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Lynnette is a woman on the run from her abusive cop husband, but she’s dead wrong about who’s chasing her. A thug known as Fat Ass Sammy Grick carelessly switches laptop cases at the airport and puts Lynnette in greater danger from Sammy’s boss and the killer sent to retrieve the laptop contents. Then Lynnette finds out her husband was murdered and she’s a person of interest… Dead Wrong is a fast-paced novel of suspense.
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260 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 1, 2014
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May 29, 2015
Dead Wrong by Patricia Stoltey
I was grabbed on the first page, wonderful, I would have wished for a little longer book, which includes more description's of character's and places. Also more history behind a person to fill out the persons motivation.
I loved Lynnette from the first she is strong and was not going to stand for the treatment her husband Carl has just metered out. When he hits her she decides to leave him. I wish so many more women had that strength but the majority of women would not leave at the first hit they would think 'its a mistake, or my fault,' and stay.
When Lynnette leaves (good for her) she starts a sting of events that takes her from Florida to Colorado and back again.
Carl is not a nice person and when he dies I feel he brought it on himself on more than one level. (no telling don't want to spoil the story for everyone).
Sammy fat ass Grick has no saving grace at all and seems to be so accident prone why would anyone employ him to do anything, he is sent to his boss's house to open his safe and remove some of the items in there. In the house is his boss's wife and when she surprises him in the process of taking things from the safe she thinks he is a burglar, she panics and he panics. Sammy is on the same plane as Lynnette and when they are going through security he accidently swaps computer cases with her and puts her life in danger.
Benito Ortaga is orchestrating Sammy's movements and when things start to go wrong decides he has no other option but to kill him and sends Albert Getz to do the job.
One concern was the way Lynnette takes on Grace a young girl who is travelling by herself and seems to have more stories than a library, also Blue an older girl who is hanging around the airport waiting area. Lynnette of course is asked by a flight attendant to look after Grace but the amount of trust grace puts in a stranger so quickly is worrying.
Blue could have been a really bad character (she turns out to be one person who can and does help) but when they come together in the airport she could be very bad so much went thought my mind when she is first introduced to the story.
Lynnette is constantly concerned for her own safety but she drags these two girls into the danger too.
This to me is where the story could have been extended a little to add to the suspense and make us worry as to what was going to happen next.
I loved the scene at the Library, Blue going to the defence of Grace and then Lynnette going to help both of them, they are tough these women.
The Detective is a most surprising character and I hated him from the off, but all stories have two sides and so does he.
Loved the story from so may levels. It is fast paced and there are no moments you would skip. I wanted a little more when the story finished I wanted to know what happens to Blue and to grace and her Dad, Did they indeed sort things out and what about Grace's mother, she dropped Grace at the airport because she wanted to go on holiday, did she get into trouble. A short epilogue finishing these little bits off would have been great.
I laughed in places and shouted at the book in places. It is a rollercoaster of action and takes you on a really bumpy (in a good way) journey. I even got cross when Lynnette thinks she is going to hang on to some of the items that she finds in Sammy's computer bag, instead of handing them in to the FBI, she thinks she has a story, she is a journalist and when her ex boss says no to the story and tells her to hand them in she ignores him. at this point im shouting at her to do as he says.
I will look out for more books written by Patricia Stoltey.
A pre proof copy
I received the book for free through Goodreads First Reads Thank you.
I was grabbed on the first page, wonderful, I would have wished for a little longer book, which includes more description's of character's and places. Also more history behind a person to fill out the persons motivation.
I loved Lynnette from the first she is strong and was not going to stand for the treatment her husband Carl has just metered out. When he hits her she decides to leave him. I wish so many more women had that strength but the majority of women would not leave at the first hit they would think 'its a mistake, or my fault,' and stay.
When Lynnette leaves (good for her) she starts a sting of events that takes her from Florida to Colorado and back again.
Carl is not a nice person and when he dies I feel he brought it on himself on more than one level. (no telling don't want to spoil the story for everyone).
Sammy fat ass Grick has no saving grace at all and seems to be so accident prone why would anyone employ him to do anything, he is sent to his boss's house to open his safe and remove some of the items in there. In the house is his boss's wife and when she surprises him in the process of taking things from the safe she thinks he is a burglar, she panics and he panics. Sammy is on the same plane as Lynnette and when they are going through security he accidently swaps computer cases with her and puts her life in danger.
