After her professor fails her for lack of participation, Landon Smith heads back to the Green Dory Inn for the summer to lick her wounds and support Anna—the friend who showed Jesus to Landon when she most needed help.

Hidden Secrets is the second book in the Green Dory Inn Mystery series.

I do recommend you read the first (Unknown Enemy), as that introduced the overall plot arc and many of the characters in Hidden Secrets. Yes, a mystery fan will probably enjoy Hidden Secrets without reading Unknown Enemy first, but there are plot points that won’t make sense without the background knowledge.

While I have read (and reviewed) Unknown Enemy, it was a while ago so I had forgotten some of the plot points and characters. No matter—Hidden Secrets did a good job of reconnecting me with the story without repeating everything that has gone before (a must when you read as many books as I do).

(And for those who like lists, there is a list of key characters.)

Anyway, Landon is back, and just in time as Anna is losing business at the Inn because of some malicious false reviews online. If business doesn’t improve, she might be forced to sell the inn—her late husband’s dream.

There is also a guest investigating the history of the town and the local characters, including the infamous Captain Jack.

But this raises issues as well, as there are secrets to be uncovered.

There were also a few more hints about Landon’s background and recovery, after being trafficked as a teen. While the novel doesn’t go into detail, it’s good to see Christian fiction dealing realistically with some of the more unfortunate sides of modern life.

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Overall, Hidden Secrets was a well-written and compelling story, with several layers of secrets. I’ll look forward to reading the next book in the series.

Thanks to the author for providing a free ebook for review.

About Janet Sketchley

Janet Sketchley is an Atlantic Canadian writer who likes her fiction with a splash of mystery or adventure and a dash of Christianity. Why leave faith out of our stories if it’s part of our lives? Her Green Dory Inn series is set near the picturesque town of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. Janet’s other books include the Redemption’s Edge Christian suspense series and the devotional collection, A Year of Tenacity.

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About Hidden Secrets

The secrets of Captain Hiltz may not have died with him.

When Landon Smith returns to the Green Dory Inn, she finds innkeeper Anna Young still shaken by the recent vandalism and unable to cope when the inn is targeted in an online vendetta. Prickly neighbour Bobby Hawke can help with Anna’s cyber woes, but when the attacks escalate to physical threats, Landon and Bobby must work together to unmask the culprit.

A cryptic message about a tunnel points to the property’s original owner, a notorious Prohibition-era sea captain rumoured to have left hidden wealth. Contraband, treasure, evidence of things better left buried…

How far will Anna’s enemy go to claim the tunnel and its contents? Protecting Anna will require courage and faith as Landon battles the locals’ attitudes and the scars of her past. Even then, she and Bobby are tracing the faintest of clues. With Anna on the brink of emotional collapse—and danger rising like the tide—time is running out.

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