Review: Something new, Something GREAT!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 15, 2012
If you like mystery-thriller, this is a must read for you.  I have to admit, mystery- thriller is right up my alley and I absolutely ate this one up!  Once I started I could not put it down.  And yes, I lost sleep reading it!  Enough gushing....onto the meat and bones!Mackenzie  Weichmann had lost her husband due to an auto accident.  His final words to her were to find James.  It was the only way to save herself.  Thus begins the mystery.In the five years she had known her husband, Nick, there had been no knowledge about Nick's past except that he had no living relatives.  But at death's door he had warned her of impending danger.When a lawyer in Philadelphia contacted her to meet with him, he assured Mackenzie he would answer all her questions.  Imagine MacKenzie's surprise to find out Nick's mother was indeed alive, and Nick was worth millions.  Millions?  When they were living like paupers?  What's up with that?  In addition, Weichmann was not even Nick's last name; he was born a Whitfield.Did she know her husband at all?  Obviously he had a very private life she knew nothing about.  Meeting with the lawyer left more questions than answers and it was soon obvious, he wanted very little to do with her.  Her business was soon turned over to Dylan McBride, the lawyer's son.MacKenzie needed to contact Cora Whitfield, Nick's mother...thus begins the thriller.This author presented a very original work in my opinion, releasing small amounts information as she wove her tale of abuse and torture, trauma and suffering.  Her characters were well developed, believable and easy to relate to.  I felt their angst and their fears.  MacKenzie and Cora were well matched opponents.  MacKenzie was facing the loss of a five year span of deception; Cora faced losing the secrets of a lifetime.If you want a great mystery thriller, this is the book for you!  You absolutely have to read it and lose some sleep to finish it.  For a first work, it is beyond Awesome.  Well done Ellen J Green!  Well done!!