Benito Ortaga is orchestrating Sammy's movements and when things start to go wrong decides he has no other option but to kill him and sends Albert Getz to do the job.
One concern was the way Lynnette takes on Grace a young girl who is travelling by herself and seems to have more stories than a library, also Blue an older girl who is hanging around the airport waiting area. Lynnette of course is asked by a flight attendant to look after Grace but the amount of trust grace puts in a stranger so quickly is worrying.
Blue could have been a really bad character (she turns out to be one person who can and does help) but when they come together in the airport she could be very bad so much went thought my mind when she is first introduced to the story.
Lynnette is constantly concerned for her own safety but she drags these two girls into the danger too.
This to me is where the story could have been extended a little to add to the suspense and make us worry as to what was going to happen next.
I loved the scene at the Library, Blue going to the defence of Grace and then Lynnette going to help both of them, they are tough these women.
The Detective is a most surprising character and I hated him from the off, but all stories have two sides and so does he.
Loved the story from so may levels. It is fast paced and there are no moments you would skip. I wanted a little more when the story finished I wanted to know what happens to Blue and to grace and her Dad, Did they indeed sort things out and what about Grace's mother, she dropped Grace at the airport because she wanted to go on holiday, did she get into trouble. A short epilogue finishing these little bits off would have been great.
I laughed in places and shouted at the book in places. It is a rollercoaster of action and takes you on a really bumpy (in a good way) journey. I even got cross when Lynnette thinks she is going to hang on to some of the items that she finds in Sammy's computer bag, instead of handing them in to the FBI, she thinks she has a story, she is a journalist and when her ex boss says no to the story and tells her to hand them in she ignores him. at this point im shouting at her to do as he says.
I will look out for more books written by Patricia Stoltey.
A pre proof copy
I received the book for free through Goodreads First Reads Thank you.
August 14, 2024
Ugh I really did not enjoy this book. The whole problem could’ve been resolved so early on. The entire book is so unnecessary and the plot is just kinda bad. Also, the ending magically all resolved itself in like five pages? Very unrealistic to me.
February 6, 2015
I would like to start off by saying a Thank You to Patricia Stoltey for sending me this book via post for me to read and review.
The opening chapters take you in very well, and keeps your attention. However, the way it is written where it swaps and changes can be a bit confusing until you get the hang of how this author is working her book, once I got that, I found it much easier to continue.
The plot was good, the narration felt a bit weak, but with a bit of tweaking this could be a very good book.
Just that for me personally, I read a lot of books, lots of genres and its a hard market out there for authors, so authors need to work really hard to stand out. I feel this author does have the potential. But who am I? I am just a reader foremost and a reviewer secound, so this is just MY POV.
February 13, 2015
What a NICE surprise reading this mystery story by Patricia Stoltey. DEAD WRONG is one of those mystery type stories that keeps you wanting to turn that page to see what's going to happen next. AND sure enough Stoltey keeps pulling out yet another twist to the adventures that takes place in Florida, Colorado and California.
This is not a difficult read or not that hard to comprehend. Stoltey keeps you informed with little doses of character reminders throughout the story.
AND yes I did win this book from Goodreads and glad I did.
This is not a difficult read or not that hard to comprehend. Stoltey keeps you informed with little doses of character reminders throughout the story.
AND yes I did win this book from Goodreads and glad I did.
December 5, 2014
From the opening sentence, Lynette Foster is staggering. Reeling. “She raised her head and stared at her fingers, now smeared with red streaks. Liquid oozed down her throat when she tilted her head back. She gagged and coughed.”
Patricia Stoltey starts "Dead Wrong" mid-fight—a domestic dispute. Her husband, a cop, has been demoted for over-zealously trying to break up a fight. “Punks.” (Talk about a theme ripped from today’s headlines.) Carl, the cop, starts slamming doors and acting ornery, then taking it out on Lynette when she tries to get him to settle down.
Meanwhile, Sammy Grick is just trying to do his job. He’s a courier. He works for a man named “Mr. O,” Mr. Ortega. He’s a “vicious slimeball.” Sammy has got an assignment that might be his “best chance to make good and get more responsibility, do something more respectable than smashing fingers with a ball-peen hammer or hoisting bodies into dumpsters that reeked of rotten meat.”
But Sammy is prone to mistakes. Slip-ups. Details are not his friend. He’s so big he needs two airplane seats. His nickname is “Fat Ass.”
