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Dark Secrets
Paris, the last place that Brielle Garnet had ever wanted to visit, beckons to her from the cryptic words of a Paris solicitor, Jacques Moreau. Her dislike, no hatred, of all things French began when she was four - her French mother walked away and never returned. She's tempted to dismiss the letter as a scam; she's busy editing the latest issue of her fashion magazine. Yet the phrase "concerning the will of a relative" intrigues her.When a first class ticket arrives, Brielle decides to take a chance, something she rarely does anymore. Off to Paris she flies having no idea that her entire life is about to change. In the law office, she listens stoically to Jacques read the will of someone who she has never heard of. But it's the next document that he hands her, her mother's death certificate, which shakes her world. For years she has envisioned the moment when she faces her. Now, where does her hatred go? The lawyer concludes by handing her a set of keys to a shuttered Paris flat unopened since 1940. Against the advice of her older overly protective boyfriend, but in keeping with Jacques guidance, she begins to restore the flat, recapturing a feeling of independence that she had lost over the years. Still, her thoughts go back to her mother's mysterious disappearance and death, events that have locked her heart in a vise for years. With Jacques' help, she embarks on a dangerous journey to discover her mother's dark secrets which end up being shocking, impossible, improbable and unbelievable. And her feelings for Jacques - are they real or colored by Paris? Can she risk that he won't walk away... like everyone else had in her life?
318 pages, Paperback
Published July 19, 2019
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About the author
Judi Getch Brodman
16 books7 followersA former software consultant turned writer, Judi is the author of five books, two children’s books (the Fiona the Firefly series) and four mystery novels – She’s Not You, The Looking Glass Labyrinth, Dark Secrets and Broken Christmas Promise. She weaves emotion and background into her characters and settings making them come alive for her readers.
Her consulting work has taken her all over the world, even out to the Marshall Islands, filling her bookshelves with photographs and journals that capture her experiences and feed her imagination as she writes. But her roots and true inspiration come from New England, in the mountains of Vermont and by her childhood beaches of Wellfleet on Cape Cod.
“She’s Not You,” a mystery/thriller/romance novel, the first in the Oyster Point Mystery series set on Cape Cod, made the Quarter Finals in the Cinematic Book Contest.
In her spare time, Judi is a professional watercolorist, reads, walks, gardens, enjoys family and friends and still finds time to travel. But wherever she is, her characters and their magical worlds fill her mind
In 2011, she began her writing journey with three published travel articles on Ireland, The Many Faces of Ireland, followed by a short story, Safe Harbor, published in July 2012. Then, inspired by the death of her sister in 2015, Judi wrote and published two children's books, "Fiona - the Lighthouse Firefly" and "Fiona the Firefly - LOST!” both titles available on Amazon, the proceeds of which feed a scholarship fund that Judi set up in her sister’s name. Scholarships are being awarded to students studying Business and Technology.
Judi has been involved with writers’ groups for years, has taken Creative Writing at FAU, and has worked with authors in workshops whenever possible. She’s also an editor for Wiley’s technical magazine, Journal of Software: Evolution and Process.
Her consulting work has taken her all over the world, even out to the Marshall Islands, filling her bookshelves with photographs and journals that capture her experiences and feed her imagination as she writes. But her roots and true inspiration come from New England, in the mountains of Vermont and by her childhood beaches of Wellfleet on Cape Cod.
“She’s Not You,” a mystery/thriller/romance novel, the first in the Oyster Point Mystery series set on Cape Cod, made the Quarter Finals in the Cinematic Book Contest.
In her spare time, Judi is a professional watercolorist, reads, walks, gardens, enjoys family and friends and still finds time to travel. But wherever she is, her characters and their magical worlds fill her mind
In 2011, she began her writing journey with three published travel articles on Ireland, The Many Faces of Ireland, followed by a short story, Safe Harbor, published in July 2012. Then, inspired by the death of her sister in 2015, Judi wrote and published two children's books, "Fiona - the Lighthouse Firefly" and "Fiona the Firefly - LOST!” both titles available on Amazon, the proceeds of which feed a scholarship fund that Judi set up in her sister’s name. Scholarships are being awarded to students studying Business and Technology.
Judi has been involved with writers’ groups for years, has taken Creative Writing at FAU, and has worked with authors in workshops whenever possible. She’s also an editor for Wiley’s technical magazine, Journal of Software: Evolution and Process.
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August 23, 2019
Another wonderful book by Judi Getch Brodman! I loved the Parisian setting of this story. I also really enjoyed following Brielle's journey. It was a mix of two of my favorite genres romance, and mystery rolled into one. Without giving anything away there were also aspects of the books that I wasn't expecting. This was definitely a story I got lost in and often found myself losing track of time reading it because I was so engrossed. I highly recommend it!
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