WATCH HER
Hester Thursby #3
Nominated for the 2021 Agatha Award for Best Contemporary Novel!
In the third intelligently dark suspense novel by Edgar and Agatha finalist Edwin Hill, Harvard librarian Hester Thursby becomes enmeshed with a powerful Boston family desperate to keep their deepest secrets from coming to light...
“Complex characterization and a masterly mystery make this a superior read.”
While attending a gala at Prescott University's lavish new campus, Hester Thursby and fellow guest, Detective Angela White, are called to the home of the college's owners, Tucker and Jennifer Matson. Jennifer claims that someone broke into Pinebank, their secluded mansion on the banks of Jamaica Pond. The more Hester and Angela investigate, the less they believe Jennifer's story, leaving Hester to wonder why she would lie.
When Hester is asked by the college's general manager to locate some missing alumni, she employs her research skills on the family and their for-profit university. Between financial transgressions, a long-ago tragedy, and rumors of infidelity, it's clear that the Matsons aren't immune to scandal or mishap. But when one of the missing students turns up dead, the mystery takes on new urgency. Hester is edging closer to the truth, but as a decades-old secret collides with new lies, a killer grows more determined to keep the past buried with the dead...
Reviews of Watch Her
“Edwin Hill’s third outing in his critically-acclaimed Hester Thursby mystery series, Watch Her, hits that elusive sweet spot yet again with an impeccable blend of intelligent and relatable characters confronted with a dangerous and complex crime in a fascinating setting.”
- KAREN DIONNE, award-winning bestselling author of The Wicked Sister and The Marsh King’s Daughter
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“Watch Her breaks rules and forges a singular path that uniquely belongs to Edwin Hill.”
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“Quirky characters complement the suspenseful plot. Readers will agree that a failing school makes a grade-A mystery.”
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“Complex characterization and a masterly mystery make Watch Her a superior read.”
- Kirkus
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“A tightly woven and wickedly solid plot that had me completely enthralled…”
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“A solid mystery.”
- Mystery Scene Magazine
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“Watch Her is a complex family saga, one that keeps readers pondering long after the last drop of blood has been spilled.”
- Booktrib
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“The engrossing Watch Her is an education in thoughtful plotting that should bring Hill more honors.”
- Oline Cogdill, Florida Sun Sentinel
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“Edwin Hill has written a fascinating study into the behaviors of seemingly ordinary people, people you might know, who will stop at nothing to keep things from being revealed.”
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“Watch Her is a novel that places character-development first, allowing the exploration of character to drive the plot, building gradually toward a satisfying and beautifully restrained conclusion.”
Watch Her (Hester Thursby 3)
(c) 2020
Kensington
ISBN: 978-1496726766
Formats
Hardcover, paperback, large print, audio, and e-Book.
Where to buy
Available wherever books are sold. Here are some of my local favorites:
Harvard Book Store in Cambridge
Porter Square Books in Cambridge (featured in Little Comfort!)
Also available online