Soon, Lynette and Sammy are on the same plane out of Miami International Airport. They don’t know each other but matching carry-on luggage is about to bring them together in a way that neither really wants. Lynette sips martinis. Sammy sips Jack Daniels. (These drinks don't mix well; neither do their drinkers.)
When Carl turns up dead, well, by now we are in full-tilt motion. Lynette has the wrong piece of luggage and Sammy, in short, needs it back. Big-time. To complicate matters, Lynette has befriends an eleven-year-old runaway girl who follows her off the plane.
Dead Wrong is all action. We’re soon in Colorado and the weather is frightful. Lynette has stories to sort out, voice mail messages to decipher and hiding places to find. Sammy gets some help in tracking Lynette by a hapless thug named Albert Getz and Stoltey dishes heaps of misery on both of Lynette’s pursuers. Um, more than misery in some cases. Twists of fate yank hard. Dead Wrong is one solid ride.
By the way, more with Pat Stoltey about her writing on my blog: http://wp.me/plqD1-z4
Patricia Stoltey starts "Dead Wrong" mid-fight—a domestic dispute. Her husband, a cop, has been demoted for over-zealously trying to break up a fight. “Punks.” (Talk about a theme ripped from today’s headlines.) Carl, the cop, starts slamming doors and acting ornery, then taking it out on Lynette when she tries to get him to settle down.
Meanwhile, Sammy Grick is just trying to do his job. He’s a courier. He works for a man named “Mr. O,” Mr. Ortega. He’s a “vicious slimeball.” Sammy has got an assignment that might be his “best chance to make good and get more responsibility, do something more respectable than smashing fingers with a ball-peen hammer or hoisting bodies into dumpsters that reeked of rotten meat.”
But Sammy is prone to mistakes. Slip-ups. Details are not his friend. He’s so big he needs two airplane seats. His nickname is “Fat Ass.”
Soon, Lynette and Sammy are on the same plane out of Miami International Airport. They don’t know each other but matching carry-on luggage is about to bring them together in a way that neither really wants. Lynette sips martinis. Sammy sips Jack Daniels. (These drinks don't mix well; neither do their drinkers.)
When Carl turns up dead, well, by now we are in full-tilt motion. Lynette has the wrong piece of luggage and Sammy, in short, needs it back. Big-time. To complicate matters, Lynette has befriends an eleven-year-old runaway girl who follows her off the plane.
Dead Wrong is all action. We’re soon in Colorado and the weather is frightful. Lynette has stories to sort out, voice mail messages to decipher and hiding places to find. Sammy gets some help in tracking Lynette by a hapless thug named Albert Getz and Stoltey dishes heaps of misery on both of Lynette’s pursuers. Um, more than misery in some cases. Twists of fate yank hard. Dead Wrong is one solid ride.
By the way, more with Pat Stoltey about her writing on my blog: http://wp.me/plqD1-z4
June 9, 2022
Lynette Foster tends to run away from her problems, so when her new husband slugs her, she packs her bags and flees. At the airport, her laptop case gets switched with one containing items a thug can't afford to lose, and Foster finds herself running for her life. I enjoyed this fast-paced novel, which switches points of view from our heroine to some very bad guys. Along the way, Foster's life gets more complicated as she acquires extra "baggage": a ten-year-old girl traveling alone and a young woman who isn't who she seems to be. I appreciated how the author piled on problem after problem for the females I cheered for. And I laughed at an accident-prone hitman who keeps taking himself out of the action.
January 1, 2021
Dead Wrong has an exciting premise: an accidental suitcase switch sees a dangerous criminal and runaway wife entangled in a dangerous game. It's not original but it's the collision of lives that makes for a thrilling read.
The opening scene is brilliantly written and draws the reader straight into the drama, and Stotley's narration adapts to suit the voice of each scene's key character.
Despite all of these ingredients, Dead Wrong fails to pull it off. Fat Sammy is irredeemably unpleasant, with many of his thoughts uncomfortable to read. It's as if Stotley revels in his offensive depravity; he's just too crude to be believable.
A bigger issue is that our protagonist Lynnette is also quite unlikeable. The initial sympathy for her character disappears and she soon grates. Her association with Grace and Blue is baffling and far-fetched.
It's disappointing because I had so much goodwill towards this piece. It is with regret that it seems this book is Dead Wrong by name, dead wrong by nature.
Disclaimer: the publishers provided an advance review copy free of charge for the purpose of review.
