You should read 'The Hiding Place' by Barbara Kreger Washburn

About two years ago my wife began writing. A story was in her and in her words 'something inside kept telling me that I could and should write the story.' After many months she finished it. That was the first time she let me read it. I was amazed at how well her first novel was crafted. You might think that she had done this for a living.
Yes, I am bragging on my wife but not really. If it is good then it isn't bragging, right?

After she had our friend and scholar Mrs. Lykins read and edit it, Barbara began the humbling and often discouraging task of finding an agent or publisher. This was not fun to watch as my wife became increasingly discouraged and ready to give up the dream of having a book published, telling herself that she had accomplished enough by writing it. I would have none of that. I insisted that she continue to look for a publisher. I found a publisher advertising on the Zondervan website and pointed them out to her. So, along with many inquiries she sent them one also. And after months of rejections her acceptance letter arrived!

The Hiding Place, published by Tate Publishing & Enterprises, was released in November 2006. It is a murder mystery that takes place in Eureka Spring, AR.
Synopsis: Starting over-can it be as simple as packing up and moving to a new town? In The Hiding Place, twenty-seven-year-old Amanda White longs to escape her tortured past and start over. She moves to a quiet Victorian town nestled in the Ozark Mountains, unaware of the evil lurking there. From the first sentence to the last word, Barbara Washburn takes you through the twists and turns of suspense, fear, and murder, as Amanda's fairytale life becomes a nightmare. From out of The Hiding Place, Amanda is terrorized by a mysterious stalker who threatens to driver her over the edge.

All this page-turning action and no vulgarity, no unnecessary graphical language. In Barbara's words there is nothing in the book that she wouldn't want her mother to read.
I am biased, this is true, but I know that you would really like the The Hiding Place. This is a novel every member of your family will enjoy!

If you want more information go to her website: Her Home Page
or email her at suspense.authors@yahoo.com