How much work does your title do to take readers into the story?Learn more about the book and the author at the official Hilary Davidson site.
I think the phrase “her last breath” immediately suggests the idea of a dying declaration or a person’s last words, and that sets up the book really well. In chapter one of Her Last Breath, the reader meets Deirdre, who is at her sister’s funeral. It’s especially painful for her because they’d had a troubled relationship and had gone through periods of estrangement. By the end of the chapter, Deirdre has received a message her sister wrote the morning she died, warning that her husband was going to kill her and revealing that her husband had killed his first wife. The message sets Deirdre on a quest for justice, but it also turns her world upside down because she’s left with so many questions about who her sister really was and what...[read on]
The Page 69 Test: The Damage Done.
The Page 69 Test: Blood Always Tells.
The Page 69 Test: One Small Sacrifice.
Writers Read: Hilary Davidson (July 2019).
The Page 69 Test: Don't Look Down.
The Page 69 Test: Her Last Breath.
Q&A with Hilary Davidson.
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