Read & Reviewed by J. Kaye
Book Info
• Hardcover: 304 pages
• Publisher: Shaye Areheart Books (February 19, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 030739610X
• ISBN-13: 978-0307396105
J. Kaye’s Thoughts
I love when a story entraps me to the point I can no longer stop reading. There is no longer a choice. It’s like rolling down a hill at such a high speed that you can’t stop. You’re enjoying the thrill, but praying the ending will be a good one. That’s the way it was for me when I read this psychological thriller.
The story begins with a group of college students taking Logic & Reasoning 204 taught by Professor Williams. Their assignment for the course is to locate a fictionalized girl named Polly. Their failure to do so will result in her death. It turns out, this fictionalized Polly is very much like a cold case file of Deanna Ward who went missing twenty years ago.
Over the course of the next couple of weeks, Professor Williams feeds his students pieces of evidence while at the same time evidence of Deanna Ward surfaces to the point three students believe there is a connection. For three students, what’s real and what isn’t becomes blurry.
Even though some of the ending as a bit unbelievable, such as the lawsuits that would result from such an act, this was an edge-of-your-seat kind of thriller for me. I just loved it! I can’t wait to see what kind of tale Lavender weaves next.
My rating is
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133 comments:
I need a good thriller and this sounds like one that I need! It's been a while since I had a book that sucked me in. I hope I get this one!
Anne
These one sounds great for a cold winter weekend! Count me in, please.
Sounds like a good read! Count me in-I love being sucked into a great book.
I've been eager for more good new (to me) mystery authors. This book looks great!
Hello,
I'm a new reader to your blog and this book sounds really good for those cold winter evenings. Please count me in :)
I absolutely love books that suck you in and won't let you go! This sounds like a winner! Count me in J. Kaye.
I just added this novel to my weekly discoveries post, so I was pleasantly surprised to see your review. Sounds like it was a good as I was hoping it would be! Don't put me in the raffle, but thanks for the review.
This sounds like a book I would enjoy. Count me in.
It has been so long since I have read I book that I simply could not put down! I would love the opportunity...great review!
I had read about this book a long time ago and wanted to read it, but then I forgot all about it. Thanks for reminding me with the great review.
I know that I have read about this book somewhere before - thinking maybe Book of the Month Club - sounded good then and still sounds good now. This would be a great one to start the Suspense and Thriller Challenge with! Please sign me up for the giveaway!
Kristi
Sounds like a page turner, J. Kaye.
Something about the cover reminds me of Testimony.
No need to enter me in the raffle.
Shana
Literarily
Oh...I love when the book takes control!
I have heard quite a lot of good things about the author, but haven't found any of the books written. Count me in, please.
-V-
Like with many of your books its on my wish list. Please count me in.
sounds great! Count me in!
I haven't read a good thriller in awhile. Ok, maybe Dean Koontz's new Odd book last week.........
But anyways, this sounds like a great read!
This sounds soo good. I love the feeling you described. It's been awhile since a book has made me feel like that. Please count me in!
Oh, J. Kaye, what am I going to do with you? I think our reading tastes are far too similar. Do you know what my reading list has started to look like, since I found your blog? (j/k, keep em coming ;D) I would love to be entered in this one please =D
This book is one I've wanted to read for a long time. I'd love to be entered. thanks!
Oh man, J.Kaye, you certainly sold me!
Just a comment - I'm so glad you loved this book. I, on the other hand, was extremely disappointed. I LOVED the premise, but there was just too many confusing bits of information. I never knew whether something was fact or fiction. Sorry that I rained on your parade (but I'm usually in the minority anyway, so don't mind me). :)
Joy, you didn't rain on my parade and in fact, you are with the majority. Check Amazon reviews. Most thought it was confusing.
I thought this was one of the best tightly woven stories I have ever read in a VERY long time. I l-o-v-e-d it. Gosh, this author rocks!
