Murder

Después de un día horrible en el que había perdido tanto su amante como su trabajo, Jamie creía haber encontrado su príncipe azul: guapo, joven, encantador, con dinero... pero pronto el amor se transforma en puro terror. El hombre de sus sueños, en apenas unas horas, se transforma en un demonio. Atrapada en un viaje infernal salpicado de crimen y violencia, Jamie se ve obligada a acompañar a Brad hacia su objetivo final: Mad River Road. En la tranquila localidad, mientras tanto, Emma y su hijo parecen haber conseguido algo parecido a una vida normal. Aunque su nueva amiga Lily sospecha algo no dice la verdad. Ninguna se atreve a hablar con el corazón, y las verdades no dichas, a medida que pasa el tiempo y el asesino se acerca, se convierten en amenazas mortales...

Tense psychological thriller. Nasty psycho. Some upsetting violence, but also interesting relationships, characters revealed. ( )

Jamie Kellog made a big mistake, one that could prove to be fatal. After learning that her boyfriend is, in fact, a married man and after years of not being the favored daughter of a judgmental mother, Jamie throws caution to the wind and picks up a handsome stranger in a Florida bar. Brad is thoughtful, passionate and almost too good to be true. He convinces Jamie that what she needs is some time for herself away from her stressful life and she impulsively agrees to a road trip with Brad to visit his young son in Ohio. While the trip starts out as a fun, spontaneous lark it soon turns into a terror filled nightmare with a violent man who is not quite who he claims to be.

In Dayton, Ohio, on Mad River Road, two young single mothers, Lily and Emma, have formed a new friendship that includes their two 5-year old boys. Neither of these woman are completely honest, both seeming to cover up tragedy and danger from their pasts. Brad is headed to Mad River Road to confront one of these women and seek revenge on her for fleeing with his child after she had him thrown in prison for domestic abuse. A bruised and terrified Jamie is along for the ride and dreads what she will have to do to keep herself alive.

The suspense in this book was amazing and it really was difficult to know which of the two women Brad was coming for. My problem with the story was the unbelievably cruel male character of Brad; he is sickeningly sadistic to women and that was very difficult to read. The mystery was a good one, though.
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Un homme violent recherche sa femme et son fils et tient une autre femme en otage. Fini par les trouver mais se fait tuer par l'otage ( )