This author participates in the Readers' Favorite Free Book Program, which is open to all readers and is completely free. The author will provide you with a free copy of their book in exchange for an honest review. You and the author will discuss what sites you will post your review to and what kind of copy of the book you would like to receive (eBook, PDF, Word, paperback, etc.). To begin, click the purple email icon to send this author a private email.
This author participates in the Readers' Favorite Book Review Exchange Program, which is open to all authors and is completely free. Simply put, you agree to provide an honest review an author's book in exchange for the author doing the same for you. What sites your reviews are posted on (B&N, Amazon, etc.) and whether you send digital (eBook, PDF, Word, etc.) or hard copies of your books to each other for review is up to you. To begin, click the purple email icon to send this author a private email, and be sure to describe your book or include a link to your Readers' Favorite review page or Amazon page.
This author participates in the Readers' Favorite Book Donation Program, which was created to help nonprofit and charitable organizations (schools, libraries, convalescent homes, soldier donation programs, etc.) by providing them with free books and to help authors garner more exposure for their work. This author is willing to donate free copies of their book in exchange for reviews (if circumstances allow) and the knowledge that their book is being read and enjoyed. To begin, click the purple email icon to send this author a private email. Be sure to tell the author who you are, what organization you are with, how many books you need, how they will be used, and the number of reviews, if any, you would be able to provide.
Reviewed by Keith Mbuya for Readers' Favorite
When her ninety-eight-year-old aunt Gretchen “Gret” Prescot dies of an overdose of her medication, sixty-five-year-old Lyric Adler believes Gret was murdered. Her three cousins, on the other hand, seem to believe the old woman may have mistakenly overdosed herself. Lyric hires her friend Vett Brayborn, a private detective, to investigate her aunt’s demise. A lot of details about the case leave Vett with raised eyebrows. Before her demise, Aunt Gret had changed her will, making Lyric the biggest benefactor of her multi-million-dollar estate, and her cousins the recipients of a small fraction of the estate. Lyric’s cousins did not hide their displeasure. Lyric also claims she is ready to share heavy secrets she has been keeping about her aunt. As Vett picks up and follows clues, she finds herself digging through thick layers of lies and secrets in the family, while brushing with a string of murders as she races to nab and reveal Aunt Gret’s murderer. Find out more in Dr. Sandra Tanner’s Silenced by the Promise: A Vett Brayborn Murder Mystery.
With vivid depictions, Tanner dropped me right into the middle of the affairs of a family entrenched neck-deep in dark secrets, unforgivable lies, sibling rivalry, domestic violence, generational trauma, and trapped in the shadows of murder, blackmail, and betrayal. The suspense had me turning from page to page for answers. Every time I thought I had solved a part of the mystery, I would be treated to plot twists, some of which I never saw coming, which left me with more questions than answers. Tanner brings out the cast’s emotions, anchors the grip on reality, and allows me to connect with the cast. Vett is a savvy, persistent, intuitive detective who will go out of her way and even put her life on the line just to get her facts right and solve mysteries. Lovers of slow-burn murder mystery novels will find Dr. Sandra Tanner’s Silenced by the Promise an enthralling read.
