Unveiling the Past: A Novel

By Kim Vogel Sawyer

Book Overview

Mysteries, family secrets, and the love of a true Father are found at the heart of this gripping novel from the bestselling author of Bringing Maggie Home

Newlyweds Sean Eagle and Meghan DeFord are no strangers to pain and loss. As cold-case detectives, they know intimately the anguish family members endure after the murder or disappearance of a loved one. But when a new case hits too close to home, it threatens to pull loose the fragile cords of their young marriage.

Sheila Menke was just a girl when her father left for work and never returned. An investigation revealed he had embezzled enough to start a new life elsewhere, but Sheila could never accept the court's criminalization of her father. Meghan reluctantly takes the case, secretly fearing it will stir up buried feelings about her own biological father. And while Sean investigates the mysterious death of two young brothers, he longs to start a family. But Meghan worries that with a negligent mother and an absentee father as her parenting examples, she might never be fit for motherhood.

As they delve deeper into the past, both Meghan and Sheila must choose to either stumble along the road of bitterness and resentment or walk the difficult path toward forgiveness and healing. When the cases begin to break wide open, these young women are poised to discover that while earthly fathers may fail, there is one in heaven who is a father to the fatherless.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052565366X
• ISBN13: 9780525653660
• Release Date: May 2020
• Publisher: Waterbrook Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

Satisfying sequel to Bringing Maggie Home

From the first page until the last, I was completely absorbed in the book, Bringing Maggie Home, and the three generations of DeFord women it introduces. The characters had become so real to me that for months after reading the last page, I wondered about them and how they were doing. So I was thrilled when I learned Kim Vogel Sawyer would be writing a sequel. While the first book dealt with the sometimes strained but always loving relationships between these mothers and daughters, Unveiling the Past, looks at the role of the father in each of their lives. For each of the DeFord women, their experience is very different. Matriarch Hazel had an alcoholic father who left his little girl hungering for his love. Diane had a loving father, but he was taken early from the family by a fatal accident. Granddaughter Meghan has lived most of her life without even knowing the name of the man who fathered her. What Mrs Sawyer does beautifully in this story is remind the characters (and us) that while we may or may not have a wonderful dad on earth, we are each given the opportunity to know our Father in Heaven who love us perfectly. Sequels can be a tricky thing. Sometimes the second book just doesn’t have the same appeal as the first, but this one doesn’t disappoint. As I read the last sentence and closed the book, I felt my journey with this dear family was complete and very rewarding.