The Seduction

Taconic Hills Mystery #2

by Marilyn Wallace

Lee Montara is anxious to escape the painful memories of a lost love, and the unwanted attentions of photographer Stewart McLaren. The perfect a visit to her sister in tranquil Taconic Hills. After all, Rosie and Paul and their sunny six-year-old son Andrew have been begging her to come and stay with them. But when someone starts leaving presents for the sisters - each one eerie, each one tied with a black satin bow - the country calm Lee so desperately sought is cruelly shattered. Impulsive and impetuous, Lee insists on confronting the man whose gifts hint of a twisted passion. But Rosie counsels patience - until her child becomes the object of the perverse suitor's attentions. Finally as a summer storm lashes the house and the clock ticks down to their fateful confrontation, Lee and Rosie prepare to face their mysterious tormentor and learn his shocking secret. In this masterpiece of psychological seduction, Marilyn Wallace has created a novel of inescapable suspense as close and as terrifying as the neighbor next door.

432 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1993

About the author

Marilyn Weiss Wallace's first novel, A Case of Loyalties, won the Macavity Award for Best First Novel in 1986. Her second, Primary Target, was nominated for an Anthony Award. She is also the editor of the Sisters in Crime anthologies, which have won Anthony, Macavity, and American Mystery Awards. Current Danger is her seventh novel. She lives in New York City.

Reviews

[Sheri · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Seduction (Marilyn Wallace) is psychological thriller at its best. When Lee Montara decides she needs a vacation from her hectic photography job in New York City, she decides to go back to her childhood home and visit with her sister Rosie. She expects to relax on the quiet country farm, but that is not what happens.

Soon gifts start appearing in the home, and it appears someone is obsessed with one of the sisters. As Lee and Rosie try to figure out who is behind these strange gifts, everyone becomes suspect and the sisters fear for their safety.

The Seduction is a suspenseful page turner, it will leave you guessing (until the end) who the culprit is, and wondering what his motive is for tormenting Lee & Rosie.

[Punkin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Hmmm 2.5 stars.
The ending was kind of rushed and crap. The rest was enticing and surprising. Kept you guessing. Several unanswered questions.