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Snow Escape
Set against the backdrop of a historic snowstorm, Snow Escape is the story of one woman’s innocent foray into the world of online dating turned deadly.Allegra Maxwell is a 30-year old, single school teacher looking for love. Having chosen to use the Internet to meet the opposite sex, she encounters an articulate, prospective beau on the night the biggest blizzard in history is blanketing the Big Apple. Their pleasant conversation soon turns sinister when she discovers that "Charles" has been stalking her for weeks and claims he lives in her building. With threats of destroying her little by little are made, Allegra must stay one step ahead of the mind games. Turning to neighbors for help, tragic consequences ensue.When her sanity is questioned, because the online evidence her stalker exists disappears, Allegra must prove he does exist and she isn’t losing her mind. When a power outage thrusts her into darkness, will she be able to overcome the helplessness she feels? Placed in a situation that’s spiraling totally out of her control, while trapped in her apartment building with no escape, will she survive until the authorities can reach her?
243 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 29, 2011
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November 14, 2011
Snow Escape begins by introducing us to Allegra, a single woman in her thirties who works as a teacher and spends her spare time hanging out with friends or looking for possible dates on an online dating site. Ever since things didn’t work out with her ex-boyfriend Danny – he wanted to keep things simple, while she was convinced they had an actual relationship – things in the love department haven’t been working out for Allegra. She went on a couple of dates, but none of those guys sounded relationship material to her. Now, with a historical snow storm coming her way, Allegra finds herself stuck home on a friday evening with nothing better to do than grade homework and watch a movie, or reply to some of the mails she got from potential dates.
However, when Allegra gets a mail back from a man named ‘Charles’ and starts chatting with him online, the conversation grows eerier with the second. Not only is Charles supposedly living in her building, he also has some unsettling plans for her…Allegra’s panic increases with the minute as Charles not only is able to tell her exactly how many minutes she was asleep, indicating that watched her, but also threatens to harm her. Panicking, Allegra goes to her neighbours for help. However, not all of them believe her so willingly, and some might even be involved in the foul play…The clock is ticking mercilessly, and it’s up to Allegra to find out who she can trust and who she can’t, especially with the power falling out, clothing the building in unforgiving darkness. With a stalker and potential killer on the loose, who can Allegra turn to for help? And how well does she really know the people she’s called her neighbors for the last couple of years?
Snow Escape has an excellent premise, and it certainly delivers. The novel is captivating from the start, building tension slowly and gradually until you as a reader feel you might just be buried underneath the same amount of tension and despair as the main character.That being said, Allegra does make an interesting protagonist. The way she is being portrayed by people differs greatly. There seems to be a category of people who think she was obsessed with her ex-boyfriend and stalked him up to the point he was forced to leave town (Miguel, ex-boyfriend of one of her best friends, is one of those who seem to think that way) whereas others, including me, think that account is greatly exaggerated. From what I gathered from Allegra’s brief interactions with her friends, some of them really don’t threat her right, or have no insight in human psychology whatsoever. Allegra, honey, you definately need to find yourself a new set of friends. And stop dating on the internet.
Anyway, I found it intriguing to see how different some people can think about the same events, and how much opinions can vary. The residents in Allegra’s apartment building all hold secrets of their own as well, and it’s up to Allegra (and the reader) to find out what exactly they’re hiding and whether or not they’re the culprit. The first part of this novel is simply amazing. As I said, it’s a build-up of tension, anticipation and fear. But then the novel takes a different direction with the arrival of police officers and two detectives, and the constant feeling of dread vanishes. It’s as if this book miraculously transforms from an outstanding, nailbiting thriller into a mystery novel featuring two detectives who have to solve a crime.
I wasn’t too fond of this twist of events, but I did like how the officers had to put a timeline together and decipher who was telling the truth and who was lying in order to find out who really stalked Allegra, or if her supposed stalker was, as some of the tenants suggested, imaginative. I found this thought-process interesting to say the least, but it did drop the pace of the story significantly and all the tension that had been building up from page one simply dissapeared. The twist at the ending was unexpected and interesting, but it didn’t make up for the lack of tension in the previous chapters. Especially the fact that the detectives seemingly repeat everything that has just happened not once, but twice is a bit annoying. I would’ve preferred it if this novel had stayed with its original starting point, as a fast-paced, frightening thriller. The second part seems to belong to another book alltogether.
