Publisher’s Weekly Raves: “A moving mix of high suspense and romance, this haunting Halloween thriller will propel readers to bolt their doors at night.”
“A gripping story of small town secrets. The suspense will keep you guessing. The characters will steal your heart.” –New York Times Bestselling Author Lisa Gardner
Since the day her baby sister was taken, Holly’s mind hasn’t been the same. PTSD, panic attacks, nightmares and blocked memories have plagued her ever since. And now they’ve returned.
Hard-edged Detective Vince O’Malley’s most recent case penetrated even his protective shell. Ordered to take time off to recover, he can’t let go, and on his own, follows the clues to Holly’s small upstate NY town.
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1. Romantic Suspense in the Truest Sense
In a departure from the fantasy element of earlier novels, Ms. Shayne has delivered one of her best yet, a novel rich with spine-tingling mystery and an abundance of suspense.
Syracuse police detective Vince O'Mally oversteps the bounds of his profession and becomes too involved in his latest case. Two children are found murdered, and the only clue he discovers is an old library edition of THE GINGERBREAD MAN. That one clue leads him to Dilmun, New York, a small town on Cayuga Lake.
There, Vince encounters Holly Newman, last-known borrower of THE GINGERBREAD MAN, and secretary to the Dilmun Chief of Police. Vince and Holly's paths keep crossing, and he senses that she could provide a connection to his recent case. Holly, deftly portrayed as the fragile, yet strong heroine, can't decide whether she is attracted to or disturbed by the very forthright Vince.
Suddenly, many of Holly's old fears return as strange happenings grip the town of Dilmun leaving Holly and Vince in the...
2. Warning. Suspense genre. Short sentences. Ahead.
I'm writing this for people who see a free kindle book with mostly 5 star reviews and are about to hit buy. Or for the people who, like me, got a few chapters in and came back to the reviews to see what they missed. I read plenty of books, some written well, but most average or worse. I do not read a lot of traditional suspense, so maybe that is why I find this writing so surprisingly awful. My husband assures me that many books of this genre are written like this; repetitive short sentences, atmospheric cliches -shadows follow the protagonist around like Pig-Pen's cloud of dirt-, and the feeling that this could double as a Lifetime movie script with very little tweaking. Please note that this book may be new to kindle, but it is not a new book. I admit it is my fault for not looking past the kindle store's publishing date, but really, Amazon, why do I have to double check on the website to find out the real date of first publication? If you are a suspense novel junky, this...
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An Excellent Read!
"The Gingerbread Man" by Maggie Shayne is a first-class romantic suspense novel that kept me completely captivated from start to finish. With a thrilling plot full of twists and turns and vivid and sympathetic characters, "The Gingerbread Man" is a book you don't want to miss.
Syracuse Detective Vince O'Mally made a promise he knew was a mistake. When the mother of two missing children made her umpteenth appearance in his office, Vince promised her he would find her son and daughter and bring them home. So when Vince and his partner follow up a tip on a bad smell coming from a run-down house, Vince is shattered when he finds the savaged bodies of little Bobby and Kara Prague. The only clue is a children's book hidden under the floorboards, "The Gingerbread Man", borrowed nearly twenty years ago from a library in a small town called Dilmun in upstate New York.
Vince is haunted by this case day and night, and when the FBI takes the case from the...
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