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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN num: 9780786017768
ISBN number: 0786017767
Label: Pinnacle
Manufacturer: Pinnacle
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 416
Printing Date: December 18, 2007
Publishing house: Pinnacle
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Amelia Farady suffers from blackouts, and she has the feeling she is personally involved in a series of deaths. Eleven years have passed since 12 women vanished without a trace. Now, as new murders occur, Amelia continues to suffer from blackouts, leaving her to wonder if shes a cold-blooded killer or a pawn in a deadly game. Original.
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Amelia Faraday, adopted daughter of Jenna and Mark Faraday, has suffered all her life with phantom pains, blackouts, and now, weird dreams that seem incredibly real. She'd seen her brother, Collin, murdered, and feared she murdered him. She saw her parents and her aunt, Ina, murdered while they were up at the Faraday's cabin, exactly as it happened, and is terrified she's the murderer. But her therapist, Karen Carlisle, can't believe her sweet, beautiful, smart client did those things. There has to be a reason, and Karen is determined to find out what and why.
Along with Amelia's uncle, George McMillan, they start digging into Amelia's past; the Faradays had adopted her when she was four. What happened to her might explain what's happening today, but neither can believe what they discover.
While I was hooked right from the start, the one line on page 16: "When the screaming stops, that's usually when he's almost done." gave me the shivers and I had a hard time putting the book down after that.
While the plot seems predictable, it's how the author brought the story to its conclusion that's worth the read. His characters, especially Amelia and her sister Annabelle, may be mirror images in looks, but their personalities are so unbelievably different. Amelia is sweet, cares about her family and friends, and is tortured when thinking she murdered her family. Annabelle is cold to the core, and that's do mainly because of her father and what he was, what he did, and what Annabelle went through.
And just when you think Annabelle's plan to kill everyone Amelia loves and cares for so that she has no one but Annabelle to turn to, Karen and George did as much digging as they could, and figured out what's going on, while it almost a hair too late.
Tense, suspenseful, this is one story you can't put down or breeze through. It will take all of your attention, and that's how I like `em.
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I don't understand the "rave" reviews! This wasn't any kind of "thriller" - psychological or otherwise - from the very beginning it was pretty easy to figure out the "plot". I kept reading AND reading AND reading until I couldn't stand it one moment longer and went to the end. One of the reviewers said you wouldn't know who the killer was until the very end. When I read those last few pages I wondered WHAT book that person read. The book "might" have been okay had the author come to the "point" and eliminated about 200 pages of tedium! Oh well, another one that "bit" the dust - this book goes in the trash - I won't be passing this one on - which I generally do. Don't waste your money and TIME of this drivel!
I must add without giving away what "little" plot there is that the character George was totally unbelievable as a "grieving" husband. I trust mine would grieve a little longer than a week when I depart from this earth!
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I think this was Kevin O'Brien at his best. I've read everything he's written, and I can honestly say that this book kept me hooked from the very first paragraph until I put it down. This is one book that had me turning on the lights when it got dark, and staying up too late to read (as most of his books have done). I love his style; there is always a twist that you don't see coming. I disagree with a previous reviewer's comments about his ethics...excuse me?? Kevin is one of the most talented writers I've ever read, and I'm looking forward to his subsequent book(s).
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This book is suspenseful and a fun read. Great literature it is not but for sheer entertainment, it is fine.
Beautiful, young Amelia is plagued with horrifying premonitions of murder that seem to come true. As loved ones are murdered she enlists the aid of her therapist Karen. Burdened by guilt over a suicide, Karen is drawn to Amelia (and later her grieving uncle) and becomes involved in solving the mystery of Amelia as well as the haunting cases of a number of missing women.
This novel is fast paced. The uncle, while handsome, is remarkably (and refreshingly)restrained in his relationship with Karen. Karen, unfortunately, is rather bland. There are basically two types of protagonists, those with intriguing personalities who are able adversaries for the villain, ie, Preston/Child's Aloysius Pendergast, Jeffrey Deaver's Lincoln Rhyme or John Connolly's Charlie Parker. Then there are the heroines whose actions are rather dumb, like heading for the roof as opposed to the door when pursued, but drive the story forward. Karen falls into the latter category. Her judgment is flawed but this isn't brain surgery, it's just good fun.
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The very first book I read by Kevin O'brien was LEFT FOR DEAD and I really enjoyed it and when I saw the comment by Tess Gerritsen on the cover of ONE LAST SCREAM, I thought, we have a winner here. Well, ONE LAST SCREAM was a pretty good read, but not one of the best ever. My probelm with this one is that I had it figured out extremely early in the book. I mean extremely early. It's true that the secret behind the killings was not really that big a secret and everything was revealed long before the final chapter. Still, a little mystery would not have hurt. Also, the main heroine, Karen, who is not even mentioned in the description on the back cover did indeed make many mistakes that I find it hard to believe a professional therapist in her position would make. And what about George and Karen? Could we have a little resolution there? Okay, enough of that. The action keeps moving and this book is definately not boring. In fact, I'm about to start another Kevin O'brien book right now. LEFT FOR DEAD was very good. ONE LAST SCREAM was okay. If the subsequent one is some where in between, I'll be happy. Kevin O'Brien seems to be a pretty dependable author. Hey, if Tess Gerritsen can recommend it, how bad can it be?
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