This New York Times Bestseller is praised for its intricate plot, well-drawn characters, and skillful blend of romance and suspense, making it a must-read for fans of the genre. As she adapts to her new identity and life, she becomes entangled in a complex web of deceit, secrets, and danger that threaten to unravel everything she knows. However, her life takes a dangerous turn when she witnesses a brutal murder and is forced to go into hiding to protect herself. The story follows Elizabeth Fitch, a young woman from a privileged background who decides to rebel against her controlling mother and live a more adventurous life. The Witness by Nora Roberts is a gripping thriller novel by bestselling author Nora Roberts. Putnam’s Sons, 2012.Get this Audiobook for FREE NOW! □ 30-Day Free Trial → Click Here: “Nora Roberts’s Three Decades of Writing Have Led to 200 Books. But the novel was Roberts’s 200th book, and on April 16, 2012, the Washington Post published a long article by Nora Krug outlining Roberts’s career and its critical and popular reception. Like romance fiction generally, The Witness was not widely reviewed in the mainstream press, although it was extensively covered on Internet message boards and other websites. This detail is particularly apt in The Witness, since the real-life Robinson was a native of Little Rock. Brooks was named for Brooks Robinson of the Baltimore Orioles, the baseball team referred to in many Roberts novels. Abigail is the brilliant but emotionally stunted daughter of a controlling, ambitious mother. For example, leading characters have fairly ordinary jobs-computer programming, law enforcement, and teaching-although one of the main characters happens to be very rich. It contains stock details and characters found in many of the hundreds of Nora Roberts novels. The Witness employs conventions of the Contemporary Romance genre. She and Brooks must find a way to bring her safely out of hiding and punish the murderers. Twelve years later, she is living under an assumed identity in Bickford. While awaiting the trial of members of the Chicago crime organization, she survived the murders of two U.S. In Chicago at age sixteen, she witnessed a murder by a member of the Russian Mafia. But the major plot involves Abigail’s earlier life. When a landmark historic hotel is vandalized by the ne’er-do-well son of the town banker, he attempts to intimidate Brooks into letting him off. Supporting characters include Brooks’s siblings and local businessmen, politicians, artisans, and food-service workers, as well as an unhappily married alcoholic couple-formerly the star football player and the head cheerleader at Bickford High. She lives just outside of town with a greenhouse, a large, multi-lingual dog, and a dozen handguns strategically located throughout the house. The Witness In her stunning 200th novel, 1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts proves why no one is better when it comes to flawlessly fusing. Brooks Gleason is attracted to a mysterious newcomer to Bickford, Abigail Lowery. His father teaches mathematics at the local high school, and his mother came to Bickford as a 1960s-era hippie. Brooks Gleason, chief of police of Bickford, has come home after ten years on the Little Rock (Pulaski County) police force. They are also more welcoming to “Yankees” than small-town folk in other Roberts novels. The novel’s characters are what you might expect to find in a tourist town in the mountains: generous, family-centered Ozarkers gifted at story-telling and meandering conversation. Bickford is hardly ever mentioned by name, however, and its identity with Eureka Springs is tenuous. Putnam’s Sons, The Witness is set in the imaginary Ozarks town of Bickford, Arkansas, a community that somewhat resembles the tourist town of Eureka Springs (Carroll County). A 2012 novel by romance writer Nora Roberts published by G.
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