Solid characters with intriguing personalities offering a look at humanity in total, and on how perspectives can differ a lot from one individual to another. A nailbiting thriller that keeps you on the edge of your seat for more than the first half of the story and then changes into a mystery novel with two detectives taking the front row. I enjoyed Snow Escape, and I read it in one sitting, desperate to know who was stalking Allegra this entire time, but it could’ve been better had the pace not dropped significantly in the second part, hence why only the 3,5 rating rather than a 4. But all in all, for a debut novel, Snow Escape has an intriguing premise, it’s well-executed, the characters are intriguing and Roberta Goodman’s fluent writing style makes up for a lot of the flaws in the second part. I would definately recommend it to people who are fans of thrillers like Night Stalker by Carol Davis Luce. The novel is intriguing and captivating, and I certainly enjoyed reading it. I’m looking forward to reading more works by this author.
However, when Allegra gets a mail back from a man named ‘Charles’ and starts chatting with him online, the conversation grows eerier with the second. Not only is Charles supposedly living in her building, he also has some unsettling plans for her…Allegra’s panic increases with the minute as Charles not only is able to tell her exactly how many minutes she was asleep, indicating that watched her, but also threatens to harm her. Panicking, Allegra goes to her neighbours for help. However, not all of them believe her so willingly, and some might even be involved in the foul play…The clock is ticking mercilessly, and it’s up to Allegra to find out who she can trust and who she can’t, especially with the power falling out, clothing the building in unforgiving darkness. With a stalker and potential killer on the loose, who can Allegra turn to for help? And how well does she really know the people she’s called her neighbors for the last couple of years?
Snow Escape has an excellent premise, and it certainly delivers. The novel is captivating from the start, building tension slowly and gradually until you as a reader feel you might just be buried underneath the same amount of tension and despair as the main character.That being said, Allegra does make an interesting protagonist. The way she is being portrayed by people differs greatly. There seems to be a category of people who think she was obsessed with her ex-boyfriend and stalked him up to the point he was forced to leave town (Miguel, ex-boyfriend of one of her best friends, is one of those who seem to think that way) whereas others, including me, think that account is greatly exaggerated. From what I gathered from Allegra’s brief interactions with her friends, some of them really don’t threat her right, or have no insight in human psychology whatsoever. Allegra, honey, you definately need to find yourself a new set of friends. And stop dating on the internet.
Anyway, I found it intriguing to see how different some people can think about the same events, and how much opinions can vary. The residents in Allegra’s apartment building all hold secrets of their own as well, and it’s up to Allegra (and the reader) to find out what exactly they’re hiding and whether or not they’re the culprit. The first part of this novel is simply amazing. As I said, it’s a build-up of tension, anticipation and fear. But then the novel takes a different direction with the arrival of police officers and two detectives, and the constant feeling of dread vanishes. It’s as if this book miraculously transforms from an outstanding, nailbiting thriller into a mystery novel featuring two detectives who have to solve a crime.
I wasn’t too fond of this twist of events, but I did like how the officers had to put a timeline together and decipher who was telling the truth and who was lying in order to find out who really stalked Allegra, or if her supposed stalker was, as some of the tenants suggested, imaginative. I found this thought-process interesting to say the least, but it did drop the pace of the story significantly and all the tension that had been building up from page one simply dissapeared. The twist at the ending was unexpected and interesting, but it didn’t make up for the lack of tension in the previous chapters. Especially the fact that the detectives seemingly repeat everything that has just happened not once, but twice is a bit annoying. I would’ve preferred it if this novel had stayed with its original starting point, as a fast-paced, frightening thriller. The second part seems to belong to another book alltogether.
