Welcome to the April 30th stop on the blog tour for If She Dies by Erik Therme, organized by Goddess Fish Promtions. Be sure to follow the rest of the tour for spotlights, reviews, and a giveaway! More on that at the end of this post.
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About the Book
If She Dies
by Erik Therme
Published 21 February 2021
Thecker Books
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Page Count: 325
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Nine months ago, Tess’s five-year-old daughter was killed in a car accident. The driver, Brady Becker, was sentenced to two years in prison. It didn’t make Tess’s pain go away.
Brady also has a daughter: A twelve-year-old named Eve who walks to Chandler Middle School every day. Tess knows this because she’s been watching Eve for the last three weeks. It isn’t fair that Brady’s daughter gets to live, while Tess’s daughter does not.
When Eve goes missing, all eyes turn to Tess, who doesn’t have an alibi. But Tess isn’t guilty.
Or so she believes.
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Excerpt
I slouch further into the driver’s seat as Eve exits her apartment complex across the street. Today, she’s wearing jean shorts, sandals, and a blue tank top; blonde hair pulled into a crooked ponytail, her electric-pink backpack secured firmly over both shoulders. Eve turned twelve a few weeks ago, and since that day, she walks the six blocks to and from Chandler Middle School alone. She’s a few minutes later today than yesterday, but last Friday she was so early I almost missed her leaving. That won’t happen again.
Eve stops just outside the complex doors and tilts her head upward. Her mother, Meg, is raining down an angry stream of words from the screen-less window one story above. I can’t make out what’s being said, but I do manage to catch a single word riding the mild May breeze: ungrateful. There was clearly an argument this morning, maybe about laundry that wasn’t folded, or unfinished homework, or a dishwasher that wasn’t unloaded, or one of a thousand other things a mother raising a twelve-year-old daughter alone can stress over.
But Eve is a trooper.
She patiently listens to every word with her head raised, not talking back, not crossing her arms, not reflecting her mother’s anger. I think to myself: what if today’s the day? What if something unthinkable happens to Eve this very morning and she’s never seen again? What would Meg do with that guilt? How would she live with herself, knowing her final words to her daughter were angry and bitter over something trivial and inconsequential?
About the Author
Erik Therme has thrashed in garage bands, inadvertently harbored runaways, and met Darth Vader. When he’s not at his computer, he can be found cheering on his youngest daughter’s volleyball team, or watching horror movies with his oldest. He currently resides in Iowa City, Iowa—one of only twenty-eight places in the world that UNESCO has certified as a City of Literature.
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Giveaway Alert!
Erik Therme will be awarding a $25 Amazon or Barnes & Noble gift card to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour.
a Rafflecopter giveaway| April 26 | Rogue’s Angels |
| April 27 | Christine Young |
| April 28 | Long and Short Reviews |
| April 29 | FUONLYKNEW |
| April 30 | Westveil Publishing |
| May 3 | Fabulous and Brunette |
| May 4 | Andi’s Book Reviews |
| May 5 | Stormy Nights Reviewing and Bloggin’ |
| May 6 | Locks, Hooks and Books |
| May 7 | Straight From the Library |
| May 10 | The Avid Readerreview |
| May 11 | Becoming Extraordinary |
| May 12 | Read Your Writes Book Reviews |
| May 13 | All the Ups and Downs |
| May 14 | Viviana MacKade |
| May 17 | Iron Canuck Reviews and More |
| May 18 | Sandra’s Book Club |
| May 19 | Sapphyria’s Books |
| May 20 | The Faerie Review |
| May 21 | Jazzy Book Reviews |
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Sounds like a good book.
Happy Friday, thanks for sharing!
I liked the excerpt and the cover.