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Starting Over, the eighth book in the Hart's Ridge small-town mystery series by Kay Bratt, showcases the Gray family's unwavering strength as they face a crisis that threatens to tear them apart. When tragedy is on their doorstep and threatening to barge inside, they must come together to find the courage and hope to start anew. Readers will be moved by the Gray family's resilience in the face of adversity, and heartened by the support they receive from the close-knit community of Hart's Ridge. But as they delve deeper into the story, they will realize that even the strongest bonds can be tested by secrets that have been kept hidden for far too long. With Bratt's familiar emotional storytelling, Starting Over is a gripping tale of family and forgiveness that reminds us that tragedy can be a source of strength, and that hope is the key to overcoming even the darkest of times. Starting Over is book eight of the new Hart's Ridge small-town mystery series, written by Kay Bratt, million-copy best-selling author of Wish Me Home and True to Me.
Publication Year: 2023
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Starting Over. Yes, the title of my review and the title of this book are the same, because I want to emphasize just how well Bratt titled this particular story. Yet again, we get a pulse pounding crime unfortunately based on real-world events in the South, in this particular case (as the prologue shows, so no real spoilers here) an abduction from a Walmart parking lot. And there is a lot of action in this particular case, including hiking through one park I'm very familiar with and another I've been to a few times - Amicalola State Park and Unicoi State Park, respectively, both in the North Georgia mountain region. In particular, the camping areas, trails, even the hike-inn that Bratt mentions were all part of my teens in particular, with several trips out there from my home town not very far away.
But as always with this series, this tale is about the small town and family relationships as much as it is about the crime of the book, and it is here that we truly get a sense of this series - that was supposed to end here - is actually "starting over", in all the best possible ways. We get a return to the true roots of this series, but with everyone involved in different situations than they were in at the actual beginning of the series. Being told with Bratt's usual careful yet evocative styling, this book will leave you particularly glad the series is "starting over" rather than concluding here as was originally intended. Very much recommended.
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