Solid characters with intriguing personalities offering a look at humanity in total, and on how perspectives can differ a lot from one individual to another. A nailbiting thriller that keeps you on the edge of your seat for more than the first half of the story and then changes into a mystery novel with two detectives taking the front row. I enjoyed Snow Escape, and I read it in one sitting, desperate to know who was stalking Allegra this entire time, but it could’ve been better had the pace not dropped significantly in the second part, hence why only the 3,5 rating rather than a 4. But all in all, for a debut novel, Snow Escape has an intriguing premise, it’s well-executed, the characters are intriguing and Roberta Goodman’s fluent writing style makes up for a lot of the flaws in the second part. I would definately recommend it to people who are fans of thrillers like Night Stalker by Carol Davis Luce. The novel is intriguing and captivating, and I certainly enjoyed reading it. I’m looking forward to reading more works by this author.
September 24, 2012
Snow Escape is exactly the kind of novel I think would make a great thriller. Something like The Resident, if that movie were half decent.
Allegra, the main character, is a school teacher who lives in Brooklyn, NYC. Even when she was being whiny, I liked her. Because as annoying as her lamentations were, she’s was a very real, fleshed-out character. A lonely woman, innocent and a bit too naive for her own good, with insecurities and problems just like anyone else. And when push came to shove, she stopped complaining and started doing. She didn’t roll over and die and I liked that.
Just saying, but if trying to reconnect with your one lost love one more time, and calling him a couple of times after a break-up, is considered stalking, then..uhm..I’m resident No.1 of Stalkerville. Anyhoo.
I think I’ve pretty much established by now I’m a fan of strong, badass heroines. I’m also a fan of believability and she had it.
The mystery started out slow, with a run down of Allegra’s life up to the point of the story, her history with different people, her past relationship. It took a while until things started happening, but the delay was necessary in making a three-dimensional, realistic character. You get to see where she’s coming from and how she got there.
I liked the use of the third person narrative, rather than first person, and the psychological torture instead of physical. That’s exactly why I think Snow Escape makes for a perfect book adaptation. The use of the psychological terror gives the atmosphere a creepy, arguably annoying, feel.
I say annoying because plots like these are like a two-edged sword for me. On one hand, they make me want to bite someone in the face, for I have never assimilated the concept of delayed gratification. On the other hand, the mystery and wondering of who the bad guy might be, keeps me reading, no matter what. I’ll turn blue in the face, sputtering profanities because no one believes the MC even though CLEARLY she’s right, but I’ll keep reading because I HAVE to know.
I liked the build-up of tension, the different POVs that provided with a whole view of the events. However, the transition from one POV to another wasn’t smooth enough. It could have been better. Same with switching from Allegra’s inner dialogue to the narrative, it was choppy.
I would have enjoyed more showing rather than telling and I also noticed a couple of punctuation and writing/repetitive problems. Rookie mistakes and nothing that can’t ultimately be fixed.
I found the change from a mystery, with Allegra as its focus, to a detective story, interesting and reminiscent of an Agatha Christie novel.
All in all, with all its faults, I enjoyed the novel and thought it was good, for a debut. It’s interesting, captivating and, even with the slow start (which was necessary, if you ask me ), it’s still an easy, entertaining read.
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Allegra, the main character, is a school teacher who lives in Brooklyn, NYC. Even when she was being whiny, I liked her. Because as annoying as her lamentations were, she’s was a very real, fleshed-out character. A lonely woman, innocent and a bit too naive for her own good, with insecurities and problems just like anyone else. And when push came to shove, she stopped complaining and started doing. She didn’t roll over and die and I liked that.
Just saying, but if trying to reconnect with your one lost love one more time, and calling him a couple of times after a break-up, is considered stalking, then..uhm..I’m resident No.1 of Stalkerville. Anyhoo.
I think I’ve pretty much established by now I’m a fan of strong, badass heroines. I’m also a fan of believability and she had it.
The mystery started out slow, with a run down of Allegra’s life up to the point of the story, her history with different people, her past relationship. It took a while until things started happening, but the delay was necessary in making a three-dimensional, realistic character. You get to see where she’s coming from and how she got there.
