Raining Tears

by Laura Freeman

Detective Sydney Harrison thought the police shooting of an armed robber was cut and dried, but when the facts don’t add up, she finds herself in a cat-and-mouse game with a drug-addicted woman willing to sacrifice the lives of others to feel normal.

Claire’s life spiraled out of control when a grab and dash for a purse turned into a chance meeting with a stranger in a dark alley. His death wasn’t her fault, but the police are searching for her. Before running, she needs to tie up loose ends even if it means another person has to die.

286 pages, Paperback

First published January 30, 2023

About the author

I was a reporter for sixteen years and covered Summit County in Northeast Ohio. I’ve won the Press Club of Cleveland’s Ohio Excellence in Journalism award in 2013 and 2014 and the Ohio Newspaper Association awards in 2011, 2013 and 2014.

The Impending Love series has six books: Impending Love and War (1860), Impending Love and Death (1861), Impending Love and Lies (1862), Impending Love and Capture (1863-1865), Impending Love and Madness (1865), and Impending Love and Promise (1866). I have written a supernatural holiday novella, "Tackling Molasses Crinkles" and a crime mystery "Raining Tears" and a mystery romance "Tangling a Web of Deceit."

Reviews

[April Helms]

A disclaimer: the author is a friend and former co-worker. That said, I really enjoyed this thriller. Detective Sidney Harrison is asked to investigate and quickly wrap up what initially looks like a case of a robbery gone wrong, with police shooting the suspect. However, small but important details surface, and the detective quickly realizes the case is more complicated than she could have realized. The rest of the story deals with how Harrison manages to figure out the real story (something the reader is already privy to, but the hunt as Harrison puts together the pieces is engaging). The characters are well done and interesting, and I finished the book in a few days- hard to put down!

[Kim Ligon]

Laura Freeman has created a riveting, fast paced story about a drug-addicted thief who leaves a trail of victims and havoc in her wake from theft to baiting the police into shooting the wrong person to a widow out for revenge to a devastated rookie cop and a flawed but persistent new Detective out to find the truth. There is also a cast of supporting characters with vibrant stories in their own right. It is surprisingly laced with hope, shows the awesome power of forgiveness, and encourages never giving up before you arrive at the truth. The writing pulls you behind the eyes of Freeman's characters so you see what they see and understand their deepest fears and fervent hopes. This is a fantastic page-turning read that will keep you engaged to the last paragraph. I highly recommend it. I received a copy of this novel through Netgalley, but the opinions are my own freely given.

[Megan Twenter]

I just really do not like the writing in this. Maybe it's the author's style. I'm also extremely bored, not to be terribly harsh.