{"id":16600,"date":"2023-08-22T10:11:46","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T16:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=16600"},"modified":"2023-08-22T10:11:46","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T16:11:46","slug":"the-axe-by-linda-griffin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/?p=16600","title":{"rendered":"The Axe by Linda Griffin"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Suspenseful and character-rich\u2026 A page-turner.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A young couple\u2019s life is forever altered when they\u2019re attacked on a weekend trip in Griffin\u2019s fast-paced thriller. Eric Leidheldt and Desiree Chauveau are deeply in love and excited to spend a weekend at Eric’s uncle\u2019s cabin. But their plan goes haywire after Eric confronts two strangers at the cabin who attack Desi viciously, leaving Eric tied up and unconscious. The following day, Desi is arrested for the murder of two men. She confesses, but is she really guilty? The suspense here is relentless; Griffin does a great job of embedding surprising revelations into the fast-paced narrative, keeping readers thoroughly invested. Desi holds her own as a character; her ongoing turmoil is completely believable, rendering her understandably human. Eric\u2019s struggle to do the right thing by Desi makes him an endearing protagonist. The twist toward the end is both real and surprising and the ending heartfelt. The novel isn\u2019t \u201cjust another thriller\u201d but a deep exploration of violence, trauma, PTSD, and trust. A winner. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Axe
Linda Griffin<\/strong>
Buy now<\/a><\/strong>
The Wild Rose Press, Inc.
Pub date September 27, 2023
ASIN\u200e B0CC6VYT7B
Price $1.99 (USD) Kindle edition<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Suspenseful and character-rich\u2026 A page-turner. A young couple\u2019s life is forever altered when they\u2019re attacked on a weekend trip in Griffin\u2019s fast-paced thriller. Eric Leidheldt and Desiree Chauveau are deeply in love and excited to spend a weekend at Eric’s uncle\u2019s cabin. But their plan goes haywire after Eric confronts two strangers at the cabin who attack Desi viciously, leaving Eric tied up and unconscious. The following day, Desi is arrested for the murder of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145610851,"featured_media":16601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[],"tags":[7223,91,3328,178,1136176,929713,1473,1008073,856121,309,349],"class_list":["post-16600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-author","tag-blogging","tag-book-reviews","tag-books","tag-indie-books","tag-psychological-thriller","tag-reading","tag-review-blog","tag-review-website","tag-reviews","tag-writing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pajKJn-4jK","amp_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/axe.jpg?fit=312%2C500&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/145610851"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16600"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16600\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16613,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16600\/revisions\/16613"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theprairiesbookreview.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}