Happy to share new review from Bookpleasures amazon/Deepest-Dark-Canadas-Mistress-Suspense-ebook/dp/B00K9E7EHY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1402004446&sr=8-1&keywords=the+deepest+dark Steve Moore Reviewer One great pleasure I have as a reviewer/author is discovering writers who show me new and exciting ways to hold a reader’s interest. Sometimes the writer is a newbie; other times she’s an old hand like Joan Hall Hovey, whose book is the first of hers I’ve read. And then I’m happy to recommend my discovery to other readers. Taut plotting, great characters, and chilling suspense make this thriller a book you can’t put down. My first read was in two nights. There is no mystery here—well, maybe a small one (see below)—as the tale moves along to its inexorable end: Three prisoners have escaped and they’re going to make Abby Miller’s life more hellish than it already is after losing her husband and daughter in a collision. Their leader, Ken Roach (great name, by the way), has traveled a long distance in leading the deadly trio to Abby’s refuge at Loon Lake. Why so far? What’s his agenda? Vivid prose imagery allows the reader to create mental scenes comparable to the real life tragedy of that doctor’s family that occurred near Danbury, Connecticut, or to the movies Cape Fear or Deliverance—the author’s prose, in fact, is quite sufficient for me. Phew! In situations like these, survival often depends on quick thinking and luck. The reader will be in suspense right up to the end of the book wondering if Abby has enough of both. Alfred Hitchcock would be smiling. … an excellent read. All in all, it exhibits a master’s touch—just make sure your alarm system is on and don’t look out your windows into the dark night while you’re reading…”
Posted on: Thu, 05 Jun 2014 21:43:26 +0000