In an Instant
Tray Wainwright
c. July 2019
Prism, an imprint of Pelican Book
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About the Book
The Clock is Ticking...
Julie Montgomery left for work but never arrived. Her husband, Luke, reports her disappearance, but Officer Terrence Cooper isn’t convinced anything’s amiss. As he looks into the case, he discovers that not only are Luke Montgomery’s fears warranted, but that Julie had been hiding a dark secret.
Julie vanished in an instant. By the time Terrence unravels the truth, will it be too late to get her back?
Julie Montgomery left for work but never arrived. Her husband, Luke, reports her disappearance, but Officer Terrence Cooper isn’t convinced anything’s amiss. As he looks into the case, he discovers that not only are Luke Montgomery’s fears warranted, but that Julie had been hiding a dark secret.
Julie vanished in an instant. By the time Terrence unravels the truth, will it be too late to get her back?
My Review
Set in lush fall east coast rural
America, Wainwright’s Christian suspense shows how all things must work
together in order to save a missing woman.
At the start, a young husband’s
report of his bride’s disappearance seems uncomplicated at best, suspicious at
worst. Luke knows only that although his wife’s car arrived at work, she didn’t
show up at her historical interpretation position in the Colonial Williamsburg
historical complex. Since it’s only been a couple of hours, Officer Cooper has
nothing but gut instinct to go on when he agrees to check things out. As he
gets deeper into the troubling situation, he begins to unravel a secret of
despair that Luke’s wife, Julie, and mother-in-law are desperate to keep in the
past.
Our past not only haunts us, it
returns upon occasion to remind us that we are all imperfect creatures and
secrets hurt and betray. When Julie decides to stomp the ugliness of her youth
into the ground and share her newfound normalcy with joyous abandon when she
marries Luke, her past rises up in an attempt to regain control of her life.
Officer Cooper, a loner on the force, learns he must use the expertise of those
around him, even if he doesn’t respect their intent or beliefs. Julie’s mother
and husband must rely on the only course of action they have to help Julie,
which is deep prayer, and the prayers of friends. Julie and Luke both
understand that in desperate situations, they do the best they can and then rely
on the One who is truly in control.
A few clever distractions briefly
hide the depth of the crime, and overall good dialog and characters keep the
reader turning pages. Those who love their crime stories interwoven with
Christian prayer and moments of Christian gathering to soften the moments of
violence will find much to appreciate in Wainwright’s newest book.
About the Author
Tracy is the author of books and
multiple local and national magazines articles. She enjoys writing in a variety
of genres and has works in the categories of Bible Studies, adult fiction,
young adult, children’s fiction and nonfiction. Her latest nonfiction book, A
Transformed Mind is the first in a series of twelve mini ebooks devoted to life
transformation. Tracy works in her writing around being a wife and
homeschooling mom of four, women’s conference director, women’s ministry leader
in her church and speaking. She loves Jesus, other people and both the written
and spoken word.
