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One False Move
One False Move
Author: Alex Kava
ISBN-13: 9780778320715
ISBN-10: 0778320715
Publication Date: 8/1/2004
Pages: 320
Rating:
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
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3.9 stars, based on 35 ratings
Publisher: Mira
Book Type: Hardcover
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28 Book Reviews submitted by our Members...sorted by voted most helpful

trekie70 avatar reviewed One False Move on + 291 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
This is my second read by Kava and I really enjoyed it. It'a pretty fast read but it does keep you interested from the start. The plot centers around three individuals, one of whom was just released from prison, who commit a bank robbery and end up killing 4 people after "one false move" by a teller. If you like a fast-paced book, pick this one up.
sfc95 avatar reviewed One False Move on + 686 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
I have read many alex Kava stories and always feel that they are wrapped up too neatly at the end. This one is an exception. It is the best of her books I have read, it has an excellent plot and is very suspenseful. i read it in one day because I could not put it down. I highly recommend it to all mystery lovers.
rettaliny avatar reviewed One False Move on + 60 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
I think I liked this stand alone by Kava better than the Maggie O'Dell books. The story was intriguing and without a "main" character the author could create a compelling tale.
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Helpful Score: 1
I love Alex Kava and this was a very good book!
my2luvsemmyandmally avatar reviewed One False Move on + 758 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Not part of the "Maggie O'Dell" series but I liked this one!
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Helpful Score: 1
Excellent read.
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Helpful Score: 1
A real page turner. Good story. I have enjoyed all of Ales books so far. I thought I might be disappointed because Maggie was not in this one but I was not.
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Interesting premise.
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I found One False Move difficult to get into, but then I couldn't put it down until I found out how it ended.
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Always entertaining.
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Good book by Alex Kava. Boys missing and found dead, mutilated and annointed with oil. Great suspence. Great ending, showing that a sequil is sure to come.
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I've enjoyed this whole series; plan to read them all.
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A very fast moving crime novel. Great story.
tripletmom avatar reviewed One False Move on + 225 more book reviews
Great suspensful book!
Rin avatar reviewed One False Move on + 159 more book reviews
Worth the read
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A departure from her Maggie O'dell series but a great stand alone story.
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What a great read! It was very suspenseful...I was scared, but could not put it down.
buzzby avatar reviewed One False Move on + 6062 more book reviews
A page turner, certainly, but I can't help but think that when you've read the back cover, you've basically read the book.
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full of supense & tension, intelligent read
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different from her Maggie O'dee series, but worth a read
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After Jared Barnett is released from death row on a technicality, he hooks up with his sister, Melanie Starks, and her son, Charlie. Jared and Charlie are on a crime spree when in "one false move" they rob a bank, shoot people, and involve Melanie, who is driving the getaway car. Can their luck get any worse?
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This book has never been read. The cover says its about a brother and
sister, and her son, fleeing from the police after an attempted bank hold up where things have definately gone wrong.
CaptainsWife avatar reviewed One False Move on + 42 more book reviews
International bestselling sensation.
In a matter if seconds everything can go wrong...
And there's no turning back
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Sorry, i don't have the large print hardcover book, but if you're interested in the paperback by Alex Kava "One False Move" I can mail to you.
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Really good book. Both my husband and I enjoyed it.
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Melanie Starks and her 17 year old son,Charlie, have been running one con job or another for as long as she can remember. Worried about Charlie, Melanie is ready to start over. Then her brother, Jared, reappears in her life.
Jared has the perfect plan to rob a local bank, but he needs Melanie's and Charlie's help. Feeling that she woes the brother who saved her from an unspeakably violent childhood, Melanie agrees to Jared's plan.
But within seconds, shots are fired and Jared and Charlie run out of the bank. They are empty-handed and four people are dead. They refuse to tell her what happened. Now they are all on the run from the police, taking a hostage with them and willing to do anything to survive.
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Melanie Starks and her seventeen-year-old son, Charlie, have been running one con job or another for as long as she can remember. Worried about Charlie, though, Melanie ready to start over. Then her brother, Jared, reappears in her life.

Released on a technicality, Jared Barnett is just out of prison and feeling more invincible than ever. He has the perfect plan to rob a local Nebraska bank, but he needs Melanie's and Charlie's help. Feeling that she owes the brother who saved her from an unspeakably violent childhood, Melanie agrees to Jared's plan.

But within seconds, shots are fired and Jared and Charlie run out ot the bank. They are empty-handed and four people are dead. When they refuse to tell her what happened in those few desperate moments, Melanie realizes her brother and son have formed a silent bond. And now they are all on the run from the police, takinga hostage with them and willing to do anything to survive.
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Just one small tear in front cover otherwise in good condition.