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Without Proof: A Redemption's Edge Novel Kindle Edition
**Finalist in The Word Awards (suspense category)**
"Asking questions could cost your life."
Two years after the plane crash that killed her fiancé, Amy Silver has fallen for his best friend, artist Michael Stratton. When a local reporter claims the small aircraft may have been sabotaged, it reopens Amy's grief.
Anonymous warnings and threats are Amy's only proof that the tragedy was deliberate, and she has nowhere to turn. The authorities don't believe her, God is not an option, and Michael's protection is starting to feel like a cage.
How will Amy find the truth?
Michael's feisty great-aunt and the dead man's university-student sister are the other key players in this Christian romantic suspense set in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Do you like clean reads with a Christian thread? Grab your copy today!
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateNovember 10, 2015
- Reading age16 - 18 years
- File size859 KB
Editorial Reviews
Review
Sara Goff, author of I Always Cry at Weddings ★★★★★
"Without Proof addresses many important themes including fear, forgiveness, and self-acceptance... Sketchley's skillful way with words kept me spellbound until the story's last action-packed scene."
Violet Nesdoly, author of Destiny's Hands and Under the Cloud ★★★★★
"This book pushed all the right buttons to get me reading: cosy mystery; Christian; Canadian. Once I started, the suspense and deft pacing kept me going."
Bob Goodnough, Goodreads reviewer ★★★★★
"The twists and turns of the plot, and what lies hidden, really caught me by surprise, and there were several moments when my skin was prickling along with Amy's."
Paula Vince, of The Vince Review ★★★★1/2
"If you enjoy romantic suspense with a decidedly Christian message, I urge you to give Without Proof a try. My guess is that you'll want to read the previous two, as well, once you're done."
Valerie Comer, USA Today bestselling author ★★★★
"Author Janet Sketchley has crafted a tightly-written novel in Without Proof. Her characters are credible and realistic, with problems, concerns and secrets that make the reader care from the first page onward... A story with so many questions is always a great read, especially when the author expertly answers them at just the right time."
Janice L. Dick, author of The Happenstance Chronicles mysteries
"I highly recommend it."
Deborah M. Piccurelli, author of Hush, Little Baby and In the Midst of Deceit ★★★★★
About the Author
Product details
- ASIN : B016FJ3P92
- Publisher : Janet Sketchley (November 10, 2015)
- Publication date : November 10, 2015
- Language : English
- File size : 859 KB
- Simultaneous device usage : Unlimited
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Not Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Sticky notes : On Kindle Scribe
- Print length : 309 pages
- Best Sellers Rank: #994,552 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #880 in Christian Mystery & Suspense Romance (Kindle Store)
- #951 in Women's Christian Fiction
- #1,089 in Historical Christian Romance Fiction
- Customer Reviews:
About the author
Janet Sketchley is an Atlantic Canadian writer who likes her fiction with a splash of mystery or adventure and a dash of Christianity. Why leave faith out of our stories if it’s part of our lives?
She's also the author of the Tenacity Christian Devotionals series and creator of the Reads to Remember readers' journals.
When she's not writing, Janet is most likely curled up with a cup of tea and a good book.
Discussion questions for her mystery/suspense fiction are available on her website.
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The story takes place within the arts world. I come from a family of artists, and I found Sketchley’s gallery setting very convincing. Her background research on small aircraft is terrific, too. I hold a private pilot’s license (albeit currently invalid), and the flight scenes were realistic: "The little plane trundled onto the runway, bucking at every seam in the tarmac . . . Outside, the ground rushed past. Then they were airborne. The plane lost its awkward motion and lifted, as if drawn upward by a thread."
"Without Proof" is Christian fiction, and much of the content relates to the main character’s struggle with faith. The theme, as with the earlier books in the "Redemption’s Edge" trilogy, centres around forgiveness. The religious tone is magnified through ongoing references to prayer, Bible study and application, and the personal experiences of the characters. Sketchley deals with biblical principles using some pivotal statements that might well ring in the hearts of readers who are looking themselves for spiritual answers. For example, when the non-Christian main character says, “God should listen to you. You’re a good person,” the Christian says, “It’s not about how good we are. It’s how good He is, and how needy we are . . . Come dirty. He’ll clean you . . . No matter how . . . dirty or damaged the person, we all need Jesus and we can’t earn His acceptance on our own.”
Sketchley isn’t shy about asking some fairly weighty religious/societal questions; for example, early in the book, a potential boyfriend says, “A good Muslim son obeys his father, and I find the old ways . . . satisfying,” upon which the main character thinks, "Because you’re a man." This immediately got me wondering how deeply the author would take the clash between Christianity and Islam. You’ll have to read the book to find this out for yourself.
I liked the innocence of the main character Amy, understood how she felt unworthy because of the situation surrounding her parents. However,I thought the lack of emotions from Michael didn't represent that of an artist. The real let down for me was the plot towards the end of the book.
I felt the writer got a little lazy and so the story fell apart a bit. I will read more by this author as I really enjoyed the first 3/4 of the book.
Amy Silver has lost her fiancé, Gilles, and, after spending time in hospital, finds she has nowhere to go. Gilles’ best friend, Michael, and his aunt offer to provide her with a home and a job as Michael’s assistant. When a reporter interviews Amy and raises the question of possible sabotage causing the airplane crash which killed her fiancé, Amy is at first sceptical but as evidence, and opposition, mounts she becomes determined to follow the leads and get justice for herself and Gilles.
Ms. Sketchley has once again provided hours of suspenseful reading enjoyment. Her characters are plausible, exhibiting the same fears, frustrations and joys as are found in any suspenseful situation. She uses current news and world situations to enhance the story. (Sorry, I can’t say more than that without giving away too much of the plot).
Although it did take me a while to get into the story, I did enjoy it. I did wonder, at times, how one small group of people could experience that much turmoil over a short period of time, but then, I lead a quiet life.
As with the other two novels in the series, Ms. Sketchley does not shy away from her Christian beliefs but incorporates them into the story. This comes across in a relatively natural way without being too preachy.
This book is a good read, even if you haven’t read the first two.