Sounds like a great book! I need to expand my pool of mystery authors. Please count me in and thanks for sharing!
Definitely sounds like something I would enjoy. Thanks for entering me.
Sounds like a good thriller, one that I would enjoy. Sign me up. :)
I love getting totally immersered in a good book and shutting out the rest of the world. This sounds like just such a book.
traymona[at]aol.com
I would love to be entered into this contest. I need a diversion from reading business books all the time.
I read Obedience as an ARC from the library, and didn't like it. I thought the plot was just too improbable, and was irritated by what seemed to be anachronisms, like college students listening to "records" in a novel that was supposed to be set in the present day, as far as I could tell. Maybe I'm just too close to the setting to have enough perspective!
I love thrillers. Thanks!
Sounds like a great book! I'd love to read it.
Sounds fascinating. Please enter me.
Donna
bacchus76[at]myself[dot]com
WOW this sounds amazing! I absolutely adore books that screw with your head - not knowing what's real and what's not - too cool!!
Please count me in on your raffle :)
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This one sounds good!
This sounds interesting...
Thanks for the entry!
kysmom02@hotmail.com
Wow this book sounds really intrigueing! I'd love to be entered please, thanks!
Oooo, this one sounds good. Please throw my name in the hat!
I agree, its wonderful when a story grabs you and doesnt let go.
great review, this sounds like a great read.
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I love, love, love psychological thrillers!
I'm going to have to add this to my list!
This book does sound really great! My son in college would enjoy this book as much or more than me.
Thanks,Cindi
Oh JK, if no longer putting the book down became a nonoption for you, I must read this book...it sounds grrrreat!!!
Thanks so much for the review!
Darby
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Sounds good, count me in!
This sounds great to me! Please enter me. Thanks so much!
I enjoy reading good thrillers.
Thank you!
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I love thrillers more than any other books. Just can't put them down till I get to the end. Love to read this one. Please enter me.
ayancey[at]dishmail[dot]net
I love books that when you start them you can't put them down.
This definitely sounds like one of them.
Please put me in.
When I consider a book very good, it's notputdownable, and there are few of those. Therefore, this is one I truly hope to win.
Edge of your seat thriller! You bet I want a chance to win. Thanks for another great review and contest.
I would love to read this book! From your description it sounds like something I would want to read from start to finish in one sitting it will keep me so enraptured.
This is an amazing read, I think I read it in one day. Quiet an accomplishment for me, since I work full time and have two kids! No need to enter me into the contest.
Sounds really good, but I don't think I can afford to lose much sleep at this point because I can't put the book down! Please enter me.
Wow, that book sounds great. Will have to read it! Thanks, count me in on the contest.
Would love to win that thriller, thanks!
This sounds like a good one. Please enter me.
Sounds like an awesome book!
bridget3420
This sounds like a great book. I haven't read any really great books lately, just so-so, and am in need of one that will really pull me in.
thanks for the chance to win.
J. Kaye--FANTASTIC description of being hooked into a book, that is it exactly!
This sounds really good, I hadn't heard about it before. I would love to read it!
Carey
Cool count me in :)
Stacie V
Sounds great. PLease enter me. I'd love a chance to win. Thanks.
I really liked my Logic courses in college but I never had to solve a problem like this one. Apparently that a good thing! This sounds good. Please include me in the contest. Thanks!
Sounds like a great thriller!! Thanks for the chance to win!
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This one sounds great! Count me in!
This books sounds really interesting. I'd love to read it.
rasberryswrlgirl@hotmail.com
This sounds really good! I love thrillers! Thank you for the giveaway!
Carol M
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I would love to be entered. :) I have also blogged about your contest:
http://morbid-romantic.net/2008/12/29/book-giveaways-1229-0104
Sounds great - please enter me!!
I'm always on the lookout for great mysteries. Thanks for the giveaway.
I too love it when the book doesn't let me go. It's so much fun then to just ignore everything else and read. Great review!
