Joy Goddard
Author
“In the vast landscape of contemporary adult fiction, the collaborative efforts of Joy Lynn Goddard and her husband, Daniel Pike, have carved a distinctive niche. With novels like Moonshadow and The Keepers, they seamlessly blend romance, mystery, and suspense, earning not only global appeal but also prestigious recognition through Canada Book Awards.”
As the sun rises, eight-year-old Grace is gone! Her tent is cut, while strange footsteps lead from deep in the forest to her family’s campsite and back. Days turn into weeks with no sign of Grace, although her mother, Jackie, refuses to give up hope. Detective Duncan Jewell stumbles upon Grace’s kidnapping investigation while searching for a missing teen. The two cases seem connected, but how? As he focuses on finding answers, he tries to ignore his growing feelings for Jackie, which have been just under the surface since they were kids. She is married—he has lost his chance. When his investigation reaches a dead end, he seeks help from his beloved Aunt Anna. She can see things that nobody else can see. Yet even he, an experienced police officer, is dumbfounded by what his aunt discovers!
About The Authors
Joy Lynn Goddard and her husband Daniel Pike write adult fiction that blends mystery, romance, and suspense genres. Their first novel, Moonshadow, won a Book Excellence Award, a Reader Ready Award (Recommended Read), and a Canada Book Award. Their second book, The Keepers, also won a Canada Book Award. Besides novels, they wrote Buyers, Liars, Sellers and Yellers, a collection of humorous short stories about the real estate industry. Joy is well known for her young adult and junior fiction, with her books in schools across Canada; she also wrote Write Right, a step-by-step guide to writing a novel. She and Dan live in Belleville, Ontario, where they are currently adapting A Good Mother into a screenplay. She’s available to run novel-writing workshops for groups of five to twenty participants.
Contact her through www.joygoddard.com.
