Close to the Broken Hearted

from lostinalibrary

Psalm 34:18 The Lord is close to the broken hearted And saves those who are crushed in spirit Leah Teal is the only police detective in the tiny town of Alvin, Alabama and the only one willing to take the constant calls from Sylvie Carson seriously. Sylvie, who lives just outside of town with her...

from hardlyhardy

Working mothers sometimes have to take their kids to work with them, which can become problematic when a mother works as a police detective. When I reviewed the first book in Michael Hiebert's Alvin, Alabama series of mysteries, "Dream with Little Angels" (April 11, 2014), my objection was that D...

from JenniferLynn

The books opens up with a bang. Literally. A little boy is killed right in front of his parents and young sister, Sylvie. This traumatic event shapes Sylvie's life, along with the murder of her mother and death of her father. Leah Teal, the first female detective in the small town is Sylvie's onl...