RaveThe Denver Post[I]n Lightning Strike, Krueger uses the lyrical writing of his stand-alone books in a Cork O’Connor prequel that is both a series mystery and an independent book — and, most likely, another best-seller ... Lightning Strike explores the tender relationship between father and son. It is written with grace and understanding. It is a stunning novel that will captivate readers even if they’ve never read a Cork O’Connor mystery.
M.L. Stedman
PositiveThe Denver PostThe Light Between Oceans is a story about guilt, honesty, justice, and terrible secrets. And a good man’s inability to keep those secrets. Tom Sherbourne is driven by honor and duty, and he is willing to sacrifice himself for his wife’s choices ...story line vacillates like the tides; we float along with Tom and Isabel as they experience the euphoria and despair of each pregnancy and ensuing loss ...feeling swept away by the story, too-convenient plot twists jarred me back to my here-and-now ... Her writing is sound, if sometimes uninspiring, but every so often she throws out a gorgeous line that you have to stop and read twice to appreciate... First-time novelist Stedman did what all good writers should do: She got her readers emotionally invested in her story.
