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Descent: A Novel
Descent A Novel
Author: Tim Johnston
The stunning vistas of the Rocky Mountains reveal a dark and deadly side in this brilliantly conceived thriller about family ties and the fight for survival. — Descent,the story of a family undone by the disappearance of a daughter who went out for a morning run and didn't come back, is stunning in its emotional impact--a compulsively readable pa...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781616204778
ISBN-10: 161620477X
Publication Date: 8/25/2015
Pages: 400
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  • Currently 3.2/5 Stars.
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3.2 stars, based on 25 ratings
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 0
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A teenaged track star and her younger brother go for a run while on a vacation with their parents in Colorado's Rocky Mountains. An incident occurs, the boy is found in the woods badly wounded and his sister is missing. Descent by Tim Johnston is a novel that kept me up late at night so I could read "just one more chapter." But then I would read another chapter or two after that...you know how that goes! The mystery of what happened to the sister is intriguing, of course, but also interesting is the way each of her family members handles her disappearance. Worth the read!
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Good characterization and sense of place in this thriller about the disappearance of a young girl and its shattering effect on her family, but there are some details that are a bit fuzzy and a huge coincidence that leads to the climax.


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