Stíny nad Pecan Hollow – Frostová Caroline (2023)

It was the year 1970 when thirteen-year-old Kit Walker was kidnapped by a second-rate thief named Manny Romero. Kit, longing for the family and safety she had never known, allows herself to be pampered by him and gradually lured into becoming his partner on a criminal path. Soon, they both gain infamy for a series of gas station robberies at Texaco locations across Texas, known as the 'Texan Duo.' But when Manny's fatherly approach turns into something darker and more violent, Kit must reevaluate their relationship and leaves him during a botched robbery. In the thirteen years following her escape, she builds a new life for herself and her daughter among the pecan trees and muddy streams in the town of Pecan Hollow. Suddenly, however, the 'new' Manny, freshly released from prison, appears on her doorstep. The deep and twisted bond that ties her to him forces her to let him in. In that moment, her world changes, and Kit is compelled to confront the shadows of her past. The gritty, piercing, yet unexpectedly tender novel Shadows Over Pecan Hollow is a disturbingly intimate and rarely original debut about the complexities of love – both romantic and maternal – and the bonds that shape us.