Tuesday, June 10, 2025

Relative Silence by Carrie Stuart Parks

Genre: Romantic Suspense
Publisher: Thomas Nelson 
Released: July 14, 2020
316 pages
About the Book:

A powerful family with lots of secrets. A forensic artist with his own tragedies. And a hurricane drawing bearing down on their private island. 

Fifteen years ago Piper Boone’s only child died in a boating accident, and Piper’s almost perfect life came to an end too. After living through a divorce and losing her job, she retreats to Curlew Island and her childhood home—a secluded mansion for the politically powerful Boone family, who are practically American royalty.

But Piper’s desire to become a recluse is shattered when a mass shooter opens fire and kills three women at a cafĂ© where Piper is having lunch. The crisis puts her family in the spotlight by dredging up rumors of the so-called Curlew Island Curse, which whispers say has taken the lives of several members of the Boone family, including Piper’s father and sister.

Forensic artist Tucker Landry also survives the shooting and is tasked with the job of sketching a portrait of the shooter with Piper. They forge a bond over their shared love of movies and tragic pasts. But when police discover a connection between the shooting and two more murders on Curlew Island, they face a more terrible lineup of suspects than they could have imagined: Piper’s family.

Unraveling the family’s true history will be the key to Piper’s survival—or her certain death.
  

My Rating & Thoughts:    


So much happens right from the opening scene to the end. The Boone family is wealthy but rumor has it they are cursed. A few family members have died mysteriously over the years, leading Piper to wonder if they truly cursed or is there a more reasonable explanation to things. I did not want to put it down, I was fully invested in working with Piper to figure out what is truly going on. I don't like being outside when it is raining and the way the hurricane was being described and what the characters were going through chilled me to the bone. I did feel like the main story ended abruptly with the epilogue explaining the outcome for us. I would have preferred to see more of that play out instead.

(I purchased my copy of this book; opinions expressed 
in this review are my honest opinion and completely my own.)

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