The opening scene is brilliantly written and draws the reader straight into the drama, and Stotley's narration adapts to suit the voice of each scene's key character.
Despite all of these ingredients, Dead Wrong fails to pull it off. Fat Sammy is irredeemably unpleasant, with many of his thoughts uncomfortable to read. It's as if Stotley revels in his offensive depravity; he's just too crude to be believable.
A bigger issue is that our protagonist Lynnette is also quite unlikeable. The initial sympathy for her character disappears and she soon grates. Her association with Grace and Blue is baffling and far-fetched.
It's disappointing because I had so much goodwill towards this piece. It is with regret that it seems this book is Dead Wrong by name, dead wrong by nature.
Disclaimer: the publishers provided an advance review copy free of charge for the purpose of review.
June 18, 2015
Dead Wrong’s heroine, Lynette Foster, on the run from an abusive husband, accidentally switches carry-on luggage with Fat-Ass Sammy Grick, triggering an increasingly vicious pursuit which Lynette doesn't understand until well into the story. Along the way, she is forced to accept responsibility for a young girl whose reasons for being on her own keep changing.
When the police find Lynette's husband was murdered a few hours after she walked out, she becomes their chief suspect. Now she’s being hunted by both the police and the criminals. Lynette’s a resourceful and courageous woman, but the author keeps her hopping trying to evade capture by each side, and protect her young friend.
The characters are fleshed-out and believable. The way the thugs’ strategies keep going off the rails is described with dry humor that doesn’t dilute their very real danger to the heroine. Kept me interested until the end.
When the police find Lynette's husband was murdered a few hours after she walked out, she becomes their chief suspect. Now she’s being hunted by both the police and the criminals. Lynette’s a resourceful and courageous woman, but the author keeps her hopping trying to evade capture by each side, and protect her young friend.
The characters are fleshed-out and believable. The way the thugs’ strategies keep going off the rails is described with dry humor that doesn’t dilute their very real danger to the heroine. Kept me interested until the end.
March 22, 2015
I received an advanced copy through goodreads firsts.
This was definitely a different story. In dead wrong you follow Lynnette a woman on the run from her from her abusive husband. As she tries to get away she accidentally switches her case with a thug. Before Lynnette realizes it she has people other then her husband after her and has pulls some unlikely allies in to her escape with her.
Dead wrong is a stand alone novel and has many different points of views through out the book. I found the action was pretty steady which kept it flowing. Patricia Stoltey has talent and great ideas which are showcased on dead wrong. It's good shorter read and doesn't drag on. I'd recommend it to anyone looking at it. And I'm excited for more
This was definitely a different story. In dead wrong you follow Lynnette a woman on the run from her from her abusive husband. As she tries to get away she accidentally switches her case with a thug. Before Lynnette realizes it she has people other then her husband after her and has pulls some unlikely allies in to her escape with her.
Dead wrong is a stand alone novel and has many different points of views through out the book. I found the action was pretty steady which kept it flowing. Patricia Stoltey has talent and great ideas which are showcased on dead wrong. It's good shorter read and doesn't drag on. I'd recommend it to anyone looking at it. And I'm excited for more
April 24, 2022
Lynette Foster tends to run away from her problems, so when her new husband slugs her, she packs her bags and flees. At the airport, her laptop case gets switched with one containing items a thug can't afford to lose, and Foster finds herself running for her life. I enjoyed this fast-paced novel, which switches points of view from our heroine to some very bad guys. Along the way, Foster's life gets more complicated as she acquires extra "baggage": a ten-year-old girl traveling alone and a young woman who isn't who she seems to be. I appreciated how the author piled on problem after problem for the females I cheered for. And I laughed at an accident-prone hitman who keeps taking himself out of the action.
September 21, 2016
Woah, Ms. Stoltey.......I just finished your book, Dead Wrong. I was on the edge of my seat from paragraph one. It was such an exciting read. Could not put it down. I won this book through a sweeps on Goodreads.com, thanks for the autograph. I look forward to reading more of your books.
October 11, 2017
Entertaining!
January 15, 2015
This is a fast-paced novel that keeps you wanting more. Great characters, great story-line, great book!
January 2, 2015
A great read. Thanks, Patricia Stoltey.
March 22, 2015
Not great, but entertaining
May 19, 2015
Good story, but an anticlimactic rushed ending that didn't do the rest of the book justice.
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