Surfacing
A Kristin Ginelli Mystery
- Fiction
- Publisher: Resource Publications (Wipf and Stock)
- Published: 2024
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Publisher's Description
Kristin Ginelli is heavily pregnant with twins but that does not stop this former cop, now professor, from jumping in to investigate a murder on her university campus. A swim coach has been found drowned and her best friend, Alice Matthews, who is a campus policewoman, is suspected of his murder. Kristin is also alarmed by Alice's behavior, and she suspects some kind of trauma in Alice's earlier life is causing it. Through therapy and solid police work, the two friends persevere, trying to catch up with a widespread coverup of sexual abuse that is decades old. The campus is also cyber-attacked by white supremacists who object to a colleague's course on "whiteness." Kristin gives birth, Alice perseveres in therapy, and the search for the murderer and the cyber-criminal all collide. How much can these women handle? Plenty, it turns out.
Endorsements (5)
“Murders make headlines, but discussion of free speech is a more subdued, often obscured topic. The two go hand in hand in this suspenseful novel. A man is found dead and, as is now quite common, disruptive threats are considered protected speech. Detective/professor Kristen Ginelli and colleagues figure out the murder and push university reform. Policy changes can save lives.”
“Sometimes everything depends upon the presence of a person who listens. Sometimes it is a listener who makes it possible to speak, and speaking makes it possible to tell the truth, and telling the truth makes it possible to open the doors of yesterday, today, and tomorrow. Here is a story about how that can happen.”
“In Surfacing, Susan Thistlethwaite’s Kristin Ginelli utilizes her experiences as a friend, former cop, and professor as she brings to light and life the horror and trauma of sexual violence while boldly navigating the systems and structures to help solve a murder she knew her friend might somehow be charged with. This book is not simply a ‘who done it’ mystery novel, it demonstrates true friendship, compassion, and a willingness to get involved no matter the cost.”
“Susan Thistlethwaite’s mysteries tell compelling stories that always leave the reader in suspense, but each book also provides an important perspective on a current moral issue—in this case, sexual abuse of young people and how society responds, or fails to respond, to that terrible problem. Her books are fun, but also make the reader think.”
“Trauma is a pandemic with many causes. In Surfacing, the private journey to recovery of a woman traumatized by sexual abuse morphs into the social trauma that tears apart a university community as it deals with a murder and a struggle over the limits of free speech. Through moments of relief with professor Kristin Ginelli, readers can catch their breath and be empowered to name and begin to heal from the traumas they have encountered in this hurting world.”
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