The Empty Chair - Goetjen, Penny

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Résumé :
o A steamy Caribbean island
o A missing female photographer
o A daughter's relentless search and her entanglement in the island's twisted subculture
Don't expect an umbrella in your drink when you escape to the Virgin Islands in this heart-pounding suspense novel as young Olivia Benning desperately searches for her photographer mother who has gone missing during a covert assignment. Racing against time, Olivia gets caught up in the same criminal element that may have murdered her mother and finds herself on the run for her own life. Can she evade them long enough to find her mother alive? Or will she be their next victim?
See why critics and readers alike are raving about the suspense novels of multi national award-winning storyteller Penny Goetjen.
Not even the sultry Caribbean sun can burn off the dark clouds that seem to follow Olivia Benning. Penny Goetjen uses the idyllic setting and island culture so effectively, the reader is tempted to savor ocean views from The Empty Chair, but don't pause too long-danger is never far away. -Kathryn Orzech, Author of Premonition of Terror, a paranormal thriller, and Asylum, a dark suspense saga
Awarded SILVER in the prestigious Mom's Choice Awards

Biographie:
National award-winning author Penny Goetjen writes murder mysteries where the milieus play as prominent a role as the engaging characters. A self-proclaimed eccentric known for writing late into the night, transfixed by the allure of flickering candlelight, Ms. Goetjen embraces the writing process, unaware what will confront her at the next turn. She rides the journey with her characters, often as surprised as her readers to see how the story unfolds. Fascinated with the paranormal, she usually weaves a subtle, unexpected twist into her stories. When her husband is asked how he feels about his wife writing murder mysteries, he answers with a wink, I sleep with one eye open.