Helpful Score: 2
She awakens confused in a bed that is obviously in an Oregon hospital. Winslow County Sheriff's Department Detective Will Tanninger is at her side and tells her she is at Laurelton general Hospital; he asks her name and after a hesitation says Gemma LaPorte. Her last memory was making breakfast while it was raining outside; he tells her it has not rained near here for three days. Finally he explains that she is his prime suspect in a hit and run that critically injured child molester Edward Letton, also in the hopspital but with much more severe injuries.
Gemma suffers from traumatic induced amnesia, but could the trauma be hitting Letton as her face is battered perhaps from a steering wheel and she suffered a concussion. She also does not look close at the description provided by the young soccer player Carol Pelltor who Letton was targeting when he was mowed down. However, the mystery spins further as a serial killer who burns his victims somehow connects to Gemma's slowly returning memories.
This is an exhilarating suspense thriller that cleverly contrasts a romantic subplot between Will and Gemma with a dark mystery. The story line is fast-paced and filled with action. However, the key to this tale is the comparisons as Will and Gemma's relationship slowly turns warmer and lovingly, a serial killer turns nastier. Fans will relish Nancy Bush's taut thriller as she leaves the colorful Jane Kelly mysteries for a much darker and intense suspense.
Gemma suffers from traumatic induced amnesia, but could the trauma be hitting Letton as her face is battered perhaps from a steering wheel and she suffered a concussion. She also does not look close at the description provided by the young soccer player Carol Pelltor who Letton was targeting when he was mowed down. However, the mystery spins further as a serial killer who burns his victims somehow connects to Gemma's slowly returning memories.
This is an exhilarating suspense thriller that cleverly contrasts a romantic subplot between Will and Gemma with a dark mystery. The story line is fast-paced and filled with action. However, the key to this tale is the comparisons as Will and Gemma's relationship slowly turns warmer and lovingly, a serial killer turns nastier. Fans will relish Nancy Bush's taut thriller as she leaves the colorful Jane Kelly mysteries for a much darker and intense suspense.
Helpful Score: 2
I could not get interested in this book. She co-authors books with Lisa Jackson and I don't like the style of writing. They have page after page of description instead of just keeping the story line going with happenings instead of describing the moon the sun and the stars and the grass is green.
Helpful Score: 1
One main plot here and several smaller ones. It seemed to be kinda disjointed and hard to follow at first. But, by the time I was 3/4 ths thru the book I couldn't put it down. Just had to know how it ended. And, one of the smaller plots didn't get resolved at the end of the book. So Nancy Bush has left the door open for a sequel. (That's good news!!)
THe main plot is that Gemma has time lapses and black outs. She falls for the local sheriff, and he's got the hots for her; however, she's a "person of interest" in a hit and run turned homicide death of a child molester. So, the sheriff tries to fight off his natural instincts, but still can't consider Gemma to be the culprit.
This is a good story. Looks like Nancy Bush is going to be an author to be reckoned with in the horror story genre...just like her sister, Lisa Jackson.
THe main plot is that Gemma has time lapses and black outs. She falls for the local sheriff, and he's got the hots for her; however, she's a "person of interest" in a hit and run turned homicide death of a child molester. So, the sheriff tries to fight off his natural instincts, but still can't consider Gemma to be the culprit.
This is a good story. Looks like Nancy Bush is going to be an author to be reckoned with in the horror story genre...just like her sister, Lisa Jackson.
Helpful Score: 1
Easy read - keeps you wanting more - but easy to figure out the ending....
Helpful Score: 1
I did enjoy it but not as much as the rest of the series that is also written by her sister Lisa Jackson. It does not move along as quickly nor hold my attention as well.
