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Jessica Thornton is ready for a fresh start for herself and her irrepressible son, Splinter. An unexpected, unusual inheritance-a remote island mansion-seems like the opportunity of a lifetime. But when she arrives, she stumbles into a dangerous web of deception, greed, and murder. Even worse, she runs into the one person she never wanted to lay eyes on again: her long-lost husband, the man who coldly deserted her before their son was born. And the request he makes of her threatens to shake show more the very foundation of her life. . . .Formerly published as The Treasure of Zanzibar. show lessTags
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A slightly surreal start to this book - Jess decides to move to a remote island after being left a mansion.. and doesn't let her ten-year-old son know until they're a week from departure.
However, an exciting story follows with some romance, a 'whodunit' murder to solve, and the thrill of diving to discover a wrecked ship. The Christian content isn't too overdone, and although the characters are a bit flat, and the plot perhaps a bit unlikely, I found it hard to put down once I was half way through.
However, an exciting story follows with some romance, a 'whodunit' murder to solve, and the thrill of diving to discover a wrecked ship. The Christian content isn't too overdone, and although the characters are a bit flat, and the plot perhaps a bit unlikely, I found it hard to put down once I was half way through.
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Catherine Palmer is Associate Professor in Sociology at Deakin University, Australia.
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- Canonical title
- A Whisper of Danger
- Original title
- The Treasure of Zanzibar
- Original publication date
- 1997-03
- Epigraph
- "I asked the Lord to give me this child, and he has given me my request. Now I am giving him to the Lord, and he will belong to the Lord his whole life." 1 Samuel 1:27-28
Don't store up treasures here on earth, where they can be eaten by moths and get rusty, and where thieves break in and steal. Store your treasures in heaven . . . . Wherever your treasure is, there your heart and thoughts wil... (show all)l also be. ---Jesus Christ (Matthew 6:19-21) - Dedication
- This book is dedicated to Geoffrey Palmer, my beloved son.
- First words
- Prologue
"Help, help! I'm drowning!" The reed-thin voice faltered.
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