Wednesday, October 6, 2021

GOOD AS DEAD, by Susan Walter

    


Mystery/Thriller -- 2 1/2 stars

When Holly's husband is killed in a hit and run accident, she is left with a teen-aged daughter to raise with no financial support.  While recuperating from her own injuries, a stranger makes her an offer she can't turn down.  Now her finances are secure, but what about the truth? ----- I wish Ms. Walter had delved more deeply into character development early on.  The situation pulled the characters forward with only cursory thought, though the early absent reasoning ended up playing a large part in the way things turned out.  The lapse/connection left a void.  The sorting out of events at the ending did answer a question hinted at in earlier chapters, but the happily-ever-after finish came completely out of left field.  I wanted better treatment for a what-would-I-do life juncture.

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