The Wicked Sister

“A stunning small-town mystery.”
-Marilyn Stasio, New York Times Book Review, on Nothing More Dangerous

“The next best thing to Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird . . . A magnificent book and an uplifting one.”
-New York Journal of Books, on Nothing More Dangerous

“Riveting . . . Eskens vividly renders how small towns try to keep their secrets, and how sometimes they cannot.”
-Ron Rash, author of Serena, on The Shadows We Hide

Brilliant . . . Darkly lyrical and brutally intimate.”
-Publishers Weekly (starred review), on The Shadows We Hide

 

 

About Allen Eskens

Allen Eskens is the USA Today bestselling author of The Life We Bury, which has been published in twenty-six languages, and five other novels, most recently The Shadows We Hide and Nothing More Dangerous. His books have won the Barry Award, the Rosebud Award, the Silver Falchion Award, and the Minnesota Book Award. Eskens is a former criminal defense attorney and lives with his wife, Joely, in greater Minnesota.

 

Reviewed by Lou Pendergrast on 04 July 2021