Review: Highly entertaining thriller!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 18, 2012
Peter Talbot is still grieving. His beloved wife died 12 months ago from cancer, and he can't get past the loss. He is now working a job he enjoys, but his life seems to be nothing but work. He talks to Terri, his late wife, a lot, and feels she looks after him, constantly.One evening, on leaving work, he encountered a brute of a man by the name of Gino Parini, waiting by his car. He pointed his .45 at Pete, menacingly, while showing Pete a newspaper clipping of the death of him and his wife, just recently. His and Terri's funerals would be held the next day in Ohio. Pete doesn't care for himself, but when someone is going to the trouble to sully his memories of his beloved Terri, he is angry...very angry. And so begins a time in his life, which, had he made a different decision then and there, would have had a very different outcome!Pete decides to go to the funeral, to see what it is all about. Heading across the country, driving all night, and arriving at the funeral home in the early afternoon, he is bemused at what he finds. On continuing his investigation, he discovers the town sheriff, the lawyer Tinkerton, the Medical Centre and funeral home all appear to be hiding something. Upon moving his investigation to the local library, and searching old newspaper copies, he is astounded at the links to the mob, the Government...suddenly he is on the run, with his life in desperate danger.When he links up with Sandy, quirky ex-wife of another of the victims, they work together to stay one step ahead of their deaths, all the while trying to work out who they can trust, and who they can take the volatile information they hold to....And then more people die, the dangers escalate, the twists and turns keep Pete and Sandy on the run, and kept me turning the pages to find out what would happen next! This book is an absolute cliff hanger, with such fast paced action, suspense, and gripping intensity! I also loved the occasional humour which had me laughing out loud! I highly recommend this hugely entertaining mystery/thriller!