"In the Absence of Absolution", A Book Review by Shara Russell, author of "In the Shadow of Faith

In her new novel, “In the Absence of Absolution”, Rebecca Moll takes her readers on a tour of the Kittatinny’s, a mountain range in northern New Jersey, that parallels the lives of her main characters, a treacherous trail that meanders through challenging terrain. When NYC police detective Marc Antony Spinelli stumbles on a body the very first morning he takes his inherited camera from his inherited cabin that he chose for his new life of peace and solitude, he becomes enmeshed in the lives of Winchester, NJ’s close-knit families who have both bred and parented a trio of adoring babies – Mary, Mark and Max. And with it, he must face and absolve, those who have created wounds that dug deeper and deeper into his being. The trio, bound themselves together in childhood by wearing self-designed rings, however as they grew into adulthood, three became a crowd, and after a choice for permanent relationship left Max out, he moved on with his life, two thousand miles away in Colorado. But when he appears suddenly on a cold winter night right after Christmas, the wounds from passion, lust and betrayal open wide and bring the community to its knees. No one is innocent! Rebecca is a storyteller; taking her readers on new journeys through her metaphoric prose, to poetic soliloquies. Her characters are fresh, spirited and likable, even as they tread the waters of damaging experiences. - Shara Russell, “In the Shadow of Faith”