Dead Right (Stillwater Trilogy, #3)

by Brenda Novak

Dead Right (Stillwater Trilogy, #3)

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44 ratings, 3.86 average rating, 9 reviews (more data...)

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August 1st 2007 by Mira

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Mass Market Paperback, 448 pages

characters

Madeline Barker, Hunter Solozano

setting

The United States

isbn

0778324397 (isbn13: 9780778324393)

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Twenty years ago Madeline Barker's father disappeared. Despite what everyone else thinks, Madeline's convinced her stepfamily had nothing to do with i...more

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Crystal

Crystal rated it:

03/09/08

Read in October, 2007

Dead Right is the final installment of the Stillwater Trilogy. The 3rd novel was just as good as the others in the series; Dead Silence (book #1) and Dead Giveaway (book #2). What impressed me the most with all 3 books was the depth of the characters. They are characters that you can really feel for. Madeline and the Montgomery’s are a family that have been though so much. You just want everything to work out and for them to all be happy and finally put the past behind them. I only fault I fou...more

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Ana T.

Ana T. rated it:

02/07/08

bookshelves: borrowed, contemporary, mysteries-thrillers

I started this book with a great deal of anxiety and expectations. I knew Madeline wants to discover what happened to her father but I really didn't want her to do that. I wanted her to forget about the whole thing because her family has already suffered so much and she doesn't even realise that.

The people of Stillwater, Mississippi, are asking questions about murder. Again.

Twenty years ago, Madeline Barker’s father disappeared. Despite what everyone else thinks, she’s convinced her ...more I started this book with a great deal of anxiety and expectations. I knew Madeline wants to discover what happened to her father but I really didn't want her to do that. I wanted her to forget about the whole thing because her family has already suffered so much and she doesn't even realise that.

The people of Stillwater, Mississippi, are asking questions about murder. Again.

Twenty years ago, Madeline Barker’s father disappeared. Despite what everyone else thinks, she’s convinced her stepfamily had nothing to do with it. But the discovery of his car proves he didn’t just drive away. Worse, the police find something in his trunk that says there’s more to this case than murder.

With no other recourse, Madeline decides to hire a private investigator—even if the cops don’t like it. Even if her family doesn’t like it. But when PI Hunter Solozano begins to uncover some shocking evidence, someone in Stillwater is determined to put a stop to Madeline’s search for the truth. And that means putting a stop to her. Permanently.

Well I thought it started to be a bit unbelievable the way that Madeline behaved. With every strange reaction her family members have had, even her aunt - who in previous books was set against her stepbrother - tells her to drop it and she never finds any of that weird? I could understand the need she had to know what happened in the past but with all the suspicions and the suspicious behaviour that had been happening for years I think she should have sat her family down and have an honest talk. She never even read her mother's diaries or the police report on Clay's arrest that night...

I had mixed feelings about the PI she hired. He had his own parcel of problems but he feels immediately attracted to Madeline and he immediately smells something fishy. He seemed too good to be true in the way that he immediately reaches all the right conclusions and even makes Clay trust him with the secret. It was odd also that Madeline only having been involved in a relationship with Kirk rushes to one with a total stranger.

Another thing that really bothered me was that in this book she totally explores the sexual abuse angle. Much more than in the previous books, it upset me and I don't think it was really necessary. Besides it had never been mentioned that someone else was involved in Barker's actions, it seemed a bit artificial. Just to create an antagonist. I think I would have prefered if the suspense continued in a more rational way and with less graphic details. And the way it ended I felt there was really no closure for them. I think I needed a final scene with some cronfontation between them and their ghosts but Clay was the only one who addressed what really happened that night... since Grace was the true victim it seemed more right to me to have talk to Madeline about it.

Grade: I considered giving it a C+ but since I enjoyed the other 2 books so much I'm going for a B- instead....less

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Colleen

Colleen rated it:

09/18/08

Wonderful conclusion to this series! Answers all of the questions, although some of the answers will turn your stomach. It definitely goes into much more detail about what happened (which the reader already knows what happened from the first two books). I loved the entire Montgomery family, as well as Madeline (and their respective partners). I'm really going to miss reading about them!

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&hearts;adrienne&hearts; rated it:

09/21/08

Read in September, 2008

I love these books. The first and second were my favorites. I have to admit that this was my least favorite of them all. I really don't like Madeline. She comes across as an idiot that is totally in denial. I was happy with the ending and the book overall but I wish Novak would have made her more like able. I did like the character Hunter a lot.

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Mariola

Mariola rated it:

09/01/08

Read in August, 2008

So maybe I was a little Jaded due to not having read the first 2 in the trilogy but it seemed this book just wanted to put the smutty up for examination. I believe something like it could have happened but that's not what I want to read about in such a pushy way. Makes me not very interested in the author at all.

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Jennifer

Jennifer rated it:

08/25/08

Like the first 2, Dead Silence and Dead Giveaway, I couldn't put this book down. Ms. Novak is a brilliant, refreshing writer. I highly recommend this series to anyone that likes this genre. This book has edge of your seat suspense and romance.

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Marnie

Marnie rated it:

03/02/08

Read in March, 2008

This was a really good book but the subject matter was really difficult to deal with. I kept reading because I needed to know what happened and that the bad guy got his just reward.

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recommends it for: stillwater fans!

The first book was awesome!!

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