- Mass Market Paperback: 464 pages
- Publisher: HarperTorch (Feb 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0380810298
- ISBN-13: 978-0380810291
- Product Dimensions: 17.3 x 10.7 x 4.1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,444,864 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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People who live with lies can be killed by the truth. Sheep farmer Eileen knows much of the worst about her husband Scott and has constructed her life to avoid thinking about it.The wedding of her rebellious daughter Moreen is just another small portion of hell--Randy is a smalltown tough with a nasty temper. Then long lost nephew Neal turns up at the wedding, and shortly afterwards people start to die, and all the skill at evasion which Eileen has taught herself down the years will not save her. Kimball's rural America is a nightmare of prejudice, loan-sharking, hideous accidents, ill-advised sexual encounters and gratuitously violent death. His laconic Maine countryfolk keep quiet because they all have secrets; this is a thriller which gains much of its power from the way no-one tells anyone anything. From the moment he appears in a barn to face down Randy and his psychotic friend Gator, Neal combines sexual magnetism, a terrifying lack of fear and a capacity for making himself look good at other people's expense. This is an effective novel of suspense because Kimball makes us care about the people to whom terrible things happen, especially the flawed but strong Eileen. --Roz Kaveney
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'Highly recommended, but not as bedtime reading'
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I'm not that accustomed to reading and after reading some of John Grisons books I have found that the thriller genre is definitely what I enjoy. So when I saw this book I was half expecting it to be average but once I picked it up I found I couldn't put it down I read it in 3 sittings and the final hundred pages or so slowed a little but overall a seriously excellent book, the characters are throughly likeable even the bad guys are cool.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A grade 'A' thriller in the best tradition of ' is he or isn't he guilty'. A tight plot with characters well defined. An anxious mother, self reliant in all aspects of her life apart from those involving her rebelious daughter, a husband too wrapped up in his own small world to register what is happening around him. A nephew who may be from hell or the saviour they all need. Michael Kimballs first novel 'Undone' was good but tended to drift away in the middle, this one on the other hand keeps you wanting to turn the pages and holds your attention from page one. Kimball describes scenes like you are there and leaves clues all the way through, if you can only pick up on them. He's not there yet, but Grisham and Connelly should be looking over there shoulders Kimball is on his way
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
well... what can i say? once i started reading, i knew i had to keep on reading! it was THAT good! even though neal was the villian in this book, i was rather drawn to the character - his intellegence and all... great book!
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