I liked the use of the third person narrative, rather than first person, and the psychological torture instead of physical. That’s exactly why I think Snow Escape makes for a perfect book adaptation. The use of the psychological terror gives the atmosphere a creepy, arguably annoying, feel.
I say annoying because plots like these are like a two-edged sword for me. On one hand, they make me want to bite someone in the face, for I have never assimilated the concept of delayed gratification. On the other hand, the mystery and wondering of who the bad guy might be, keeps me reading, no matter what. I’ll turn blue in the face, sputtering profanities because no one believes the MC even though CLEARLY she’s right, but I’ll keep reading because I HAVE to know.
I liked the build-up of tension, the different POVs that provided with a whole view of the events. However, the transition from one POV to another wasn’t smooth enough. It could have been better. Same with switching from Allegra’s inner dialogue to the narrative, it was choppy.
I would have enjoyed more showing rather than telling and I also noticed a couple of punctuation and writing/repetitive problems. Rookie mistakes and nothing that can’t ultimately be fixed.
I found the change from a mystery, with Allegra as its focus, to a detective story, interesting and reminiscent of an Agatha Christie novel.
All in all, with all its faults, I enjoyed the novel and thought it was good, for a debut. It’s interesting, captivating and, even with the slow start (which was necessary, if you ask me ), it’s still an easy, entertaining read.
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November 1, 2011
Let me begin by saying if you are one of the people who get really wrapped up in a book, so engrossed that you almost feel what the character is feeling, and your husband is out of state, your son isn't home to protect you, you live in New England and it's dark, prepare to not sleep. Just kidding, well sort of! That's what happened to me when reading this story. Roberta Goodman will get you so wrapped up in the story of Allegra and her plight that you'll be double checking your locks, looking over your shoulder, and definately not logging into a dating site! Now that that's out of the way, onto the storyline.
It's winter time in the Cobble Hill section of Brooklyn and Allegra, a fourth grade teacher, is about to endure the worst experience of her life. Sick of being single, after a devastating break-up with her "boyfriend" Danny, Allegra decides to try a dating website. Stuck in the her apartment complex, with a cast of scary and odd neighbors, due to a blizzard that is quietly dumping feet of snow on the state and shutting down the city, Allegra decides to renew her interest in the infrequently checked website and see if her profile has brought in anyone worth her while. Here starts the thrill ride.
Charles, a shoe salesman, has contacted Allegra and caught her interest. She decides to email him back. He quickly responds to her email and asks her to chat on the sites IM. Bored silly, she agrees. During the IM chat, nice enough at first, Charles starts to ramble on about the storm and how some people wait for storms of this magnitude to commit the most heinous crimes imaginable because the police can not get there in time. Just as Allegra starts to not like the flow of the conversation and wants to get off the chat, Charles continues with "our building" and "live here". Now she knows something is wrong. When she asks him who he is and if he lives in the same complex as her he replies that he is going to burrow in her head and turn her inside out. From here is the roller coaster of a ride that Allegra experiences, changing her life for good.
I true mind twister with a mystery plot and a cast of sinister characters that keep Allegra, and the reader, on their toes, this is a book you won't be able to put down. Every new turn will have you suspecting someone else. Each new detail will have you just a little more engrossed or scared. This psychological thriller is a must read for anyone who is a fan of this type of genre. If you happen to be caught in the perfect storm you might want to pick the book up to add that little extra thrill factor! Thanks for reading! -Melissa
A room without books is like a body without a soul. -Cicero
It's winter time in the Cobble Hill section of Brooklyn and Allegra, a fourth grade teacher, is about to endure the worst experience of her life. Sick of being single, after a devastating break-up with her "boyfriend" Danny, Allegra decides to try a dating website. Stuck in the her apartment complex, with a cast of scary and odd neighbors, due to a blizzard that is quietly dumping feet of snow on the state and shutting down the city, Allegra decides to renew her interest in the infrequently checked website and see if her profile has brought in anyone worth her while. Here starts the thrill ride.
