False Accusations

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Summary: An Edge-of-the-Seat Thriller
Review: "False Accusations" centers around two very believable acts: a double murder and a rape, items we read about in the news everyday. To this avid mystery reader it combines the elements I find most terrifying in a book of this genre: the psychopathic personality lurking within the brilliant mind. For it is in the psychopath that you have the terror of the make-believe-monster-under-the-bed hidden behind the façade of the next door neighbor. It is believable and it is real.

In this gripping novel of suspense, Jacobson realistically portrays the advanced technology of 21st century forensic sciences with a thorough knowledge of trial procedures and the win-at-any cost attitude of counsel for both sides. This is unfortunate, since for many of the characters it is a truth-be-damned approach to scoring a win for your team.

"False Accusations" demonstrates how quickly a perfect life can unravel based solely on an accusation of sexual misconduct, and that there is a certain danger in failing to avoid circumstances that are part of a vengeful plot. It is a frame-up from the beginning, but one where the subject has no idea that there is a plot behind seemingly innocent actions and interactions.

"False Accusations" is designed to be an edge of the seat thriller, and it succeeds at that. It is left up to the reader to consider the situation, try and make sense of it, and ponder...is it fiction, or is it fact? As frightening as the twists, the turns, and the conclusion are, you are left to wonder if this plot could happen, has happened. A gripping, suspenseful novel. Five stars.

Dan Lombard, Review Publishing

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Summary: what about the ending?????
Review: This is the first book I've read by Alan Jacobson. I could not put it down. The DNA stuff was some what boring....and what about the ending????? Jacobson gave no reason for the ending and I found it somewhat lacking. Other than that....the book was great.

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Summary: Excellent beginning; fizzles out toward the end.....
Review: When I first started reading Alan Jacobson's debut novel 'False Accusations', I thought it was one of the best mystery thrillers I have read it a long time. It starts out very strong and builds up a wonderful momentum. We hate Brittany, admonish Madison's impatient wife, are crazy over Chandler's intervention, feel very sorry for Madison, dislike Jennings and Denton and so on. The problem is about two-thirds of the way through, it loses a lot of its verve. The conflict between Chandler, Gray and Jennings is somewhat repititous and boring, and starts the biginning of the down-hill spiral. We never hear much about Harding during the trial and the court room dialog is extremely repetitive. I think Mr. Jacobson got himself caught-up in a plot he could not get out of and took the easy way out. By the way that is one stinkeroo of an ending, too. The book may appeal to amatuers but more sophisticated readers may not be satisfied.