The last thing veteran reporter Colin McGuire , fleeing his job on a big-city newspaper in the wake numbing personal tragedy, expects to find in sleepy little Seaville on Long Island’s North Fork is murder. In a few short weeks Seaville has brought him friends, some comfort and perhaps more in the person of Annie Winters, who is also trying to build a new life. But as the murders multiply, so, too, do the questions and the doubts. Friends suspect friends, lovers suspect lovers and sooner or later a lot of people begin to suspect Colin.
This is one of those down-to-the-wire stories, very well written, guaranteed to keep you flipping the pages.
*New York Times
New writer Jack Early ranks with Leonard, Ludlum and King.
*Tacoma, WA. News-Tribune
Crisp writing, plus abundant surprises will keep readers riveted until the last page.
*Publishers Weekly
Clever plotting, unflagging suspense, authentic dialogue all adds up to firmly compelling, fully satisfying suspense.
*Kirkus Reviews
It is almost impossible to avoid being caught up in this marvelously well-told story.
*Newsday
The last thing veteran reporter Colin McGuire , fleeing his job on a big-city newspaper in the wake numbing personal tragedy, expects to find in sleepy little Seaville on Long Island’s North Fork is murder. In a few short weeks Seaville has brought him friends, some comfort and perhaps more in the person of Annie Winters, who is also trying to build a new life. But as the murders multiply, so, too, do the questions and the doubts. Friends suspect friends, lovers suspect lovers and sooner or later a lot of people begin to suspect Colin.
This is one of those down-to-the-wire stories, very well written, guaranteed to keep you flipping the pages.
*New York Times
New writer Jack Early ranks with Leonard, Ludlum and King.
*Tacoma, WA. News-Tribune
Crisp writing, plus abundant surprises will keep readers riveted until the last page.
*Publishers Weekly
Clever plotting, unflagging suspense, authentic dialogue all adds up to firmly compelling, fully satisfying suspense.
*Kirkus Reviews
It is almost impossible to avoid being caught up in this marvelously well-told story.
*Newsday