Great book! This was the 1st book that I'd read by Jance, and I'll definitely be looking for more of her books!!! A really good, sit-on-the-edge-of-your-chair book!
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From the cover: "The end of her high-profile broadcasting career came too soon for TV journalist Alison Reynolds -- bounced off the air by executives who wanted a "younger face." With a divorce from her cheating husband of ten years also pending, there is nothing keeping her in L.A. any longer. Cut loose from her moorings, Ali is summoned back home to Sedona, Arizona, by the death of a childhood friend. Once there she seeks solace in the comforting rhythms of her parents' diner, the Sugarloaf Cafe, and launches an online blog as therapy for other who have been similarly cut loose.
But when threatening posts begin appearing, Ali finds out that running a blog is far more up-close and personal that sitting behind a news desk. And far more dangerous. Suddenly something dark and deadly is swirling around her life... and a killer may be hunting her next.

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Over-written thriller with a complex and strong female protagonist dealing with the loss of her job, the implosion of her marriage, and the death of her best friend. Mix in discussions of blogging, domestic abuse, assisted suicide, and medical scams, and you have a barrel full of red herrings that draws attention away from the main story. I spotted The Villain as soon as the character appeared on the page, and when the heroine finally tumbles to it, 300+ pages later, there's a sudden and all-too-neat resolution.

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This is my first book written by this author and what a disappointment it is. The plot is dull, not suspenseful at all as it claims on the front page. It deals with a anchorwomen, Ali, whom has been cut loose due to her age, she returns home by the death of a close friend and helped by her son to start a blog to share with her thoughts and situation.

While it seems everyone have agreed that the friend had committed suicide do to the confirmation of ALS. Ali was not convice, knowing her friend, Ali determined to find out what is the main cause of her death. Along the way, she encounter some other issues which are too minor to be addressed.

The culprit behind the murder of Ali's friend was the friends sister, which I have my eyes set on when she was just introduced. Jance made some commitment to elude the readers to direct the suspicion to the friend's husband. Whom the friend quelled with, whom have his mistress move in the next day of his dead wife's funeral. But to me, he was too stupid to come up with the plan.

According to some reviews which I read, Jance's other work are apparently much better, but as I read this novel, it is quite hard to pick up another book.

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