Out of the Ashes
By: Kara Thomas
ISBN: 9781662509537
Publisher: Thomas & Mercer
Publication Date: 04/25/2023
Format: Other
My Rating: TBR (ARC)
A woman’s investigation into her family’s murders uncovers lies, secrets, and dangerous truths in a heart-wrenching novel of suspense.
When she was thirteen years old, Samantha Newsom’s family was murdered and their Catskills farmhouse set ablaze in an unsolved crime that left nothing behind but ashes.
Twenty-two years later, Sam is pulled back to her hometown of Carney, New York, under the shadows of the grim tragedy she’s never forgotten or forgiven. Authorities mishandled the evidence, false rumors were seeded about her family, suspects yielded nothing, and the case went cold. Not anymore. Investigator Travis Meacham has been assigned to the case, and he has news for Sam: a prison inmate has come forward with a shocking admission. Sam’s baby sister, presumed dead in the fire, made it out of the house that night.
It’s not the only reveal that upends everything Sam thinks she knows about the crime and her family. But Carney protects its secrets. And this time, Sam might not be able to escape the town alive.
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Praise
"This story simply engulfed me. I didn't trust a single seedy character that Samantha Newsom came in contact with while on her quest to unearth, after twenty-two years, who was responsible for murdering her entire family and setting their Catskills farmhouse aflame. Out of the Ashes is gritty, raw and chock-full of tension as suffocating as the tiny town of Carney itself."
—Stacy Willingham, New York Times Bestselling Author of A Flicker In the Dark
"A Masterful, smart, slow-burning suspense, Carney drew me in with its sinister secrets and wouldn't let me go until the very last page.
—Ellie Cosimano, USA Today bestselling author of Finlay Donovan is Killing It
"Bold, unpredictable, and savagely beautiful, OUT OF THE ASHES is that rare read that combines breakneck twists and turns with deeply woven themes of family, memory, and justice. You'll read this with your heart in your throat, desperate to know what happened that night—but afraid how ugly the truth might be. A searing shocking powerhouse of a debut."
—Laurie Elizabeth Flynn, bestselling author of The Girls Are All So Nice Here
About the Author
Kara Thomas is the author of The Darkest Corners, Little Monsters, The Cheerleaders, and That Weekend, Barnes and Noble's YA Book Club Pick for July 2021. Kara's books have been sold in multiple languages and have been nominated for the International Thriller Writers Award. In 2013, she wrote and developed the pilot The Revengers with Rashida Jones and Will McCormack for The CW. She lives on Long Island with her husband, son, and rescue cat, where she spends way too much time on Reddit Unresolved Mysteries trying to solve cold cases. WEBSITE
