Praise for Scare the Light Away... "Well-crafted storytelling and an evocative setting make for a rewarding debut." -Publishers Weekly "Delany delivers an outstanding debut novel that explores the good, the bad, and the ugly of family relationships." -Booklist Rebecca McKenzie, a successful Vancouver businesswoman, returns to tiny Hope River after an absence of 30 years to attend her mother"s funeral. Estranged from her father and two older siblings, she"d left a brutal childhood and a psychopathic grandfather behind. She expects her visit to be short. But then she discovers the diaries written by her mother, a British war bride with a young baby who came to Canada to join a husband she scarcely knew, and finds her heart wrung by her mother"s story. Meanwhile, a young girl has gone missing, and suspicion falls on Rebecca"s handsome, charming brother Jimmy. Before long, violence threatens and Rebecca must put aside some long-held grievances to cut to the heart of the crime. Once a...