Charles, a shoe salesman, has contacted Allegra and caught her interest. She decides to email him back. He quickly responds to her email and asks her to chat on the sites IM. Bored silly, she agrees. During the IM chat, nice enough at first, Charles starts to ramble on about the storm and how some people wait for storms of this magnitude to commit the most heinous crimes imaginable because the police can not get there in time. Just as Allegra starts to not like the flow of the conversation and wants to get off the chat, Charles continues with "our building" and "live here". Now she knows something is wrong. When she asks him who he is and if he lives in the same complex as her he replies that he is going to burrow in her head and turn her inside out. From here is the roller coaster of a ride that Allegra experiences, changing her life for good.
I true mind twister with a mystery plot and a cast of sinister characters that keep Allegra, and the reader, on their toes, this is a book you won't be able to put down. Every new turn will have you suspecting someone else. Each new detail will have you just a little more engrossed or scared. This psychological thriller is a must read for anyone who is a fan of this type of genre. If you happen to be caught in the perfect storm you might want to pick the book up to add that little extra thrill factor! Thanks for reading! -Melissa
A room without books is like a body without a soul. -Cicero
November 17, 2011
Roberta Goodman's Snow Escape was based around Allegra Maxwell, a single teacher, who's innocence is portrayed and threatened during a massive snow storm in New York.
Being a single woman, she feels the need for companionship. So she meets other single men through an online dating shop that she attempts to date. But after her relationship with "Danny", her ex, she doesn't seem to find the right person. But after coming home from her class that was cut short because of the snow storm, she sees a profile from a "Charles" that catches her eye. After several hours of talking on the chat feature on the dating website the conversation takes a turn for the worst.
Her night gets progressively worse as "Charles" seems to make her life a living hell and destroys the evidence along the way, to make her look like she's going insane. It doesn't help when the person who's tormenting her lives in her building. To make matters even worse, there's a terrible snow storm outside. With no escape from her tormentor, herself, or the building, she's stuck inside, running for her life and trying to prove that she's not mentally unstable.
I really enjoyed Roberta's writing style, though I found it was a little hard to read sometimes, as a whole it was well written. And though it was difficult to get started, once I got started I read it in basically one sitting. It kept me curious about who the villain or villains of the novel would be as she kept so many different options open as to who would be the stalker. But I did find that there were some left confusing and weren't fully explained or clarified. Such as when you find out who the villain was and you she was supposedly the stalker of her ex-boyfriend. Roberta never clarifies that Allegra was either a stalker or she wasn't it was just a he say she say kind of mention and that was a little aggravating for me as I really wanted to know the truth of the past. You also never find out what happens to Danny. So though it was overall enjoyable, there were a couple tidbits that bothered me and a lack of information in some locations.
Being a single woman, she feels the need for companionship. So she meets other single men through an online dating shop that she attempts to date. But after her relationship with "Danny", her ex, she doesn't seem to find the right person. But after coming home from her class that was cut short because of the snow storm, she sees a profile from a "Charles" that catches her eye. After several hours of talking on the chat feature on the dating website the conversation takes a turn for the worst.
Her night gets progressively worse as "Charles" seems to make her life a living hell and destroys the evidence along the way, to make her look like she's going insane. It doesn't help when the person who's tormenting her lives in her building. To make matters even worse, there's a terrible snow storm outside. With no escape from her tormentor, herself, or the building, she's stuck inside, running for her life and trying to prove that she's not mentally unstable.
I really enjoyed Roberta's writing style, though I found it was a little hard to read sometimes, as a whole it was well written. And though it was difficult to get started, once I got started I read it in basically one sitting. It kept me curious about who the villain or villains of the novel would be as she kept so many different options open as to who would be the stalker. But I did find that there were some left confusing and weren't fully explained or clarified. Such as when you find out who the villain was and you she was supposedly the stalker of her ex-boyfriend. Roberta never clarifies that Allegra was either a stalker or she wasn't it was just a he say she say kind of mention and that was a little aggravating for me as I really wanted to know the truth of the past. You also never find out what happens to Danny. So though it was overall enjoyable, there were a couple tidbits that bothered me and a lack of information in some locations.
