Imagine spending your first sixteen years following a
carefully planned regimen designed by a controlling woman
who happens to be your mother. We're not talking about a
caring devoted mom. No this is a woman who carefully
orchestrated her life and is now poised to do the same for
or should we say to her daughter. But Elizabeth reaches the
point where she wants to be like girls her age, have
friends, go shopping and maybe have a boyfriend. You know be
normal. Pretty tall order for a girl genius lacking social
skills and no prospects for attaining them. In Elizabeth's
first attempt to rebel against her mother's domination
events spiral out of control and forever change the course
of her life.
As a witness to a brutal double murder she is placed in a
protected environment which turns out to be a death trap and
Elizabeth narrowly escapes. She has virtually no place to go
since her mother has just about abandoned her. Luckily
Elizabeth has her intelligence and resourcefulness to rely
on and as unimaginable as it may seem she manages to
establish the means to support her, keep her identity hidden
and develop skills needed to exact revenge on those that
killed her friends and protectors.
Now twelve years later as one of her many alter egos
Elizabeth Finch settled in the Ozarks under the name of
Abigail Lowery, bought a house and set it up as a fortress.
Everything she learned about security systems and computers
helped her design a place where she feels safe. And along
with her dog Bert, Abigail has established a routine driven
life. Strange if you consider that was what she hated most
about her life under her mother's roof - the routine. The
Ozarks was a small artist's town where everyone knew
everyone and the locals were curious about this reclusive
young woman but Abigail was used to keeping people at arm's
length - that is until she met Chief Brooks Gleason. He was
determined to get to know this fascinating extremely smart
woman whose habit of being so literal always made him smile.
The cop in him knew there was a story behind her
reclusiveness. The more time they spent together the more he
saw a frightened woman who kept herself barricaded. And as
hard as Abigail fought against developing any relationship
and feelings for Brooks there was a part of her that still
longed for someone to love her.
The sheriff made her feel things and long for things that
seemed impossible. As long as she was in hiding from the
killers there was no hope. But Brooks opened her eyes and
heart to the possibility of loving someone and being truly
loved in return. Surely that was worth risking everything
for.
Fans of Nora Roberts are in for a treat with this page
turner. I was hooked from page one and the suspense and
angst held on till the bitter end. Roberts infused her
characters with equal measures of insecurity and guts making
THE WITNESS a tangibly real experience.
Daughter of a controlling mother, Elizabeth finally let
loose one night, drinking at a nightclub and allowing a
strange man’s seductive Russian accent lure her to a house
on Lake Shore Drive. The events that followed changed her
life forever.
Twelve years later, the woman known as Abigail Lowery lives
on the outskirts of a small town in the Ozarks. A freelance
programmer, she designs sophisticated security systems—and
supplements her own security with a fierce dog and an
assortment of firearms. She keeps to herself, saying little,
revealing nothing. But Abigail’s reserve only intrigues
police chief Brooks Gleason. Her logical mind, her secretive
nature, and her unromantic viewpoints leave him fascinated
but frustrated. He suspects that Abigail needs protection
from something—and that her elaborate defenses hide a story
that must be revealed.
With a quirky, unforgettable heroine and a pulse-pounding
plotline, Nora Roberts presents a riveting new read that
cements her place as today’s most reliably entertaining
thriller author—and will leave people hungering for more.
Great review. I love Nora Roberts, but I am normally into the lighter romance books. Your review is making me rethink this. Thanks! (Sharlene Wegner 8:47pm January 6, 2013)
Sounds like a great mystery with the Nora Roberts romance touch! It was a good review in that it makes me definitely want to read the book! (Jean Merriott 12:33pm January 7, 2013)
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