Gracie's Secret

Author: Jill Childs
Genre: Thriller
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing, 2019
Pages: 320
Rating: Highly Recommend

Synopsis: Time stops for Jen when her beloved daughter, Gracie, is involved in a terrible car crash. After the little girl is pronounced dead at the scene, it's a miracle when paramedics manage to resuscitate her.

The relief Jen feels at Gracie's recovery is matched only by her fury at the drive of the car - her ex's new girlfriend, Ella. Jen has never trusted Ella, and now her worst fears have been confirmed.

But then Gracie begins to tell strange stories about what she heard in the car that day, and what she saw in those moments near death. It's clear that there's something shocking hidden in Ella's past. . .but exposing it could tear all their lives apart.

Review: In a rare moment when I was actually able to browse the library shelves, rather than searching books online and requesting, I found Gracie's Secret. 

I went into this thinking it was fiction, but then bam, it turned thriller. I was hooked from the beginning, and it held my attention til the end. I'm annoyed that I picked up on subtleties early on, but that's almost par for the course. Whether it's intuition or because I read so much, I don't know. Regardless, I do know I must read more by this author.