A Slow Burn.

A Slow Burn

Mary E. DeMuth

Zondervan

5300 Patterson Avenue SE, Grand Rapids, MI 49530

9780310278375, $14.99, www.zondervan.com

Vengeance is a strong reason. "A Slow Burn" is the second story in the Defiance Texas Trilogy, following Emory Chance as she is driven to find her daughter's murderer. But it seems that the pursuit of justice may not be Emory's biggest obstacle, but rather her own grief, as mysteries and problems appear along the way. "A Slow Burn" is a fine novel of a woman overcoming her own grief, and leaves readers seeking the third book in the series.