Sounds good! Would love to read a good thriller.
Deidre
Brr, creepy! And the conflicting opinions, people finding it confusing and such, just make me want to read it more, ha!
No need to enter me. I blogged about your giveaway here:
http://teddyrose.blogspot.com/2009/01/this-weeks-giveaways-galore.html
This one sounds really good. Count me in !
sounds great
Sounds like a book we would enjoy
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I am sure I would enjoy this book. Please enter me
What a new take for a thriller! Sounds intriguing.
I would love to read this one!! thanks for the opportunity!
i have not read a thriller in a while,this sounds good.
I love a good thriller-please enter me to win!
love this type of book hope to win (don't be so snarly it not good for your site send the winners by e-mail please. as much as you would like i can't possibly come here every single day i have a very busy life. he who serves the best profits the most)
Looks like a great book.
Sign me up for a chance to win.
I love thrillers. Looks like a good read
jason@allworldautomotive.com
This sounds like a cant-put-it-down thriller.......the best kind!
Sounds like a great book
gkstratos@yahoo.com
I agree with you, when you can't put a book down it's worth telling everyone!
Tarah
tarah716[at]ymail.com
A book i'd love to win.I am a subscriber.
I would like to read this.
want to win this I love a good thriller
I went to High School with Will. He is an amazing talent,a great father and husband. His students at UofL love him too! He came from a very humble beginning and I am extremely proud of him and consider it an honor to call him a friend. His dad said he is close to finishing his next manuscript so all of you who are fans, the wait won't be much longer. I enjoyed this book and the whole time I was reading it, I had a hard time imaging the skinny kid I went to school with was the author. He is only 32 and is still young in the publishing world. I only expect him to become better with each book!
Love a good thriller, thanks
I love a great psychological thriller and you make this one sound super thrilling!
I'd love to win and read and pass on to someone else!
Thanks
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Love to have this.
Thanks,
I'm always open to reading a good thriller. Thanks for the chance to win.
Thanks for the giveaway. I love reading thrillers.
love a good book
would like to be entered
This would be an awesome addition to my library!
I have to check out this book
I am a CPA and reading is my escape from the chaos of tax season. Thanks for the chance.
sounds like a book I would enjoy
It has been so long since I have read a book that has enraptured me. I would love the opportunity to read this one.
I love a good suspense. Nothing better that getting lost in a book!cardshark42(at)hotmail(dot)com
I like a good thriller.
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Count me in, I read up to 6 books a month!
I would love to win this book. Its sounds absolutely captivating!
Looks wonderful - count me in please.
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I would love a chance to win. Thank you
Who doesn't love a good book!? Would love to read it. Thanks for the giveaway & take care!
What a great gift for my friend. Please enter me, thank you
Sounds interesting
I would love to win this, thanks.
erma.hurtt@sbcglobal.net
Love to Read!
Thanks for contest!
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I'm excited about this - I'd like to read it.
I love to read!
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love a good thriller and this sounds like one!!!!
Sounds like an amazing read!@
Great blog and contest. Thank you again.
Amy
amy in kamloops@gmail.com
Love a great mystery. Thanks for having the wonderful giveaway.
dianad8008 AT gmail DOT com
Sounds like a great book and I just love the title. Thanks for the chance to win!
I promoted your giveaway on Luck Happens: http://www.luck-happens.com/january-16.html.
This sounds like a great book and I would love to read it. I also belong to a small book exchange club at work which allows us all to read more books by passing around the ones we already have. This would be a great addition!
I always enjoy reading a good thriller. This book sounds very interesting. garrettsambo@aol.com
Looks like this is an awesome read! Thanks for the opportunity to win it!
Please count me in...I would love to read this book!
It sounds like there are conflicting reviews on this book. I'd love to read it and decide for myself! Thank you for the opportunity to participate in this giveaway!
Oh this sounds great! Thank you so much for giving us the opportunity to win it!
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