# Scare the Light Away

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- Authors: [Vicki Delany](https://www.bookquiver.com/vicki-delany)
- Language: en_US
- Published: 2012-01-31

## Description

" Delany delivers an outstanding debut novel that explores the good, the bad, and the ugly of family relationships." —BooklistRebecca McKenzie, a successful Vancouver businesswoman, returns to tiny Hope River after an absence of 30 years to attend her mother's funeral. Estranged from her father and two older siblings, she'd left a brutal childhood and a psychopathic grandfather behind. She expects her visit to be short. But then she discovers the diaries written by her mother, a British war bride with a young baby who came to Canada to join a husband she scarcely knew, and finds her heart wrung by her mother's story. Meanwhile, a young girl has gone missing, and suspicion falls on Rebecca's handsome, charming brother Jimmy. Before long, violence threatens and Rebecca must put aside some long-held grievances to cut to the heart of the crime.

## Editions

### Scare the Light Away

- Publisher: sourcebooks
- ISBN: 978-15-9058-992-2
- Pages: 352
- Published: 2012-01-31
- Language: en_US