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Final Act
Framed for the murder of her stepson, Shannon LaCrosse turns to private investigator David Courtney--a former cop who helped put her in jail--to ask for his assistance in finding the killer who framed her and now seems determined to end her life
298 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published February 1, 1998
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November 19, 2024
Certainly not the worst novel I've ever read (looking at you, Origin 🙄) , but it seemed kind of...unpolished. It's from the 90s and a romance and thriller together with corporate intrigue, so there's some cheesiness. Some of the reactions seemed unrealistic...the lady was in jail for over 2 years estranged from her husband, who dies immediately upon her release. Gets shot at, and has awful childhood trauma. And seems to brush it off. Until the end where she kind of breaks down from it all. Which I give her she deserves at this point. And the silly romance...we cannot speak of this great thing between us...like just do it already. But I'm not much of a romance fan.
A lot of the characters seemed underdeveloped, or archetypal figures without a real personality. Maybe due to too ma.y characters and moving parts there just want a lot of substance. The character building when it happened was good. The story of Shannon's childhood felt real and believable although unspeakably tragic.
It was interesting to find that this was a black author and realizing that most of the characters are black. I think that's pretty rare in the genre for the 90s, but part of that may be my embarrassing assumption that all book characters are white 😬
It's not great literature, but for the genre it's not terrible. I'd like to read flashpoint by the same author which seems like it got a lot of good reviews at the time. The author wrote like 5 books and I can't find anything else about her. I wonder what happened.
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A lot of the characters seemed underdeveloped, or archetypal figures without a real personality. Maybe due to too ma.y characters and moving parts there just want a lot of substance. The character building when it happened was good. The story of Shannon's childhood felt real and believable although unspeakably tragic.
It was interesting to find that this was a black author and realizing that most of the characters are black. I think that's pretty rare in the genre for the 90s, but part of that may be my embarrassing assumption that all book characters are white 😬
It's not great literature, but for the genre it's not terrible. I'd like to read flashpoint by the same author which seems like it got a lot of good reviews at the time. The author wrote like 5 books and I can't find anything else about her. I wonder what happened.
Ben's chili bowl is a real place! I love details like that. They're still in business, and you can also buy their hot dogs, chili and other items at the grocery store. That is so cool. It looks so good!
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