Published by William
Morrow
Release day: July 23,
2019
Pages:
400
DEAD SILENCE
The Foundlings Trilogy
BOOK
TWO
New York Times Bestselling
Author Wendy Corsi Staub is the master of psychological suspense. Here, she
delves into the twisted mind of The Angler, who lures his human prey the
way he catches fish. Sometimes, he gets one worth keeping… for a little while…
No Such Thing as Coincidence…
Staring into his frightened blue eyes,
investigative genealogist Amelia Crenshaw Haines vows to help this silent
little boy who is unable—or unwilling—to communicate his past. Though her own
roots remain shrouded in mystery, she relies on tangible DNA evidence to help
fellow foundlings uncover theirs . . . until a remarkable twist of fate
presents a stranger bearing an eerily familiar childhood souvenir.
NYPD Missing Persons Detective Stockton Barnes
has spent his career searching for other people’s lost loved ones and
outrunning a youthful misstep. Now a chance encounter with a key player from
that fateful night leads him on a desperate quest to locate the one woman he’s
ever regretted leaving—unless a savage killer finds her first.
As Amelia and Barnes uncover intertwining
truths—and lies—the real horror emerges not in crimes already committed, but in
evil yet to come . . .
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I have purchased a few of Wendy Corsi
Staub's audiobooks. I've really enjoyed them. I have found that Miss Staub's writing
is layered. There seems to be stories inside of stories. Characters are
extremely well developed and Staub really likes to dive into their lives, she
gives us the who, what, where of our people. This can be a bit overwhelming in
the beginning but it does serve a purpose so don't let it beat you down. The
details Staub adds are generally pertinent... give it some time!
I feel like I should mention that I have
not read the first book in the Foundlings Trilogy. With that said, I think it
would be best for the reader to start at the beginning. We do get to know NYPD
Missing Persons Detective Stockton Barnes. From checking out the first book
briefly, it looks like when you just jump into Dead Silence you may end up
missing some of his general information since he is the lead in the first book.
However, I really feel like Miss Staub did a thorough job of introducing Barnes
to us. He’s a bit brash… just like I enjoy my detectives!
I really liked Amelia. She's self aware.
Bluntly honest with herself... if you can't be honest with yourself, can you be
honest with anyone? She might be feeling a bit of the doldrums... kind of like
she's stuck in the rut called life. Perhaps this is her mid-life crisis. She’s
wanting things to shake up just a bit… she might get just what she’s asked for!
Dead Silence comes out swinging! That
opening chapter… goodness! It had me rushing through the entire story. I
thought the genealogy aspect was really a fascinating route to go. People are so
obsessed with those internet sites that find your heritage and long-lost
family. I feel like Staub put a compulsive, fast-paced spin on something nearly
everyone is interested in these days. Plus, we get this human-feel for the
people behind the genealogy studies. Besides being an unstoppable thriller, it
was just an interesting story!
I received an ARC of this book with the hope that I would leave an
Unbiased Opinion. I was not required to leave a review, positive or otherwise,
and my opinions are just that... my opinions.
LITTLE GIRL LOST
BOOK
ONE
From New York Times Bestselling Author Wendy Corsi Staub comes a gripping novel of psychological suspense, as a young foundling’s path to her biological parents leads to a killer with a chilling agenda
MAY, 1968
On a murky pre-dawn Mother’s Day, sinister secrets play out miles apart in New York City. In Harlem, a church janitor finds an innocent newborn in a basket. In Brooklyn, an elusive serial killer prowls slumbering families, leaving a trail of blood and a twisted calling card. Cloaked in lies, these seemingly unrelated lives—and deaths—are destined to intersect on a distant, blood-soaked day.
OCTOBER,
1987
Reeling from shocking personal discoveries, two strangers navigate a world where nothing is as it seems. Amelia Crenshaw embarks on a search to discover the truth about the birth mother who abandoned her, never suspecting she’s on a collision course with a killer. Detective Stockton Barnes, a brash young NYPD detective, trails a missing millionaire whose disappearance is rooted in a nightmare that began twenty years ago.
The past returns with a brutal vengeance as a masked predator picks off victims whose fates intertwine with a notorious murder spree solved back in ‘68—or was it?
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About
Wendy Corsi Staub
New
York Times
bestseller Wendy Corsi Staub is the award-winning author of more than ninety
novels, best known for the single title psychological suspense novels she
writes under her own name. Those books and the women’s fiction she writes under
the pseudonym Wendy Markham have also appeared on the USA Today, Amazon,
Barnes and Noble, and Bookscan bestseller lists.
LITTLE
GIRL LOST (July, William Morrow) launches Wendy’s fifth suspense trilogy for
HarperCollins. In 2017, she concluded her Mundy’s Landing trilogy with BONE
WHITE (April, William Morrow), and released DEAD OF WINTER (November, Crooked
Lane), the third title in her Lily Dale traditional mystery series.
Her
novel HELLO, IT’S ME was a recent Hallmark television movie starring Kellie
Martin. Her short story “Cat Got Your Tongue” will appear in R.L. Stine’s
upcoming MWA middle grade anthology SCREAM AND SCREAM AGAIN (HarperCollins,
2018).
A
three-time finalist for the Simon and Schuster Mary Higgins Clark Award, she’s
won an RWA Rita Award, an RT Award for Career Achievement in Suspense, the 2007
RWA-NYC Golden Apple Award for Lifetime Achievement, and five WLA Washington
Irving Prizes for Fiction.
She
previously published a dozen adult suspense novels with Kensington Books and
the critically-acclaimed young adult paranormal series “Lily Dale”
(Walker/Bloomsbury). Earlier in her career, she published a broad range of
genres under her own name and pseudonyms, and was a co-author/ghostwriter for
several celebrities.
Raised
in Dunkirk, NY, Wendy graduated from SUNY Fredonia and launched a publishing
career in New York City. She was Associate Editor at Silhouette Books before
selling her first novel in 1992. Married with two sons, she lives in the NYC
suburbs. An active supporter of the American Cancer Society, she was a featured
speaker at Northern Westchester’s 2015 Relay for Life and 2012 National
Spokesperson for the Sandy Rollman Ovarian Cancer Foundation. She has has
fostered for various animal rescue organizations.
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