LILLIAN K. DUNCAN, MYSTERY WRITER, CHRISTIAN FICTION
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2004-05-18 19:08:37
Review of ShatteredFive Stars
"John Buchan’s pace, Randy Alcorn’s plot development"
Shattered, the novel by Lillian K. Duncan, manages to quickly hook the reader with a dramatic first chapter. From that point on, it was as if two of my favorite authors had joined forces to create a story filled with intrigue, great action, and intense dialogue. Duncan manages to sprinkle this tale with the same type of quirky plot shifts found in John Buchan’s spy novel, The Thirty-Nine Steps, and at the same time create a mystery similar to Randy Alcorn’s awesome novel, Deadline.
Shattered is the story of a woman who learns her life may not be what it seems. After Jenni Hamilton receives a distressing phone call, she is determined to find out if her husband has betrayed her. The author of this suspense novel is a natural at developing a believable plot, and I found the entire book a thrilling read. This paperback moves along at a perfect pace, never creating an overemphasis on any one creative aspect of fiction writing. In other words, the story does not become bogged down with excessive location descriptions or explanations of motive; it does manage to keep the reader intensely involved in the story. The goal of any great writer, one would hope.
I have read around three-hundred novels in the past seven years. I consider Shattered to be in the top-twenty of my favorites read so far.
Hope you enjoyed the review.
God Bless!
Sincerely,
Dan Blankenship
Author of The Running Girl
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