Scott Miller has everything he’s ever hoped for. He has a successful marriage to Jessie, a stunningly beautiful, creative woman. His seventeen-year-old daughter, Ashley, is both gorgeous and intelligent, and has just been accepted to the University of Notre Dame, where Scott received his PhD. He has a comforting home in the woods, and a fulfilling career as a college professor at Oregon State … University in Corvallis. He’s blissful, and at peace, until it all comes shattering down.
Ashley is kidnapped. The scene of the abduction is horrific and bloody, and the police are convinced she couldn’t have survived. They accuse her boyfriend, Brandon, of Ashley’s murder. He declares his innocence, and claims that a masked man who entered his house and overwhelmed them both took Ashley. No one believes Brandon.
Then the bodies of three other missing girls are discovered, all bearing the mark of a known serial killer the FBI has been hunting for years. Evidence mounts. As Special Agent James Duncan tracks the Hail Mary Killer, Scott and Jessie try to move on with their lives. But they can’t shake the feeling that Ashley may still be alive, and that the time for saving their only daughter is quickly running out.
In the best tradition of literature and suspense, Jackson Paul Baer has weaved a heartfelt tale of one family’s struggle to survive after a despicable evil wrenches them apart.
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Life could not get better for him as his daughter was going for her PhD where he got his but then his daughter goes missing from a bloody scene. She is now missing and it is thought she is now dead. The police ,think it is the boyfriend. A serial killer appears killing more girls. Is she still alive? Can she be found? Where she is? See if she doesn’t s alive
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The Earth Bleeds Red by Jackson Baer is a wondeful story to read. I loved reading this story and so will you if you love read a suspence story like I do. I highly recommend this story to everyone who loves reading suspence stories.
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This book is a masterpiece entailing emotional highs and lows, remarkable syntax, diction, and has an amazingly addictive plot. I recommend this book for anyone wanting a worth-while read full of mystery, heartache, love, and moment so low accompanied by moments that are just as high.
The Earth Bleeds Red is a standalone novel by Jackson Paul Baer. It is the first book I have read by this author and it won’t be my last. I have his book The Lights will Never Fade to read but that is for another day. Back to Scott, Jessie, and Ashley’s story.
Scott and Jessie were high school sweethearts who married after graduation. Soon after, they were blessed with a child named Ashley. She is the light of their lives and at seventeen she is everything they had hoped for. She is smart, strong, witty, and beautiful inside and out. Their lives were going as planned until one night when Jessie gets a phone call that changes it all…
Ashley has been kidnapped. With lots of blood everyone fears the worst. They have one suspect in custody. Her boyfriend, Brandon. All the while there is a serial killer on the loose who can also be a suspect in her disappearance. Brandon swears he is innocent and would never hurt the girl he loves but that’s not what the evidence says. Was he framed by a mask man like he says or did his jealousy get the best of him?
Ok…I do love a good thriller and crime book. This one had potential to be more in my opinion. It fell flat for me but it had its moments. I felt for Scott and Jessie but I also wanted to slap them. I know everyone goes through the motions differently but I didn’t find theirs to be realistic. Now for the writing, I highly respect anyone who writes. I know I can’t write a book, I sometimes don’t even think I could write a review. With that being said, I thought the writing was good but there were many details that didn’t need to be out there. They felt like fillers. If they pertained to the character development or clues to finding Ashley then I would not say anything.
Overall…it’s a good book that I thought could have been more. More chase. More thriller. More emotional. I wanted to cry. I wanted to go after the clues. I did however enjoyed their family banter and love.
Quotes:
“Can you be ready in thirty minutes?”
“Dad, I’m not you. I don’t have to fix my hair and do my nails.” “Very funny. You know I have sensitive fingers.”
“You watch too many crime shows, sweetie.”
“You watch them with me. Tell me that doesn’t sound like something they would do.”
“Wait, since when have I been losing my hair? Is it in the front or the back?”
My go to genres are contemporary romance and historical mysteries. I have been wanting to step out of my comfort zone for a bit now to see what else is out there. When I was given the opportunity to read The Earth Bleeds Red I jumped on it and I’m glad I did.
The synopsis intrigued me, the story was believable and honestly, could happen any day to any family. The action was on point and I didn’t feel any lull in the storyline.
This was my first read by the author and I look forward to reading more.
Reviewed by: Dana D.
REVIEW: The Earth Bleeds Red
What can I say about this book. When I started to read it I was not sure it was the type of book I would be interested in, but then it sucked my in and I wanted to know Who had kidnapped Ashley
The story is about a family of three, Scott, Jessie and their 17 year old daughter Ashely. They are your average church going family, that have an ideal relationship where their daughter still likes to do things with her parents.
Then tragedy strikes and Ashely is kidnapped and held hostage for months, the wrong person is accused of Ashley’s murder to begin with until a car is found that Ashely was in and other evidence.
I don’t want to say much about the book its self as I don’t want to spoil the story for you. But what I will say is this
The author has a way of getting the reader to feel and experience the pain and loss of faith Scott and Jessie experience throughout the book, you learn to understand Scott’s hatred for the wrong person.
Then there is father Henry who gives Scott back his faith through sharing his own story of tragedy and how he found a way to forgive those that took so much from him. Father Henry gives his full support to this family till his dying breath
What I also enjoyed about the book was the way the author was able to get into the mind of the serial killer’s mind that took Ashely, while at the same time giving Ashely’s strength to survive
This story is not just about a serial killer suspense novel but also carries the message of finding hope when all is lost, not giving up and the need to survive even when you have nothing left to give but to keep going, there is a reason for what happens even if you don’t understand it.
Even on the last page there is still a what do we do now
Independent reviewer for Archaeolibrarian, I was gifted my copy of this book.
Scott and Jessie, and their 17 year old daughter Ashley, live a good life, a happy life. Til one day, it all goes terribly wrong and Ashley is kidnapped, possibly dead. Scott and Jessie need to keep it together long enough for Ashley to be found alive, or not.
Sometimes, stepping out of your comfort zone is a really good thing but, while a well told story, this one just didn’t quite hit the spot. And I don’t really know why!
Told mostly from Scott’s point of view, in the first, it deals with how a family copes when tragedy strikes.
We do get some other people, in the third person, but they felt more of a narration of their voice, rather than THEM speaking, if that makes any sense?? I didn’t connect to them in any way, not even when the bad guy has his five minutes, and you know how much I LOVE getting into the mind of the bad guy! I just felt, apart from Scott, totally disconnected from everyone else.
It is well written, and I saw no editing or spelling errors. It does get a little graphic in places, when being told what was done to Ashley when she was kidnapped, but it is not in any way romantic. Not even before Ashley was kidnapped, did I feel the romance between Scott and Jessie.
A good book, just not one for me and I’m sorry for that!
3 stars
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Jackson Baer knows how to suck you into his story,
You will feel remorse, pain, sadness, and happiness.
I enjoyed the audio-book of The Earth Bleeds Red. It was full of suspense and mystery, Dan Carroll did a superb job with expressing all the different emotions, it really sounded like he was in the story and truly going through what the characters were going through… I am a sucker for suspense and this story was right up my alley.