Fallout by Carrie Stuart ParksMy rating: 💛💛💛💛
Another fast-paced suspense with unforeseen twists and turns which kept this reader guessing.
For readers who enjoy the suspense genre, and especially with the focus on the suspense with only hints of a possible romance, this one should be on your TBR.
As per expectations for a good suspense, there was a few possible characters who was under my suspicion and a few possible reasons why characters turned up dead. By the final revelation, the killer was one of my top possibilities.
I learned a few new things in this book, especially one specific survival skill I never knew and googled to see if it is in fact possible, which, it is, from the various YouTube videos available.
Another strong suspense by this author.
If you have yet to try on of this author’s works, add this one to your list. The author’s talent of providing unique and quirky female leads was again evident and I enjoy how the way she describes scenes; it feels like I am right there in the scene with the characters.
*I received a complimentary copy from the publisher. All opinions expressed are my own.*
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About the book:
Samantha Williams’s carefully crafted life is about to be demolished as thoroughly as her art classroom when a careening SUV smashes into the school.
In the dusty farming community of LaCrosse, Washington, art teacher Samantha Williams manages to save her students when an SUV crashes into the school. Her car isn’t so lucky. Oddly, her purse—containing her driver’s license, credit cards, and other identification—is missing from the wreckage, forcing her to rely on the kindness of strangers. Never one to trust easily, Samantha is thrust into a world far different from her simple life of jigsaw puzzles, children’s books, and lectures at the library.
One of the strangers who befriends her is a reporter from Spokane who is in town investigating two sets of skeletal remains that were recently discovered. When authorities discover that the driver in the school accident was shot before the crash, Samantha quickly becomes enmeshed in strange events, which turn ominous with the discovery of blackmail, murder, an abandoned town, and a secret government project.
Samantha has long tried to forget the tragedy of her past, but the links here can't be ignored. Yet these are secrets that others are determined to keep buried, and they’ll use any means necessary to stop Samantha’s search for truth.
In the dusty farming community of LaCrosse, Washington, art teacher Samantha Williams manages to save her students when an SUV crashes into the school. Her car isn’t so lucky. Oddly, her purse—containing her driver’s license, credit cards, and other identification—is missing from the wreckage, forcing her to rely on the kindness of strangers. Never one to trust easily, Samantha is thrust into a world far different from her simple life of jigsaw puzzles, children’s books, and lectures at the library.
One of the strangers who befriends her is a reporter from Spokane who is in town investigating two sets of skeletal remains that were recently discovered. When authorities discover that the driver in the school accident was shot before the crash, Samantha quickly becomes enmeshed in strange events, which turn ominous with the discovery of blackmail, murder, an abandoned town, and a secret government project.
Samantha has long tried to forget the tragedy of her past, but the links here can't be ignored. Yet these are secrets that others are determined to keep buried, and they’ll use any means necessary to stop Samantha’s search for truth.
About the author:
Carrie Stuart Parks is Christy, Carol, and Inspy award-winning author, an award-winning fine artist, and
internationally known forensic artist. Along with her husband, Rick, she travels across the US and Canada teaching courses in forensic art to law enforcement as well as civilian participants. She has won numerous awards for career excellence. Carrie is a popular platform speaker, presenting a variety of topics from crime to creativity.
internationally known forensic artist. Along with her husband, Rick, she travels across the US and Canada teaching courses in forensic art to law enforcement as well as civilian participants. She has won numerous awards for career excellence. Carrie is a popular platform speaker, presenting a variety of topics from crime to creativity.
I like a good suspenseful read, and it's neat when we learn about real life survival skills or whatever as well!
ReplyDeleteYes, it means some great research was done ;-)
DeleteNice review, and I'm so glad you enjoyed it. I always like it when an author photo includes a pet. :)
ReplyDeleteAnd her books includes a dog a well.
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