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Summary: What a pleasant surprise.
Review: After reading Bone Cold, I thought no book could make me happier since it covered one of my favorite topics.. but of course, I cannot say what it is in case you plan to read it because then I would spoil the book for you.
Right, okay. I started reading this book the night I bought it, as I usually do, when everyones sleeping. I was drawn into the story, captivated if you will, after just reading the first sentence. I read that little prologue/first chapter thingy about ten times, before I went on to the rest of the story. I am still amazed by it. It was so terrifying, so scary that I just couldnt stop reading the beginning.
of course, I was able to go past it and read the book, which was also amazing. which is why I'm writing this review, telling you to go read In Silence.
but seriously. I'd recommend this book, even if just for the beginning.
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Summary: A Highly Suspenseful Story Told in Quicksilver Prose
Review: Avery Chauvin is a hotshot investigative reporter with an important Washington, D.C. newspaper, when she receives a phone call " ... From Buddy Stevens. Family friend. Her dad's lifelong best friend. Cypress Springs' chief of police. Avery, it's Buddy. I've got some bad news, baby girl. Your dad, he's ... Dead." Awash with grief, consumed with guilt and haunted by a deep sense of foreboding, she takes a leave of absence from her job and goes home to Louisiana to bury her father." ... He had killed himself. Gone into his garage, doused himself with diesel fuel, then lit a match." He left no note, said no good-byes, and the only thing Avery finds from him is a message on her answering machine. He had wanted to speak to her. But his last words did not sound desperate, so Avery went about her business and let the message sit. She had no way of knowing what was on her dad's mind. Cypress Springs is one of those anachronistic American towns that appear, for all intents and purposes, perfect, safe, unchanged, homogenous and crime-free. "Avery ... drew her rented SUV to a stop ... [on] Main Street." As she looks around, she realizes that all of the familiar landmarks that encircle the town square are as they were when she was growing up. The place looks as if it is stuck in a time warp. After twelve years away from here, living in the city, working for a national newspaper and moving on with her life, Avery is amazed to see that everything in Cypress Springs is as she left it --- except that now both her parents are dead. Once she settles in, Avery listens to everything she is told by the sheriff; after all, he has been a surrogate father to her all her life and she relies on his reportage. However, much of what he tells her just doesn't make sense. Slowly, as she delves into her father's death, she tries to fit the clues into some kind of clear picture. But she soon becomes consumed with haunting questions about her father regarding the kind of man he was, her relationship with him, and how he, a doctor, a person who loved life, could immolate himself. But in her shocked state, it is difficult to put her finger on exactly what sounds "wrong." IN SILENCE is a very suspenseful story told in quicksilver prose. As the narrative races to its climax, Avery Chauvin is forced to shed every single notion she has ever had about where she grew up and the people she knew. Little by little she begins to suspect that something is dangerously wrong in her hometown. Could it be that under the façade of pretty houses, attentive neighbors, little league and girl scouts, a sinister evil operates under a shroud of dark secrets? And while these thoughts make her uncomfortable, she is too smart to ignore them. After learning the number of "accidental deaths" that occurred over the last year, Avery's professional antennae start to crackle and every step she takes sets off alarms. "She had always been so firm in her beliefs, so self-confident. She had been able to access the facts, make a decision and move on. That's what she wants to do, that is who she believes she is and what makes her such a good journalist. But, now she doesn't know what or whom to believe. Could it be that people who she has known all of her life, depended on to always be there for her" have always been involved in a conspiracy of discrimination and murder? IN SILENCE immediately captures the reader's attention and asks provocative questions: Do we really ever get to know anyone? Are our beliefs based on truth, interpretation of "truth", or is truth a slight-of-hand phenomenon created by what others want us to believe? How do private agendas shape and direct action? And at the center of this aggregate of conundrums, who can we really trust? More than just a beach read, IN SILENCE explores the prejudices and preconceptions that can fulminate in an isolated and insulated community. The deadly consequences born of a narrow worldview that puts one in a position wherein s/he becomes the center of the universe. Spindler examines how ordinary people, who mean no harm, can get caught up in a mob mentality, which reduces individual responsibility for acts they would never commit on their own. Readers may ask themselves, "If my life and the lives of my family members would flourish in perfect surroundings and never be threatened with crime or outside influences, would I choose to live there? And at what price? Erica Spindler is a terrific writer. She has a body of work that speaks to her talent and each of her thrillers is better than the last. With IN SILENCE she proves once again that she is one of the best mystery writers out there. Enjoy! --- Reviewed by Barbara Lipkien Gershenbaum
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Summary: taut thriller with a Hitchcockian climax
Review: Following the suicide of her beloved father, reporter Avery Chauvin returns home to Cypress Springs, Louisiana feeling guilt for not being there for him. Her former beau Deputy Sheriff Matt Stevens says her father suffered from grief and depression following the death of his wife. Also back in town is Matt's twin brother Hunter, a lawyer who almost was debarred for alcoholism. Avery finds news clippings her father kept involving a murder that occurred in town fourteen years ago. She begins to wonder about her father's death though the arson examiner and the coroner insist all evidence point to suicide due to depression. However, another town visitor Gwen Lancaster searches for her missing brother and tells Avery about a conspiracy by a local group the Seven to kill outsiders and who probably murdered her dad. As Avery falls in love with Hunter, she endangers herself in a quest to find the truth about the fourteen-year-old murder and its relationship to her dad. She also wonders if her beloved Hunter or his father (her godfather) Police Chief Buddy is the killer? Though the leap Avery makes to suspect foul play seems ingenuous, readers will relish this taut thriller with a Hitchcockian climax. Avery is a great female character who feels guilt and grief and also doubts the veracity of those who allegedly love her. Back flashes show her father as a caring person suffering from his own guilt. The secondary players provide strength to the terse plot that romantic suspense readers will welcome. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: This is her best book!!!
