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I'll start by saying that the story is a well told, well plotted suspense that is very detailed in aspects of murder, suspense, police procedure, and good story telling. Good story telling, however, is not the same as a believably good story. The killer in this novel has as much story time as our hero and heroine, and apparently also has the luck on angels on his side. The story literally starts with our villain Chevy Bankes, newly released from prison, killing his next victim in a long plotted and carefully executed plan for demented revenge.

7 years earlier, Beth Denison was the one that got away from Chevy Bankes. Now that he's free from prison, he sets his sights on Beth and terrorizes her with prank phone calls. What he doesn't know is that Beth has been planning for this with kickboxing and target shooting and she feels she's ready to take him on. They both hold a secret that ensures Chevy that Beth won't go to the police. Little does beth know, that blackmail is not on Chevy's mind but killing. Enter former FBI detective Neil Sheridan. Neil's friend drags him back into a case when a new murder pops up that is disturbingly familar to a case Neil investigated 9 years ago. Apparently after this latest murder, the victim's cell phone was used to call one Beth Denison. When they go to question Beth, it's very clear that she's hiding something. Neil, after dealing with his own skeletons in the closet feels protective over Beth and her daughter and gets involved more than he should.

As the story progresses, we find Beth hiding her secrets and the police and FBI hiding information from Beth so that trust becomes a big issue. Meanwhile, Chevy Bankes comes in under the radar to rack up a death toll of ten with it becoming very clear that the finale is to be Beth and her daughter.

That's the generic synopsis, but from here on out are the spoilers of terrible plot manipulation from our author. If you don't want to know, then don't read this paragraph, although I can't say it truly ruins anything since it was pretty predictable. It turns out that Beth was not only a witness but a victim of Chevy and she feels responsible for a murder because she had the balls to attack Chevy when he was holding a gun that led to a stray bullet killing a woman. She was also raped at the time, but when she goes to her husband instead of the police, HELLO????, she decides to not get involved and watches the news media convict Chevy without anyone knowing she was involved. I'm sorry, but this revelation is absolutely lame. It's not like she even knew him before she stumbled upon the attempted murder and her own rape and could have helped put him behind bars even longer. Regardless, I felt that was the first of a list of manipulations that led our dastardly Chevy to accomplish crime after crime, always being two steps ahead of a full FBI task force and everyone on the police force over two states.

Again, the story is clever and well planned, the terrorizing practically genius, but to have pulled it all of like it was, with our villain being within feet of our police and FBI, it straddled fantasy. Even Hannibal Lector isn't that clever. Aside from that, I found the chemistry between our hero and heroine lacking and don't come knocking here for steamy sex scenes. It's akin to finding out the next morning that they had sex and that's basically it. The main characters are all so flawed and I just didn't feel them truly connecting.


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One Scream Away Kate Brady 9780446541527 Books Reviews

A rather slow start - but excitement and suspense picked up dramatically about half way through. Definitely one of my favorites.
One Scream Away will have you turning the pages and hanging on to your seat! The villain is believable and the hero/heroine are so real you feel as if you've known them forever.

This book was so compelling and well written I bought the next book from this author.

No cookie-cutter characters here!
I am a big romantic thriller buff and chose this book in part because of the reviews on and in part because of the comment by Ms. Brady's fellow writer, Allison Brennen. I was not disappointed. I was happy with how the story developed and felt that the relationship between all the characters was believable. It was not my favorite book ever and it didn't keep me up at night, but it was well written and an enjoyable read.
This was an excellent mystery and full of suspense. Nice love story mixed in. I really enjoyed this book. Kept me wanting to reD more....
Loved it, a must read.
This was an excellent romantic suspense. Very detailed although readers expecting more romance might be disappointed. I thought the author got it just right given the airline's background and what she was currently facing. More romance would have seemed trite and unnecessary to carry the story. And the characters got their happily ever after in the end. Great read. Looking forward to reading more from Kate Brady. Highly recommended for lovers of romantic suspense.
First, if you're into romantic suspense which is heavy on the romance, this one isn't. There is a relationship, however, it's one that in some ways just doesn't "work" for the reader. The attraction just all of a sudden is there when it wasn't before, and it's not really clear exactly why either is attracted to the other (especially why Neil is attracted to Beth other than physically of course). And if you're into hot sex in your books, be warned, there is none here. As for plot, for the most part, it's fairly solid, but the whole issue with the appraisal of the dolls was fairly confusing in the beginning. Also, certain ideas and characters are never fully fleshed out or explained. Rick and Maggie's relationship------I saw that as possibly being another book or as least more fully explored, however, it took a decidedly different turn in this book (one that I did not like and did not see as necessary for plot development). And the whole issue with Neil's brother. I never did figure out exactly what that was all about, yet I see the next book is about him. Overall, I'd give it my recommendation but it's certainly not a book that will stick with me for long.
I'll start by saying that the story is a well told, well plotted suspense that is very detailed in aspects of murder, suspense, police procedure, and good story telling. Good story telling, however, is not the same as a believably good story. The killer in this novel has as much story time as our hero and heroine, and apparently also has the luck on angels on his side. The story literally starts with our villain Chevy Bankes, newly released from prison, killing his next victim in a long plotted and carefully executed plan for demented revenge.

7 years earlier, Beth Denison was the one that got away from Chevy Bankes. Now that he's free from prison, he sets his sights on Beth and terrorizes her with prank phone calls. What he doesn't know is that Beth has been planning for this with kickboxing and target shooting and she feels she's ready to take him on. They both hold a secret that ensures Chevy that Beth won't go to the police. Little does beth know, that blackmail is not on Chevy's mind but killing. Enter former FBI detective Neil Sheridan. Neil's friend drags him back into a case when a new murder pops up that is disturbingly familar to a case Neil investigated 9 years ago. Apparently after this latest murder, the victim's cell phone was used to call one Beth Denison. When they go to question Beth, it's very clear that she's hiding something. Neil, after dealing with his own skeletons in the closet feels protective over Beth and her daughter and gets involved more than he should.

As the story progresses, we find Beth hiding her secrets and the police and FBI hiding information from Beth so that trust becomes a big issue. Meanwhile, Chevy Bankes comes in under the radar to rack up a death toll of ten with it becoming very clear that the finale is to be Beth and her daughter.

That's the generic synopsis, but from here on out are the spoilers of terrible plot manipulation from our author. If you don't want to know, then don't read this paragraph, although I can't say it truly ruins anything since it was pretty predictable. It turns out that Beth was not only a witness but a victim of Chevy and she feels responsible for a murder because she had the balls to attack Chevy when he was holding a gun that led to a stray bullet killing a woman. She was also raped at the time, but when she goes to her husband instead of the police, HELLO????, she decides to not get involved and watches the news media convict Chevy without anyone knowing she was involved. I'm sorry, but this revelation is absolutely lame. It's not like she even knew him before she stumbled upon the attempted murder and her own rape and could have helped put him behind bars even longer. Regardless, I felt that was the first of a list of manipulations that led our dastardly Chevy to accomplish crime after crime, always being two steps ahead of a full FBI task force and everyone on the police force over two states.

Again, the story is clever and well planned, the terrorizing practically genius, but to have pulled it all of like it was, with our villain being within feet of our police and FBI, it straddled fantasy. Even Hannibal Lector isn't that clever. Aside from that, I found the chemistry between our hero and heroine lacking and don't come knocking here for steamy sex scenes. It's akin to finding out the next morning that they had sex and that's basically it. The main characters are all so flawed and I just didn't feel them truly connecting.