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The Forgotten Place
A high school reunion. A brutal murder. A psychotic cop. A devious blackmail scheme. The past can be a deadly place to revisit.
Boozy, down-on-his-luck L.A. nightclub manager Jimmy Connor returns to his hometown outside Atlantic City to attend his 10-year high school class reunion, and to recoup money owed him by his sleazy partner. When Jimmy is charged with the brutal slaying of a classmate after the drunken party, he finds himself trapped in a nightmare of blackmail, revenge, and murder. He turns to the one person he thinks he can tust--Rachel DiMauro, a local detective (and his first love)--to help him find the killer and clear his name. From Josh Griffith--author of the Jason Chance mystery series ( THIS LONELY TOWN, THIS SECRET TOWN , and THIS FAITHLESS TOWN ), the riveting suspense novel, THE LOST MAN , and co-author (with Michael Malone) of the NY Times bestselling mystery, THE KILLING CLUB --comes a fiendishly intricate, exhilarating new psychological thriller.
Boozy, down-on-his-luck L.A. nightclub manager Jimmy Connor returns to his hometown outside Atlantic City to attend his 10-year high school class reunion, and to recoup money owed him by his sleazy partner. When Jimmy is charged with the brutal slaying of a classmate after the drunken party, he finds himself trapped in a nightmare of blackmail, revenge, and murder. He turns to the one person he thinks he can tust--Rachel DiMauro, a local detective (and his first love)--to help him find the killer and clear his name. From Josh Griffith--author of the Jason Chance mystery series ( THIS LONELY TOWN, THIS SECRET TOWN , and THIS FAITHLESS TOWN ), the riveting suspense novel, THE LOST MAN , and co-author (with Michael Malone) of the NY Times bestselling mystery, THE KILLING CLUB --comes a fiendishly intricate, exhilarating new psychological thriller.
318 pages, Paperback
First published May 4, 2014
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About the author
Josh Griffith
20 books14 followersAward-winning writer/producer Josh Griffith’s credits include: co-author (with Michael Malone) of the NY Times bestselling mystery novel The Killing Club, associate producer on the Francis Ford Coppola film Twixt, executive producer for the television series Angeles and Reyes & Rey (Sony Pictures Television), co-executive producer/headwriter for Hollywood Heights (Sony Pictures Television/Nickelodeon/Televisa), and co-creator of the hit show Sunset Beach (NBC/Spelling Entertainment). He has served as executive producer and head writer on the long-running daytime dramas One Life To Live and The Young & The Restless. His work garnered him five Emmy Awards and four Writer’s Guild Awards.
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Displaying 1 - 7 of 7 reviews
March 2, 2018
Great murder mystery
Lots of language but a very good story line. Characters were life like and easy to visualize. Excited for more by this author
Lots of language but a very good story line. Characters were life like and easy to visualize. Excited for more by this author
July 28, 2014
"The Forgotten Place" is a spine-tingling page turner that draws the reader into L.A. club owner, Jimmy Connor's desperate world from the very first paragraph. Trying to collect a debt from his seedy business partner and former high school classmate, Jimmy returns to his New Jersey hometown to attend a high school reunion from hell. Jimmy has no idea what he is getting into or how involved his partner is with the Atlantic City mafia scene. He also is unaware of the grudges held against him by one of his former classmates. As the story unfolds Jimmy gets framed for several of his classmate's untimely deaths and is caught in a web of lies where he must fight for his freedom much like the character Manny Balestrero from Alfred Hitchcock's "The Wrong Man." In an attempt to save himself, Jimmy reaches out to his long lost love, local detective Rachel DiMauro and together they work to prove his innocence while keeping from getting killed in the process. I thoroughly enjoyed this suspenseful thriller and it's compelling message that no matter how far you move away you can never truly escape your past.
January 26, 2015
A worthy effort
3.5 for this thriller, my first by the author. In need of a good proofreader, but I do not fault the author for that. A lot of blood and a few too many police killed when did not need to occur. All in all the story kept my interest.
3.5 for this thriller, my first by the author. In need of a good proofreader, but I do not fault the author for that. A lot of blood and a few too many police killed when did not need to occur. All in all the story kept my interest.
April 10, 2018
Kept me up late. Just when you think the story is over, it comes screaming back. Loved it!!
It was non stop action and the characters were great. I can't wait to read the next Josh Griffith story!
It was non stop action and the characters were great. I can't wait to read the next Josh Griffith story!
April 26, 2018
The Forgotten Place
Another exciting fast paced story. Great read! Now looking for another Josh Griffith heart stopping adventure. Hard to put down once you start reading
Another exciting fast paced story. Great read! Now looking for another Josh Griffith heart stopping adventure. Hard to put down once you start reading
April 21, 2020
Good
Plot has too many killings and people recover too fast. Switches from first person to thiRd not to my taste.
Plot has too many killings and people recover too fast. Switches from first person to thiRd not to my taste.
July 5, 2020
I like this author
Story twists and turns keeping you guessing. Well written. I would recommend it. It keeps you interested and turning the pages
Story twists and turns keeping you guessing. Well written. I would recommend it. It keeps you interested and turning the pages
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