Shards of the Past

Andrea Oliver thinks she knows everything about her mother. Laura has never kept secrets from her: she lives a quiet and happy life in the small coastal town of Belle Isle, works as a speech therapist, and is friends with all the neighbors. At least, that's how Andrea has always known her – calm, caring, and cheerful. But everything changes when they are brutally attacked in a café. Laura does something her daughter could never imagine – she calmly deals with the attacker. Is it possible that her mother is capable of such cold-bloodedness and cruelty? It's as if she has become a completely different person. And she has. For almost thirty years, Laura has been hiding from her former self, lurking in hopes that no one would ever find her. And now she is exposed. Now both of them are in danger, but Laura refuses to speak to her daughter. Andrea will have to piece together her mother's past secrets to save them both. And time is running out…