Welcome to a new week and a beautiful Monday morning. I wanted to share a new book called The Farm by Andrea Heckner with you before I leave for breakfast with Charlie and my best friend from High School. I received a PDF Copy of the book from Voracious Readers for the review. Inside this post is my affiliate links if you click on the links and make a purchase I will make a small percentage off the items you purchase.
My husband David and I’ve been watching Muder Mystery shows on TV but there wasn’t anything new to watch together. I chose this book to read at night once everyone was in bed but if I had done that I wouldn’t have slept. Instead David and I’ve been reading the book together as night and its a fast read.
This may be the Authors first book but you wouldn’t know it from the story she tells. The fun part was every time I thought I had it figured out David had a different thought and every time we was wrong. I could see this book being turned into a series on Halmark’s Murder Mystery Channel and its a good addition for a book club,
Each character is developed through the use of a time line referring to past and current happenings which David and I enjoyed exploring. As you read, the story you find the characters are woven into the “who did it” and why you suspect them list. The difference in the characters leaves you unsure who is responsible.
Once David and I finished the book Charlie’s friend Bradley heard us talking and asked to read the PDF copy and I let him because it gets him off electronics. As night I could hear Charlie and Bradley discussing the book and they said The Farm, takes us on wild Goose chases and the minute you think you know what happened to Kelsey Lerner, another possibility opens up. There is real serial killers in The Farm and their reasonings are as logical as they are insane. be prepared to finish this book in one day because its not one you will want to put down.
About the book:
Have you ever wondered how an ordinary person could know and interact with a serial killer and not know it until it was too late? The Farm, book one in The Secrets in the Heartland series, centers on the disappearance of Kelsey Learner, a seemingly ordinary midwestern single mom.
When Kelsey goes missing, no one even notices for almost two days.
Detectives Kass Minor and Mitch Leet zero in on two suspects, Joe Learner, Kelsey’s ex-husband, and Helen Hann, Kelsey’s boss’s wife. Joe has little contact with Kelsey or their daughter Claire and seems unconcerned when he finds out Kelsey is missing. Detectives quickly learn that Joe is lying to them
Meanwhile, looking into Kelsey’s last known movements, Minor and Leet realize that Helen Hann has developed an unhealthy obsession with her. These two suspects may hold the key to finding Kelsey but is the obvious always the right answer?
Parallel to the investigation into Kelsey’s disappearance, a pair of serial killers are murdering in the area for what they perceive to be a higher good. Police have yet to connect their victims and, in some cases, even know they are missing. Is Kelsey their latest victim, or is it a coincidence that a serial killer couple is on the loose and Kelsey has vanished?
Are Kelsey’s disappearance and the serial killer’s mission connected, or is their convergence just an eerie coincidence?
From debut author Andrea Heckner, The Farm is the start of your new favorite series and will leave you guessing until you read the next book in The Secrets in the Heartland series. Be prepared to stay up all night reading but be left with unanswered questions.
Meet the Author: Andrea Heckner
Andrea Heckner lives in Wisconsin with her husband David. They have three grown sons and three grandchildren. She spends her free time with her family or reading. As an avid reader, Andrea often stays up past her bedtime to keep reading.
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
