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Summary: AN EXCEPTIONAL MYSTERY
Review: If you truly love a really good suspense book that makes the hair on the back of your neck stand straight up then THE LAST TO KNOW is the book you must read. Townsend Heights is a perfect, small town in New York. A peaceful suburban existence that Tasha Banks dreamed of living and raising her children in when she left her fast-paced career to become a full-time, stay at home mom. Now Tasha's perfect dream is turning into a terrifying nightmare she cannot escape. A serial killer is on the loose and looking for a specific kind of prey -- young stay at home moms just like Tasha. Tasha's friends are being killed in the most horrendous ways -- sometimes right in front of their children. I was hooked from the very first page. THE LAST TO KNOW is a wild ride and an exceptional novel that will keep you guessing with twists and turns that make everyone a suspect right up to shocking finish. I have read FADE TO BLACK, ALL THE WAY HOME, and THE LAST TO KNOW by Wendy Corsi Staub, and I must tell you that I think that this author is an exceptional writer. Sho writes of murders that keep you on the edge of your seat without resorting to explicit descriptions of the killer's crimes, which is very refreshing for a change.
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Summary: A nail biter till the end
Review: Stay at home moms are dying. The first Jane is made to jump a cliff to save her child. Now all the mothers in this quite safe town are scared for their lives. There are a lot of twists and turns and everyone is a suspect. I could not figure out who the villian was. I was surprised at the end. Is it one of the mothers who is still alive? One the husbands? One of the kids? Is it the playboy who seems to be involved with everyone? Try to figure it out if you can. This is a great suspenseful book that you will have a hard time putting down....Just don't read it alone!!!!!
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Summary: Exciting psychological suspense
Review: Suburban Townsend Heights is a quiet place where people still do not have to lock their homes or cars. However, the peaceful tranquillity vanishes when stay-at-home mom Jane Kendall disappears. The police do not know that Jane jumped off a cliff into a raging river in order to save the life of her child Schuyler. Someone forced Jane to jump using her beloved child as leverage. The townsfolk search for Jane, hoping to find her unharmed. Two other stay-at-home moms are killed leaving peer Tasha Banks frightened that she could be next. Tasha feels alone as her spouse is emotionally on another planet. However, her part of the nightmare begins on a rainy evening when her children are missing. Wendy Corsi Staub is making quite a popular name for herself amidst the psychological suspense audience as a master of escalating tension that even frightens the reader. THE LAST TO KNOW is not the type of action thriller that one reads when no one else is around because as it happened to Jane, it could happen to you. Harriet Klausner
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Summary: Another engrossing page turner from Wendy Corsi Staub.
Review: THE LAST TO KNOW is a suspenseful, engrossing novel. Like Mary Higgins Clark, Ms. Staub has the knack for keeping readers on the edge of their seats. Although the book involves a serial killer, Ms. Staub manages to build suspense without resorting to explicit descriptions of the killer's violent crimes. Be sure to read Wendy Corsi Staub's other fine novels.
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Summary: Great author, good book
Review: The Last to Know is another fine book by Wendy Corsi Staub. She writes excellent contemporary heroines and has an excellent grasp of what it is to be a mother in todays hectic world. That said, I loved the book and for a while, I was truly scared. Unfortunately I think she choked at the end and didn't give the conclusion the same attention to detail as she did the beginning and middle of the book. Rather than continuing the leisurely pace that she set from the start, it seems like she rushes to an uncharacteristically trite and unsatisfying conclusion. I do recommend this book, just not as much as I recommend all of her other books.
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Summary: NOT TO BE MISSED!
Review: THE LAST TO KNOW showcases Wendy Corsi Staub's exceptional talent. This book blends a chilling suspense plot with excellent characterization!
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Summary: NOT TO BE MISSED!
Review: THE LAST TO KNOW showcases Wendy Corsi Staub's exceptional talent. This book blends a chilling suspense plot with excellent characterization!
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Summary: It kept me up all night
Review: This is one of the best books that I have read in a long time, It had suspense, along with everyday life living in the suburbs. I will recommend this book to everyone.
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Summary: Close, But No Cigar
Review: This suspense novel has a prologue that gets you hooked right away. After that the plot unravels at a more leisurely (and semi-boring) pace, until the last few chapters when it moves along much more quickly. I suppose that is an attempt to generate tension and excitement. No one seems to have Caller ID in this novel, which is ridiculous considering that it is a contemporary story, and the characters are well-to-do. Therefore, when a character answers the phone at a wealthy pediatrician's house, and the caller hangs up, she is mystified as to who the caller might have been -- puhleeze! You can guess the murderer easily, but you continue reading anyway in order to find out why this person became a killer. Then sure enough, you figure that out too. The ending was a disappointment, for reasons I can't say in order to preserve the mystery for those who haven't read the book. The author is very good at writing about life in the suburbs of a major city, and living with small children and an overworked husband.
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Summary: My First Staub
Review: This was my first Staub book, and I am now hooked! I've said in other reviews of her books that she has a tendancy to go on and on about the plight of the main character, but her ability to twist the ending into something the reader didn't see coming is very well done. I'll continue to read her work, and recommend as reading!
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