That’s when the fun begins for the reader – watching quick-thinking Amelia react to assorted stressful and dangerous situations.Īlex’s slick law partner Owen McCall hires private detective Clay Buchanan to track her down, but the expert skip-tracer initially has minimal luck. She’s unsure of where she really wants to go, but feels her life is in danger if she stays. She sells her diamond ring at a pawn shop, gets some different clothes and catches a Greyhound bus out of the area. The wealthy attorney arrives there, but Amelia has bad memories and flees the hospital in fear. She remembers her first name, Amelia, but everything else is a blur.Įventually, she recalls a little bit more her husband, Alex Tobias, is contacted. She’s bruised and battered, with a head injury. In the first chapter, a woman wakes up inside a Florida hospital in the intensive care unit after a car accident. Parrish’s latest offering is a stand-alone novel that opens with a familiar scene – then turns into a harrowing, compelling tale. Parrish may be disappointed that this isn’t a new entry in the award-winning, popular series starring Florida private investigator Louis Kincaid, a former Michigan cop.

It’s a solid, cleverly plotted crime novel that’s liable to keep you awake for hours, quickly turning pages and not being able to concentrate on anything else.įans familiar with P.J. Parrish (Thomas and Mercer, $15.95) is a captivating psychological thriller that will take you on a literary roller-coaster ride.

An Unquiet Grave by P.J. Parrish