Woman in Red
Woman in Red
by Eileen Goudge
In Woman in Red, Alice Kessler, whose young son is killed by a drunken man in a hit and run accident struggles with overwhelming feelings and gives in to them and attempts to kill the driver, Owen, who took her son’s life. Alice knew Owen was drunk that night.
Try as she might lost a civil suit against Owen not because he wasn’t guilty but because he was a very rich and influential man in the community. Her attempt to kill her son’s killer failed. Owen would remain alive in a wheelchair while Alice served nine long years in prison for her crime.
After serving her time, Alice returns to town to try to reestablish a connection to the son she left behind, Jeremy, who is now sixteen. Colin McGinty, a recoverying alcoholic, and Alice’s new love interest, has his own set of problems. He too returns to town after his grandfather’s death.
Owen is now the town mayor, a crooked one who blackmails others to do his bidding. The past entwines with the telling of a love story between Alice’s grandmother, Eleanor and Colin’s grandfather, William. William, a famous painter painted the Woman in Red (Eleanor) and killed a man (Owen’s grandfather) as he attempted to rape Eleanor. Back in the present, add in Jeremy’s being falsely accused of rape, an ex-huband, Alice opening a restaurant, the discovery of a fifty year old skeleton, an you have quite a book. Both the past and the present story lines are well told and things in the present answer any unanswered questions left behind in the past.
I finally had to put it down at 2:30 in the morning. I’m reading another book by this very same author and she might well end up on my “favorite author’s list.” One thing I might point out is there are quite a f ew typos in the book. Some caused me to pause and re-read in order to determine how it should have read. It’s not often as an avid reader that I find many typos.
Anne is a work at home mom and grandmother with a passion for books and reading. Anytime, anywhere, any topic – Anne is always ready for reading.
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