Review: A View of Red Run
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 10, 2011
This is a fast-paced book involving characters with many shortcomings including more than their share of unhappy secrets. While the plot concerns the murder of a young girl and the tortuous journey of her father as not only does he have to accept her death but it appears his son may be charged with her murder.  Mix in an ex-wife with a severe addiction problem and her abusive boyfriend and the water is definitely muddied. The ex-wife also has a brother with severe mental problems.Is this enough angst for you?  It better not be as you immerse yourself in this book, the author pulls you from one emotion to another and another as you also work through the motives of the apparent suspects.  I read the book quite rapidly because I wanted resolution for the characters and their suffering.  And of course, I really wanted to know "who done it."  At times I wanted to yell at the son in the book and beg him to tell his story.  To those with a sensitive stomach there is quite a bit of violence, as well as brutality, and drug use in this book.  If these things bother you in a work of fiction, consider yourself warned.  All things considered, this is definitely a crime/thriller you will not want to miss.(Note:  I received a complimentary copy of this book in order to review it.)