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Barry wrote: "Just a small thing, when Sara's dogs lined up behind her and Will thinks that the only thing he was ever able to train his dog to do was eat.Then a paragraph later, Sara asks if that is a dachs..."
Yes that was a funny moment : )
I didn't even miss Lena being gone, maybe the next book might cover the 3 1/2 yrs jump in this book?
Did you agree with the killer choice at the end?
I had it figured to be the cops in Rockland(rockport) that it was one of them
and my other point to ponder is
did the first two victims really escape, or did he give them a chance to get out
was it planned or just a concidence the parents hit the girl their son was totruing?
I thought the choice of killer was reasonable, but to much information was withheld from us for too long, so the end came on like a roller coaster. I had not figured the Rockland cops for it at all, just figured they were inept, as it turned out.I figure the escapes were real, these were determined (if unlikable) women, and there was the final escape as well.
Your last thought is the hardest. The mother had an idea what was going on, but the father was in the dark and was the driver. I'm not willing to dismiss it all as coincidence, but not a manhunt either.
I didn't want it to be the cops, but it would of made sense. They were late to the scene, didn't cooperate, lost paperwork and the one guy went on vacation. I guess why it couldn't be one of them, to easy to figure out. My big question was did they escape or did he let them go, knowing he could hunt them down and catch them again. The one couldn't see very well or hear or did he set them free knowing his parents would travel that road and discover them. Either he was trying to tell them he was doing it again and stop him or he was playing an even sicker game.
I wish we had just a little more info on how the first 2 escaped.
I feel so bad for the father, I believe he was completely in the dark.
I think the 3 1/2 yr jump and Jeffery's death gave this book a whole new outlook.
We have a big city and many things can happen there that would be more believable than a small town. We have Fatih and her preganany, Will NEEDS to confront and overcome his disability, Amanda is 60 ( who could take her position), and Sarah in the hospital even more interesting cases. I think it was a smart idea to do it.
Okay, I have a question about this book. I'm a big RIO person and I was confused about this series. Was Jeffrey's death in a previous book? If so, which one? I thought I had read all of these but I must have missed one if Jeffrey's death was included. Mary
Jeffrey's death was in the previous book. This series is somewhat dependent on the previous work, but this book more than most.
Barry...thank you. This has puzzled me for a while. I've been going back looking for where this happened as I clearly got these books way out of order. I only had 2 left and Beyond Reach is one of them.Happy reading, Mary
In Beyond reach, you can assume Jeffery dies BUT some fans held out hope for a recovery until this book confrims it.
In Beyond reach, you can assume Jeffery dies BUT some fans held out hope for a recovery until this book confirms it. ...I was not one of them. Blown up is blown up, and Sara was the coroner too. Then there was Slaughter's newsletter which defended the action. I'm just surprised it was such a minor plot element in this book. Maybe we all needed a rest from Lena.
Barry
Barry wrote: "In Beyond reach, you can assume Jeffery dies BUT some fans held out hope for a recovery until this book confirms it. ...I was not one of them. Blown up is blown up, and Sara was the coroner too. ..."
I was one who hoped somehow he survived
As for Lena I read some of the previous novels, and I get a better understanding of why she is such a train wreck
Barry:I loved the dachshund line too!
I agree with you that Lena's letter opens up a path to the next book. Leaving Lena out of this book until the very end was fine with me and a grating reminder of painful events. Some of the grating was the reminder of Jeffrey's death and the circumstances and the realization that we may have to relive the animosity between Lena and Sara again.
I was also reminded of how annoyed I was that someone had spoiled the ending of Beyond Reach before I read it. I have (mostly)forgiven Karin for that plot development and like Teresa see a lot of possibilities for future books. I should be grateful for that. I guess we will just have to wait until June for Broken .
Barry wrote: "Just a small thing, when Sara's dogs lined up behind her and Will thinks that the only thing he was ever able to train his dog to do was eat.
Then a paragraph later, Sara asks if that is a dachshund he is holding behind his back, and he answers "No, I'm just happy to see you".
Leaving Lena out of the book was a plus as far as I was concerned. Even the tiny mention at the end, an knowing that the letter Sara carried was written by Lena added a small element of frustration, the characteristic that Lena most embodied. I'm betting that the "letter" will be the basis of the next book.
But if Lena was flawed, so is absolutely everybody else. Maybe the world is this way, in spite of our idealizations, we all are flawed, but look at ourselves with a more diffused light that Slaughter, who holds everything up in stark relief. "
Then a paragraph later, Sara asks if that is a dachshund he is holding behind his back, and he answers "No, I'm just happy to see you".
Leaving Lena out of the book was a plus as far as I was concerned. Even the tiny mention at the end, an knowing that the letter Sara carried was written by Lena added a small element of frustration, the characteristic that Lena most embodied. I'm betting that the "letter" will be the basis of the next book.
But if Lena was flawed, so is absolutely everybody else. Maybe the world is this way, in spite of our idealizations, we all are flawed, but look at ourselves with a more diffused light that Slaughter, who holds everything up in stark relief.