April 22, 2013
This was such a simple story, but quite chilling. Being trapped in an apartment building during a blizzard and being stalked by an unknown person, creepy tenants and a murder, this book left me with goose bumps.
Allegra is a young, single woman living alone in an apartment within a large apartment complex. Arriving home early from work because of the threat of an approaching blizzard, she prepares herself to be stuck home for the weekend. After checking her email and responding to a message from an on-line dating site she belongs to, she quickly gets a response back from a man and begins chatting with him. After awhile, the conversation takes a turn for the worse and that’s when things get pretty hairy rather quickly.
This book kept me on the edge of my seat. It’s like – when you’re watching a scary movie, and you cover your eyes, but you’re peeking through your fingers because you don’t want to miss what’s going to happen – scary. With the stalker playing mind games with allegro, I felt myself wondering if what was happening really for real, or was Allegra just crazy. It’s a great thriller and was hard to put down.
While I enjoyed this book tremendously, it was a bit repetitive. You went through the sequence of events over & over again, and almost word for word. It was a bit annoying.
Overall, Snow Escape was an exciting thriller, with an equally exciting ending. I would recommend this to anyone who enjoys mystery thrillers, and who isn’t home alone while reading it.
Allegra is a young, single woman living alone in an apartment within a large apartment complex. Arriving home early from work because of the threat of an approaching blizzard, she prepares herself to be stuck home for the weekend. After checking her email and responding to a message from an on-line dating site she belongs to, she quickly gets a response back from a man and begins chatting with him. After awhile, the conversation takes a turn for the worse and that’s when things get pretty hairy rather quickly.
This book kept me on the edge of my seat. It’s like – when you’re watching a scary movie, and you cover your eyes, but you’re peeking through your fingers because you don’t want to miss what’s going to happen – scary. With the stalker playing mind games with allegro, I felt myself wondering if what was happening really for real, or was Allegra just crazy. It’s a great thriller and was hard to put down.
While I enjoyed this book tremendously, it was a bit repetitive. You went through the sequence of events over & over again, and almost word for word. It was a bit annoying.
Overall, Snow Escape was an exciting thriller, with an equally exciting ending. I would recommend this to anyone who enjoys mystery thrillers, and who isn’t home alone while reading it.
February 21, 2014
Rear Window, North By Northwest, Psycho, The Birds and Vertigo. What made this classic thrillers so classical and so thrilling? I personally believe it was the touch of Alfred Hitchcock. Ever since Hitchcock became known in the mainstream, many people have tried to replicate his style in movie making and even literature. In the case of Roberta Goodman's "Snow Escape", Hitchcock has been perfectly translated into literature. Like many people these days, hopeless romantic Allegra Maxwell decides to use the internet to look for love. On the night of a deadly blizzard, she meets a man who appears to be very ideal. Their internet conversation begins as cute but pretty soon, "Charles" exposes his true self as a stalker who happens to live her apartment building. When the power goes out on account of the blizzard and when the snow bounds the people in the building, Allegra tries to turn to her neighbors for help but when she appears to be hysterical, they believe she's loosing her mind. Can she get help before it's too late? The story seems like a simple stalker case but once you read the book and go through the details of the story, you really get a sense that you're watching a Hitchcock movie in your mind. Very thrilling story yet very entertaining.
October 26, 2011
Roberta Goodman's novel Snow Escape is a real page turner of a mystery, but it could use some tweaking in the character development and writing style.
After about 25 pages in, Snow Escape becomes a real page turner. I seriously couldn't put it down. I had to know what was going to happen next. Goodman puts in several good red herrings that throw the reader off. I also wondered several times whether Goodman's protagonist, Allegra Maxwell, was a reliable narrator, or if she was not totally sane.
On that note, however, I wish that the viewpoint was more limited to what Allegra thought, rather than third person omnipotent. It might have been better from first person.
I also wish the characters had some more depth and development. A lot of them are bland caricatures. Even Allegra is sort of bland. The general writing style could also be improved by being more descriptive in general. I'd like to feel more like I was experiencing what Allegra was, more than being told how she felt.
