LitFuse Blog Tour for "The Mountains Bow Down" by Sibella Giorello

The Mountains Bow Down by Sibella Giorello is another oustanding Raleigh Harmon suspense novel! If you haven't read any of them before, you can join in any time, but you definitely want to join in!

I have only read this one and the last one, which is, The Clouds Roll Away. These can be read as stand alone novels, but once you read a Raleigh Harmon story, you'll want to read them all! Just to tell you a little about them, Raleigh is an FBI agent, and her work is her life. Her mother has always been a bit delicate, so Raleigh has never admitted her true profession to her mother. She has a degree in geology and she claims that is her profession.

In this particular story Raleigh goes on an Alaskan cruise. It's supposed to be a vacation because she needs some time away and she has some things she needs to think about. But, leave it to Raleigh to find a way to turn it into a working vacation. With her mother and her aunt along for the cruise things get wild!

I VERY highly recommend this book. The writing is superb, and the story is brilliant. There are so many twists and turns that will keep you constantly guessing. And the characters are wonderful as always. Raleigh is such a great character. She's tough, but she loves her family. She's completely dedicated to her job to the point that everything else takes a back seat, including her own happiness. The next Raleigh Harmon novel is "The Stars Shine On" and it's due out in March 2012. I'm really looking forward to that one!

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Book Summary:

Everything’s going to work out. Time away always makes things better . . .


That’s what FBI Special Agent Raleigh Harmon believes as she boards a cruise to Alaska. A land of mountains and gems and minerals, the Last Frontier is a dream destination for this forensic geologist who's hoping to leave behind a hectic work schedule and an engagement drained of romance.

But when a passenger goes missing and winds up dead, Raleigh's vacation suddenly gets lost at sea. The ship's security chief tries to rule the death a suicide, but Raleigh’s forensics background points to a much darker conclusion: Somewhere onboard, a ruthless murderer walks free.

Engulfed by one of her toughest cases yet, Raleigh requests assistance from the FBI and receives her nemesis—handsome Special Agent Jack Stephanson. As the cruise ship sails through the Inside Passage, Raleigh has five days to solve a high-profile murder, provide consultation for a movie filming onboard, and figure out her increasingly complicated feelings for Jack—who might not be as arrogant as she originally thought.

And that's only her work life. Family offers even more challenges. Joined on the cruise by her mother and aunt, Raleigh watches helplessly as disturbing rifts splinter her family.

Like the scenery that surrounds the cruise ship, Raleigh discovers a mystery so daunting that even the mountains might bow down before it.


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Author Bio:

Sibella Giorello began writing as a features reporter for newspapers and magazines. Her stories won numerous awards, including two nominations for the Pulitzer Prize. She recently won a Christy award for her novel Stones Cry Out. She lives in Washington state with her husband and family. Twitter @sibellagiorello, http://www.facebook.com/SibellaGiorelloAuthor






This book was provided for review by Thomas Nelson Publishing.


Blessings,