When Death Draws Near
Death has always been part of Gwen Marcey’s job. But when faced with her own mortality, everything takes on a different hue.
Forensic artist Gwen Marcey is between jobs and homes when she accepts temporary work in Pikeville, Kentucky. The Eastern Kentucky town, located deep in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains, has been plagued by a serial rapist and a series of unexplained deaths. Before Gwen can develop a composite drawing, the latest witness vanishes, just like all the previous victims.
Turning her attention to sketching the face of an unidentified body, she discovers a link between his death and a Pentecostal serpent-handling church. Serpent-handling is illegal in Kentucky, and the churches have gone underground to avoid the authorities and continue to worship as they believe. Gwen is offered a handsome reward to infiltrate the renegade members, a reward she desperately needs as it seems her breast cancer has returned.
Joined by her digitally-obsessed, Generation Z daughter, Gwen goes undercover to a nineteenth century revival, planning to draw the faces of the snake handlers so they can be identified and arrested. Instead she uncovers a murderous plot and a festering evil.
MY THOUGHTS- Carrie Parks has done it again! She has written a novel that grabs the readers attention, delving into the world of a forensic artist, and threatening to keep you up all night trying to get it finished!
We are plunged once again into the life of Gwen Marcey, a forensic artist, as she tries to aid the police in their capture of a serial rapist. But you know how life doesn't throw one thing at a time? Well, she also gets a report that her cancer is back, and harsh. There are plenty of twists and turns, intriguing characters including some charming snake handlers, and lots of page turning tension. You won't go wrong with picking this one up!
THE GIVEAWAY DETAILS!
Plunge into forensic artist Gwen Marcey's world, full of cold-case murders, shady politics, and a den of venomous suspects. Add Carrie Stuart Parks' new Gwen Marcey novel, When Death Draws Near, to the top of your must-read list. Gwen accepts temporary work in Pikeville, Kentucky—a small town facing big-city crime. But before she can finish her first drawing of the serial rapist who is on the loose, the latest witness vanishes. Just like all the others. Can Gwen uncover the truth—and convince anyone to believe her—before she becomes a victim herself?Join Carrie in celebrating the release of When Death Draws Near by entering to win an Undercover Artist Starter Set.
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