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The Reckoning Stones

A Novel of Suspense

by Laura DiSilverio
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Let whoever is without sin cast the first stone

Nobody believed that Pastor Matt raped her. The tight-knit religious community punished her when she spoke out, expected fifteen-year-old Mercy to repent for making false allegations. Instead, she ran. And somebody—her father?—beat Pastor Matt into a coma and left his wife for dead. 

Twenty-three years later, Iris has put a life together, transformed herself from runaway teen Mercy Asher to sought-after jewelry designer Iris Dashwood. But now that Pastor Matt’s awake, she’s sliding back, losing ground to the painful memories she’s barely kept at bay. Iris has no choice but to return to Lone Pine—to confront the man who tore her life apart and recover the truth from a community that protects its own. 

Winner of the 2016 Colorado Book Award for Mystery

Praise:

“Outstanding.”—Library Journal (starred review) and Pick of the Month

“DiSilverio skillfully crafts a suspense novel full of deceit that spans decades.” —RT Book Reviews ()

“Riveting! Powerful, disturbing and ultimately, inspirational.”—Hank Phillippi Ryan, Agatha, Anthony, Macavity, and Mary Higgins Clark Award-winning author

"This utterly compelling novel grabs you on page one and drags you into the dark heart of a family and a church gone wrong . . . A triumph!"—Catriona McPherson, Anthony Award-winning author of As She Left It

"Tense and all-too-believable . . . Laura DiSilverio's taut mystery packs an emotional punch."—Meg Gardiner, Edgar Award-winning author of China Lake

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    September 8, 2015

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      • ISBN: 9780738746555
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    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      July 27, 2015
      Iris Dashwood, the heroine of this uneven tale of revenge, retribution, and redemption from DiSilverio (Swift Run), was born into a strict Colorado religious community and sexually abused at 15 by its pastor, Matthew Brozek. After the congregation supported him and inflicted a stoning ritual on her, she fled Colorado. Now 38, she’s a well-heeled jewelry designer in Portland, Ore., where she engages in casual sex with hot—and younger—men. When Iris learns that her abuser has awakened from a coma caused by the vicious beating that her father has spent 23 years in prison for committing, she returns to Colorado to confront Matt. In her search for the truth, she must come to terms with her failures in judgment and lack of compassion. Iris begins as a model of trendy sexual role reversal, but after she seduces her once-best friend’s son, she realizes that she has victimized people in a way that uncomfortably mirrors Matt’s behavior. The reality-stretching antics of assorted religious zealots pad out Iris’s cozy confessions.

    • Library Journal

      Starred review from September 1, 2015

      Mercy Asher lived with her parents in Colorado as a member of a religious cult until the day she accused the leader, Pastor Matthew Brozek, of molesting her. Branded a liar, the 15-year-old fled, unaware that on that same night she left, the pastor was beaten into a coma and his wife killed. Twenty years later, Mercy has reinvented herself as a well-known and sought-after jewelry designer named Iris Dashwood. When she learns that the pastor has awakened from his long coma, her muse deserts her and she must return to the tiny town of Lone Pine to confront the terrible things that happened. VERDICT DiSilverio is acclaimed for her three cozy series ("Readaholics"; "Swift Investigations"; "Mall Cop"). Here, she delivers an outstanding, dark stand-alone that twists and turns between flashbacks and current-day events. Mercy/Iris, a flawed and tragic woman, must overcome her past in order to have a future. When all the secrets come to the surface, no one will be left undamaged. An excellent read for Megan Abbott or Kate Morton aficionados.

      Copyright 2015 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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