Review: From the first page to the last, I was on the edge of my seat. Mrs. Spindler has out done herself with this novel. I reccommend buying this book as well as her others books.
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Summary: I'm impressed!
Review: I bought this book in a whim--thinking I'd just give this author a try --boy am I glad I did. It was a true suspence novel with a little bit of romance and a truly shocking ending. Now I have read 3 of her books( Silence, Bone Cold and All Fall Down) and starting my fourth ( Cause for Alarm).
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Summary: Thrilling Drama with a twist!!
Review: I have all of Erica Spindler's books, because she always surprises me. They are tightly plotted and full of unexpected twists. IN SILENCE is no exception. When Avery Chauvin returns home after several years, it is to face the death of her father. Avery is a reporter. She comes home and immediately gets involved with the friends she left behind. Including two brothers, one a cop, like his dad, and the other a lawyer, trying to put his life back together. Cypress Springs, Lousianna is a small town, that faces all the small town problems, as well as, some big town problems. There is a great deal of tension in the family of her friends. Especially between the brothers. Suddenly, this small town has had a rash of unusual, unexplained, deaths. Alot of people have died, either in weird accidents, or some have just gone missing, Or like Avery's father, committed suicide. The feeling of a tightly closed community comes through clearly. And now Avery is on the outside. She tries to understand what is happening. But her conclusions not only scare her, but put her on a direct course to confront true evil of the mind. This is a gripping story, and anyone who has lived in a small community can understand the terror of knowing someone you know is capable of true horror. The terror and fast pace of the story kept me glued to my chair. I read it in one sitting. This is an exciting and unusual book.
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Summary: Thrilling Drama with a twist!!
Review: I have all of Erica Spindler's books, because she always surprises me. They are tightly plotted and full of unexpected twists. IN SILENCE is no exception. When Avery Chauvin returns home after several years, it is to face the death of her father. Avery is a reporter. She comes home and immediately gets involved with the friends she left behind. Including two brothers, one a cop, like his dad, and the other a lawyer, trying to put his life back together. Cypress Springs, Lousianna is a small town, that faces all the small town problems, as well as, some big town problems. There is a great deal of tension in the family of her friends. Especially between the brothers. Suddenly, this small town has had a rash of unusual, unexplained, deaths. Alot of people have died, either in weird accidents, or some have just gone missing, Or like Avery's father, committed suicide. The feeling of a tightly closed community comes through clearly. And now Avery is on the outside. She tries to understand what is happening. But her conclusions not only scare her, but put her on a direct course to confront true evil of the mind. This is a gripping story, and anyone who has lived in a small community can understand the terror of knowing someone you know is capable of true horror. The terror and fast pace of the story kept me glued to my chair. I read it in one sitting. This is an exciting and unusual book.
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Summary: One of her best!
Review: I have read all of Erica Spindler's books. This one may have replaced Bone Cold as my favorite. A definite summer read!
A page turner that took less than 2 days to finish!
J
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Summary: Chilling, and Deceptive
Review: I just finished this book yesterday, and I was so pleased. This book was alot like Erica, but she wove a totally different kind of story. This book may be my new favorite instead of All Fall Down. I cannot wait for her new book to come out!!!!
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Summary: Soap Opera
Review: Ms Spindelr has done it again. From beginning to end, I was totally enthralled with this novel. What a creepy premise. Small town America at it's devilish best. I highly recommend this hard to put down novel. It'll keep you guessing.
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