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Title: Intriquing Psychological Thriller
Review: A psychological thriller about a smart, loving family in peril. As the novel opens the parents are discussing their day over a glass of wine as peppers and garlic sizzle on the stove in the kitchen of their restored gingerbread house (it survived the great hurricane). Mom goes to a meeting, the two boys play in the bath and Gordo is shot through the chest when he answers the door. Their charmed existence is shattered and paranoia, an uneasy relationship with suspicious police officers, and a desparate search for a safe haven become the order of the day.Leavenworth creates rich descriptions of two of Texas' most vibrant cities, Galveston and Austin. He expertly juxtaposes the never ending summer, beach umbrellas and gingerbread houses of Galveston with the shadows the lie behind its shutters and under its seashells. When the family flees to Austin, we smell the heady, seductive aroma of the hill country and wait to see if they have been followed.
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