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Fatal Option

2/16/2017

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About the Book: 
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A tragic accident. A family in crisis. And a killer watching every move.


Five months after the mysterious death of his wife, Stephen Porter is pulled from a dreamless sleep by a midnight phone call. His 17-year-old daughter Sara is stranded in a blizzard near the top of a mountain beyond their suburban home. She's terrified and unable to stop crying as she begs him to come to her rescue.

Unfortunately Stephen went to bed just an hour before after a night of binge drinking. With his blurred vision and unsteady balance he knows it’s dangerously irresponsible to get behind the wheel. But he heads out into the snowstorm to bring Sara home.

High school teacher Kieran O’Shea is also behind the wheel, searching for his autistic younger brother Aidan, who is wandering aimlessly through the storm on that same mountain. Kieran is terrified—of the voices in his mind, that Aidan will be taken from him, and that he may soon be arrested for murdering three women.

In a matter of minutes Stephen will encounter Kieran and drive headlong into a collision that will force him to unlock the secret of his wife’s death, avoid prosecution, and protect his children from violence that hits all too close to home.  


Review: 

   ​Stephen Porter has just heard some terrible news about the insurance claim concerning his wife's death.  He begins a night a binge drinking knowing that his son, Kenneth is safely in his room nursing a black eye after upsetting the school the school hot-head and his daughter, Sara is supposedly a few houses away in their cul-de-sac sleeping over at her friend Madison's house.  However, when the weather begins to turn and the roads turn to ice, Stephen receives a call from Sara saying she is stranded on Rolling Road at a teacher's house and near the site of her mother's death, Stephen begins to panic.  Eventually, he decides to go save his daughter himself even though he is a little buzzed.  Stephen doesn't know that Aiden, the autistic younger brother of the teacher she was visiting is lost outside in the dark that night.  When the collision inevitably happens, Stephen opens up a can of worms concerning the death of his wife, the death of three other women that died similarly, and the troubled mind of teacher, Kieran O'Shea.


This is the type of thriller where you just have to go along for the ride.  Every time that I thought I had an idea of where the author was going with the story, there was a new twist.  The suspense of the story is layered through carefully guarded secrets of many of the town's inhabitants.  Secrets, the fact that we will do anything for our children and the struggle between good vs. evil were central themes.  I do like that in many of the characters, there was a grey area between good and bad.  Characters that I thought that I had pegged turned out to be someone different.  Sara's teacher, Kieran turned out to be one of the most interesting characters, he was not exactly who I thought, but still harbored evil within.  His relationship with Sara was something I'm still having trouble with, it seems like either Sara or Kieran should be smart enough to stop a romance that is asking for trouble.  I also wish that Kieran's life was explored a little more; there was some back story, but it seemed like his story could have gone further.  I can't say much more without giving things away, but in the end I was thoroughly surprised at how everything came out with a bang.  I do wonder if anyone else in the town is alive afterwards and I truly wondered about the fate of Kieran and Stephen.  Overall, an intense thriller that has a lot going on and will keep you guessing until the end. 

This book was received for free in return for an honest review. 

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About the Author: 

Chris Beakey tells stories of good people caught in bad places. He writes fiction from his homes in Washington, D.C. and Lewes, Delaware, as well as nonfiction as a ghostwriter for an organization that promotes bipartisan policies that strengthen the nation through smart investments in youth. His first, novel, Double Abduction, was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award.

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