Bottom Line: Snow Escape is a page turner, but its writing style and characters could be more engaging.
Disclosure: I received a copy of Snow Escape from the author.
After about 25 pages in, Snow Escape becomes a real page turner. I seriously couldn't put it down. I had to know what was going to happen next. Goodman puts in several good red herrings that throw the reader off. I also wondered several times whether Goodman's protagonist, Allegra Maxwell, was a reliable narrator, or if she was not totally sane.
On that note, however, I wish that the viewpoint was more limited to what Allegra thought, rather than third person omnipotent. It might have been better from first person.
I also wish the characters had some more depth and development. A lot of them are bland caricatures. Even Allegra is sort of bland. The general writing style could also be improved by being more descriptive in general. I'd like to feel more like I was experiencing what Allegra was, more than being told how she felt.
Bottom Line: Snow Escape is a page turner, but its writing style and characters could be more engaging.
Disclosure: I received a copy of Snow Escape from the author.
October 19, 2011
“Snow Escape” is a Heart pounding thriller that will keep you up at night and its just in time for Halloween.
I’ll think twice before trying online dating after reading this horror story. Allegra Maxwell is just a sweet woman who is looking for love, but after her brief online dating experience she may not even survive to see the light of day. What do you do when your sanity is questioned and you are trapped in your small apartment with a crazy stalker on the loose? Find out what Allegra does in the exciting new thriller by Roberta Goodman “Snow Escape”.
Great storyline and because the situation was so realistic it was that much more frightening. I couldn’t imagine what I would do if I was in that situation, but I highly recommend this book to anyone who loves a good scary story. A great read for a dark and stormy night.
Warning: Not for the faint of heart.
I’ll think twice before trying online dating after reading this horror story. Allegra Maxwell is just a sweet woman who is looking for love, but after her brief online dating experience she may not even survive to see the light of day. What do you do when your sanity is questioned and you are trapped in your small apartment with a crazy stalker on the loose? Find out what Allegra does in the exciting new thriller by Roberta Goodman “Snow Escape”.
Great storyline and because the situation was so realistic it was that much more frightening. I couldn’t imagine what I would do if I was in that situation, but I highly recommend this book to anyone who loves a good scary story. A great read for a dark and stormy night.
Warning: Not for the faint of heart.
April 6, 2012
Snow Escape starts off introducing us to Allegra Maxwell, a single school teacher who turns to an online dating site in hopes of meeting Mr. Right. In the beginning of the book I found myself drifting back and forth because I wished the author wrote it in the Allegra's P.O.V, instead of writing it in the third person omnipotent...it felt kind of boring...I wanted to experience what Allegra was feeling, instead of being told how she felt.
BUT as I read on, I found myself wrapped in the story and wanting to know more.
This story is a real page turner once you get caught in it... I won't spoil the ending, but I will say its a MUST read, especially for those who love a good mystery based on a real possibility
BUT as I read on, I found myself wrapped in the story and wanting to know more.
This story is a real page turner once you get caught in it... I won't spoil the ending, but I will say its a MUST read, especially for those who love a good mystery based on a real possibility
December 29, 2011
This book is absolutely wonderfully well written by a talented writer. The Story consist of an Erie feel of a well known familiar fear we all face when putting personal information online, much less when meeting a new person online or in chat rooms. The Novel takes a twists as she learns more of her stalker and is forced to questioned her own sanity. Under a snow storm she is forced to hide from her stalker, one of her neighbors gets killed. She later finds out this person is from her past. I won't give out the ending, But I do encourage people to read this novel and find out who the stalker is.
November 14, 2011
Loved the premise, suspenseful, stuck inside a building during a snowstorm, possibly with your
"stalker" in the next apartment, and...downhill from there. Too out there, too many loose ends which were woven together even though they didn't fit...I really wanted to enjoy it, but it just wasn't that great.
"stalker" in the next apartment, and...downhill from there. Too out there, too many loose ends which were woven together even though they didn't fit...I really wanted to enjoy it, but it just wasn't that great.
October 27, 2011
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