Twenty Years Later: A Riveting New Thriller
[{'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "You know that rare book you read that when it ends you just can't pick up another one from your giant stack of TBR's because you just didn't want it to end? This is one of those books! Charlie Donlea has done it again! He has become one of those go-to authors where each book is consistently better than the last. It began years ago with Summit Lake and each one after that is just that much greater, if possible. Twenty Years Later is a standalone. I loved how 9/11 was a plot point. It was not used as the main part of the story, just a reminder in the background. Victoria is accused of murdering her married lover, then dying in the Twin Towers on 9/11 without ever going to trial. Twenty years later, Avery Mason, a TV journalist stumbles upon the case at the urging of Victoria's sister and goes forth to prove her innocence. Everything that follows is a big, exciting rollercoaster that I did not want to get off of! Sure, there were some implausible parts, but did it detract from the fun ride of the story? NEVER!! So many crazy twists and turns, I couldn't keep with them all! It was almost impossible to put this one down and I kept thinking about it when I was forced to! I can't recommend this one enough and look forward to more from Mr. Donlea!\n\nThank you to #NetGalley, Charlie Donlea and Kensington Books for this much appreciated ARC!"}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2022', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "This novel was so full of twists that I literally could not wait to get back to it when life & responsibility intervened. It's the mystery of a Bernie Madoff swindler, his disappearance compounded with the events of 9\\11, and that is just the bare bones as the story follows his daughter as she begins to look for a sensational story with which to begin her second season as the head of a newsmagazine TV show. There is so much more to this book than a one dimension mystery. The addition of the connection with the island of Jamaica was just gravy on the biscuit for me as my family has been going to Negril for vacations and weddings for many years and know the people there to be as wonderful as the few we meet in this book! Absolutely a great read. Can't wait to read others by this inventive author!!!"}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2022', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "This one sure kept you guessing. The ending was a surprise. A must read. This is the first of Donlea's books that I have read. Now I will have to read them all."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2022', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'This was an awesome murder mystery by an author who truly knows how to grab a reader and hold an interesting ride from beginning to the very end.\n\nI totally enjoyed this gripping tale from the onset.\n\nThe twists and turns were very enjoyable and left me completely satisfied with this mesmerizing tale.\n\nI recommend this engaging tale to family, friends, and others who love a spellbinding tale that will leave you entertained from beginning to the very end.\n\nI have read all of Charlie Donlea‘s books and loved all of them; however, in my humble opinion, this is his best work to date.\n\nEnjoy!'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2022', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-3 review-rating', 'review_body': 'This book had all the right elements but didn’t quite get there for me. There was too much going on, too many plot points and no character development. As a result, none of the plot twists were all that surprising. I also found two grammatical errors.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2022', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Great story you can’t put down. Charlie Donlea’s best work to date. I won’t say anything further to protect story.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2022', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "The author did an excellent job on this. There were all kinds of twists and turns; all kinds of plots and subplots plots. I have never read other books by Charlie Donlea but this won't be the last one that I will read. I recommend this book to anyone that enjoys reading mysteries and getting to the end or very close to the end before they even are close to all the answers to all the questions."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2022', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Another great read by the author. Really enjoyed all the various twists the author threw at us. Thinking that it was the story was going in this direction but it went in another.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on August 5, 2022', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'What a thrilling roller coaster. I love reading a novel where I get “blindsided” by the ending. The plot twists were unexpected and rewarding. I found this a most satisfying read-I turned the final page at 4:58 a.m.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2022', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'This was an excellent book to read. I like the story line that went back to 9/11/2001 when the USA was attacked by terrorists, and the “20 years later”. The story carried on in such a way to reel you in, keep you hooked, and keep you guessing. The actual ending was a surprise but a really good one, not disappointing like some other books I’ve read. I will follow this author.'}]