“Edgy. Atmospheric. A book you won't soon forget.”—Tarryn Fisher, New York Times bestselling author of The Wives
Girls Without Tears, an all-new and intense, all-consuming dark thriller from T.L. Finlay, is now available!
A missing child, a distraught mother, and a killer on the loose set the stage for a brutal bloodbath in the Florida Everglades in this thrilling read, perfect for fans of Wendy Walker and Megan Goldin.
When six-year-old Skye disappears from Everglades City, Noa is hesitant to return to her hometown to help with the search effort. Skye is the daughter of Noa’s ex, Zack, and Taylor, the girl he dumped her for. Going home also means facing the townspeople who have always misunderstood Noa’s medical condition, Congenital Insensitivity to Pain, and dealing with more of their ignorant comments.
But returning home is just the beginning of Noa's painful journey. When her childhood friend, Jamie, is assaulted by a vagrant, Noa intervenes in a violent counterattack—and the man’s fingerprints are found near Skye’s DNA. As Noa gets closer to the truth of who kidnapped Skye, she starts to uncover secrets about her hometown that she didn’t expect.
Nothing and no one are what they seem in this small Florida backwater—and any good friend can quickly become a deadly enemy.
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Meet T.L. Finlay
I love fiction. I love reading it, writing it, talking about it, and pretending to be it and that is all.
I tried writing my first book at the age of eleven, when I penned a story (seriously, a pen and spiral notebook) about a girl in the 1800s who stole a horse and ran away from home. I stopped because I got scared when the characters started taking over—I didn’t understand how powerful the magic of writing was at that age. So I stuck with poetry for the remainder of my childhood.
I also enjoyed reading books and judging them. Why would the author use that word? Who taught her how to spell? I hate this character! I loved that! What does that have to do with anything? Oh, so that’s why he did it that way. I soon discovered that I read with an editor’s eye—both a blessing and a curse.
I graduated college with a Bachelor in Communication Arts and a minor in English. Somehow, no matter what job I held after that, I always ended up being transferred to the writing/editing department. *shrugs* I don’t really know what to think of that.
I’ve edited eight hundred gazillion manuscripts of all genres for various authors. I do love editing, but my heart lies in writing psychological thrillers. I published my first, The Rules of Burken, in April of 2019. My second, The Falling of Stars, will be released in late summer of 2019.
I’ve been married since 2004 to the love of my life, and we have two athletic boys who have to be driven everywhere. This means that I’m their chauffer, their sports agent, and they don’t even like reading. *sighs* The cherry on top of this family dynamic is my little dog, Scout, who is so ugly it’s comical. But her brains, wit, and smart mouth make up for it.
**This has been edited to add our rescue pup, Goliath, who is as wimpy as he is massive. But he has a heart of gold and the face of a cherub. I can’t, with these dogs…
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The unnerving pain, the excruciating agony we want to escape from, keeps us alive and safe. I've never read a story like this before and come to think of it, ALL of Traci's stories Are harrowingly unique. I always await her books with bated breath and excited heart.
"You shouldn't get to experience pleasure if you are not acquainted with its opposite. Pain is the thorn to your rose colored glasses, and without it you are a simple minded,entitled child."
Another great, Highly addictive story about a woman on a mission, a man with an agenda and a small town that's a swamp of lies from the mighty pen of Traci Finlay that will leave your breathless at the end.
It sucked me in from the first chapter itself. A pulse racing thriller with plenty of jaw dropping moments make it an adrenaline rush read. Traci writes twisted psychological books that leave you wondering about the real villains till the last page. Quite adept at inserting hairpin curves and turns, this book will not disappoint those who love a good mystery of whodunit and whydunit.
The everglades city is already a mangrove ridden swamp where all kinds of predators hide just beneath the twisted roots, but the people are worse who inhabit this town.
"It's not just the Everglades that are dangerous. It's the tongues of those who dwell here---Those tiny members that deliver pain, even I can feel".
They drove a girl away a decade ago simply because she had a condition. On top of that her heart got broken so there was nothing to hold her back.
Noa Romwell is a girl with a painful past that has her shedding tears a lot.
She's insensitive to physical pain but emotional injustices have debilitated her soul. Still her compassion outshines her own misery when she returns to join the search party for Little Skye, daughter of her ex Zack & nemesis Taylor.
The plot itself offers plethora of nooks and crannies where venomous sentiments hide in plain sight. The exes have morphed into unrecognizable humans, a serial killer vagrant is on the loose and she ends up getting kidnapped and tortured again and again.
You'd think the town would have SOME sympathy for her, but heartless town is still dispassionate and prejudiced.
I loved the fight in Noa, against her condition and the repercussions she has to face as a result in her professional and personal life. Her superhumanness is both poignant and commendable. She has no choice but to be a hero.
I loved the characters that were created with painstaking detail, filled with all the human frailities and then some. The tenderness with which skye was crafted was the only respite in this dismal town.
The thrills, the chills you get as every lie unfolds, every secret is revealed, kept my heart thumping.
Fantastically written, fast paced and well researched, it's A delight for mystery & suspense romance lovers that thrive on danger and excitement filled stories.
5 stars for Logistics & Dynamics
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