Good Morning, Darkness

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Summary: exciting Hitchcock like crime thriller
Review: Anyone who knows Laura loves her; her admirers range from the Mexican fisherman to the police detective who teaches her self defense. However, no one cherishes Laura as much as Scott Goodsell does. The realtor awaits the right moment to propose to his beloved, but before he does she ends their relationship. Scott refuses to accept her no and stalks her until she obtains a restraining order.

An arm with an engagement ring on a finger washes up on Malibu Beach; the Mexican fisherman who found it believes this is Laura's limb. At the same time Scott closes Laura's apartment, writes a note in which she claims to be going back east to care for her ailing mother. He places her stuff in storage and forges her signature to pay her bills. The detective investigates the arm with its ring and finds out it belonged to Scott. He believes Scott killed Laura, but now has to prove it.

GOOD MORNING, DARKNESS is an exciting Hitchcock like crime thriller in which the audience knows from the beginning that the antagonist has committed crimes including murder. Friends of Laura believe he did her in too and work hard to find the proof. Even with Ruth Francisco ceding all this from the onset, the author still provides plenty of surprises to this powerful dark side of love tale.

Harriet Klausner


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Summary: love you to pieces!
Review: Never had a dream frightened Laura so much, nor felt so real. She could still smell the stench of fish, seaweed on a red tide at dawn. Even awake she still sees the signs of danger, especially that coldness in Scott's eyes ... yet there he is, nuzzling the pillow beside her, sweet as a toddler.

Everyone loves Laura & when she disappears the fisherman, the boyfriend, the LAPD detective & the boss are drawn into a strange & dark obsession. When the fisherman finds body parts on the beach, everyone is under suspicion.

Rebeccasreads recommends GOOD MORNING, DARKNESS for one hellatiously hair-raising tale. Be prepared to have your guesses turned upside-down & your sense of fair play tweaked to the fullest.

Could not put it down, I so wanted to find out "who dunnit!"

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Summary: Nail-Biting, Dark and Disturbing, Superb Story
Review: Young and beautiful Laura Finnegan seems to change each life she touches, she also seems able to capture the heart of every man she comes in contact with. Including the Mexican fisherman who watches her every morning, the cop who teaches her self defense and of course her handsome as a devil, successful boyfriend, Scott Goodsell.

One night she has a fitful nightmare, she's dreamed that Scott has killed her. In the morning she tells him and he tells her to put it out of her mind, it was only a dream. Later Scott takes her out to dinner and proposes, however Laura can't get that dream out of her head and she says no. But Scott isn't the kind of person to take no lightly. He starts following her and this frightens Laura enough that she starts taking self-defense classes taught by LAPD Detective Sergeant Reggie Brooks. To him Laura appears like a wounded animal, someone in dire need of protection and he helps her get a restraining order against Scott.

Then all of a sudden she's gone. Reggie can't believe it. Scott tells him she's moved back east to take care of her sick mother. He can't prove anything, but he's suspisious as all get out, so he starts digging and he won't quit, even though it strains the relationship he has with his wife and children.

This is a dark and brooding story that unfortunately I had to put down at two in the morning, three quarters finished, because I was just too sleepy to go on, but my mind wouldn't rest without knowing the ending, so I wound up dreaming Laura's nightmare. There are mind games galore in this super mystery-thriller that has an ending you won't believe. This is a nail-biting, fast-past and somewhat disturbing book that I highly recommend. You won't go wrong with Ruth Francisco.