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  1. lcjohnson1988
    Indiana
    Age: 45-54
    Gender: female
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    April 1, 2014
    lcjohnson1988
    Indiana
    Age: 45-54
    Gender: female
    Quality: 5
    Value: 5
    Meets Expectations: 5
    This review was written for Snapshot.
    Lisa Waldren is a middle-age, widowed federal prosecutor living in Boston. She has been estranged from her father for many years. He is now retired from the FBI and calls her out of the blue to help him with an old case. The man convicted of killing a civil rights proponent is on death row in a Texas prison and has been given an execution date. Her father is convinced that the man is not guilty. Why has her father kept silent for almost 50 years? Why try to do anything for this man at this late date? Lisa hasn't had much of a relationship with her father after her high school years and even then he was done a lot with his FBI job. Now she has a chance to reconnect with her father maybe, but does she really want that? He has never been there for her when she needed him, so why should she have hope that this will amount to a renewed relationship? He is her father and she decides to help him.

    Lisa flies to Texas to go over the case with her father. She soon realizes that indeed the wrong man has been convicted, but who is the real murderer and how can they find proof after almost 50 years? She and her dad begin investigating and ruffle the wrong person's feathers. They realize they are being followed. Lisa has her hotel room searched and her home in Boston broken in to. The past reaches out to tell the future, and a mystery is solved. At what cost? Should the past remain in the past?

    This is just a fascinating look back at a small portion of an event during the civil rights movement in 1965. Although fictitious, there are several factual names and events included in the story, which makes it all the more interesting. There is a relationship between a man and woman who aren't married and spending the night together is mentioned, which I didn't really think added anything to the story. Other than that, I thoroughly enjoyed the plot. The addition of Stanley Blackstone and the missing key from JFK's desk while in the oval office added a great deal of intrigue and tension that kept the story moving right along. There were so many good intentions without action or with the wrong action that led to much unhappiness. Everyone seemed intent on protecting someone, which only caused more heartache. There also is a very interesting interview included with the author's father, who really was an FBI agent and worked on the Warren Commission, investigating JFK's assassination. I think it is cool that the picture on the cover is an actual picture of the author at a civil rights march. I think that this story will entertain and engage readers just as it did me.
  2. Gmasue
    Omaha Nebraska
    Age: 55-65
    Gender: female
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    Snapshot
    March 10, 2016
    Gmasue
    Omaha Nebraska
    Age: 55-65
    Gender: female
    Quality: 0
    Value: 0
    Meets Expectations: 0
    This review was written for Snapshot.
    Read this book on vacation last week and really enjoyed it! I grew up in the 60's so her story line was very familiar and at the same time I learned a lot about that time in our history as well. Loved how she made the characters come alive on the pages and the suspense that the story brought. My first book by Lis Weihl, but will definitely be reading others.
  3. 5 stars
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    snapshot
    October 29, 2015
    5 stars
    Quality: 5
    Value: 5
    Meets Expectations: 5
    This review was written for Snapshot.
    excellent
  4. VicsMediaRoom
    Irvine, CA
    Age: 55-65
    Gender: male
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    Cold Case Murder Mystery Adventure Thriller
    March 21, 2014
    VicsMediaRoom
    Irvine, CA
    Age: 55-65
    Gender: male
    Quality: 5
    Value: 5
    Meets Expectations: 5
    This review was written for Snapshot.
    Lis Wiehl in her new book, "Snapshot" published by Thomas Nelson introduces us to Lisa Waldren.

    From the inside jacket flap: Two little girls, frozen in black and white. One picture worth killing for.

    The Civil Rights Movement is less than a distant memory to Lisa Waldren–it is someone else's memory altogether, passed on to her through the pages of history. Her life as a federal prosecutor in Boston feels utterly remote from the marches in the South that changed her father's generation–and the entire nation–forever.

    But the truth is, she was there.

    When a photograph surfaces showing a blond, four-year-old Lisa playing with an African-American girl at a civil rights march in Fort Worth, Lisa is faced with a jarring revelation: the girls may have been the only witnesses who observed the killer of civil rights leader Benjamin Gray . . . and therefore the only ones who can exonerate the death row inmate falsely accused of the murder.

    Soon, Lisa finds herself in the dangerous world her father had shielded her from as a child. After some searching, the Waldrens find the other little girl from the photo and, in the process, uncover conspiracy mere steps away from the likes of Bobby Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, and J. Edgar Hoover.

    Based on real events and a photograph snapped by author Lis Wiehl's own G-man father, Snapshot is a remarkably original marriage of mystery and history.

    Take a FBI agent and a federal prosecutor who just happen to be father and daughter, add in a case from over 40 years ago that, if they don't solve, an innocent man is going to the death chamber for and you have a formula for action and excitement. Ms. Wiehl has outdone herself here. The hunt for the killer who does not wish to be discovered means the killer will strike again. The father/daughter duo have their own issues to resolve and then there is the issue of race relations and trust. "Snapshot" is an excellent murder mystery filled with marvelous characters, great plot twists, suspense and thrills. This is an exciting book, extremely well paced and suspenseful.

    Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book for free from Thomas Nelson. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission's 16 CFR, Part 255: "Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising."
  5. Floyd Johnson
    Upstate NY
    Age: 55-65
    Gender: male
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    Believable Historical Fiction
    January 13, 2014
    Floyd Johnson
    Upstate NY
    Age: 55-65
    Gender: male
    Quality: 5
    Value: 5
    Meets Expectations: 5
    This review was written for Snapshot.
    The mid-60s were a turbulent time. The JFK assassination, Robert Kennedy's death a year or two later, and the civil rights movement all contributed to a coming change to American culture. And in that era a murder takes place in the midst of a civil rights parade - a murder witnessed by two four year old girls and a father. Now, the man convicted of the crime asks the father, a retired FBI agent, for help proving his innocence, even as the date for his death sentence has been set.

    As they begin to track the details, old hurts, old betrayals, and old adversaries seem ready to stand in the way. Before the truth could be found, the daughter and the father had to find a way to work through the pain they had felt years before when her father and mother had divorced. Forgiveness needed to be offered - so the two could work together to arrive at the facts that would free Leonard Dubois for a crime he did not commit.

    The story and writing held my interest from beginning to end - I could not put it down. As I passed the 80% mark in my reading, I was determined to not go to bed until I reached the end of the story. The book becomes all the more meaningful as the author fills in her and her dad's back stories - she a retired federal prosecutor; he a retired FBI agent that worked along with the Warren Commission to explore the facts behind the JFK assassination. I cannot wait to see a paper copy of the book to see the snapshots (not included in my preview copy) that helped Lis Wiehl pull together a believable story that is worth the time spent reading from cover to cover.

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    This review is based on a free electronic copy of the book provided by the publisher for the purpose of creating this review. The opinions expressed are mine alone.
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