Lacey's Star

By Kay DiBianca

Description:

Private pilot Cassie Deakin lands in the middle of an unwanted adventure when she discovers her beloved Uncle Charlie has been attacked and seriously injured by thieves.

But Cassie has a problem. She doesn't know who she can trust. Still, she's determined to solve the mystery behind the assault on her uncle, so she reluctantly agrees to team up with Deputy Frank White, a man she definitely does not trust, to find the culprits.

But as Cassie and Frank peel back the layers of one mystery, they uncover a deeper and more sinister crime: the murder of an eight-year-old girl decades earlier. Armed with only a single, cryptic clue to the death of young Lacey Alderson, Cassie makes a crucial discovery that lands her in the crosshairs of a murderer.

Book Takeaway:

Facing the truth, however bitter, is always better than a lie.

Why the author wrote this book:

Many women in the twenty-first century find themselves in a world whose messaging doesn’t match up with their beliefs. 25-year-old Cassie Deakin is one of them. While she acts to protect a beloved uncle, her background in faith is tested by her competitive nature, her funny but sarcastic temperament, and her attraction to a man whom she considers untrustworthy.

Throughout the story, Cassie struggles to decide who to believe and who to trust. Since these are issues most of us deal with, I wanted to show the journey Cassie takes to arrive at the truth.