Book Details:
Book Title: Three Days to Forever (A Mac Faraday
Mystery)
by Lauren Carr
Category: Adult fiction, 438 pages
Genre: Mystery / Suspense / Thriller
Publisher: Acorn Book Services
Release date: January 2015
Book Description:
In
this latest Mac Faraday Mystery from best-selling mystery author Lauren Carr,
readers will embark on a rollercoaster adventure with old friends (including
the Lovers in Crime team of Prosecutor Joshua Thornton and Homicide Detective
Cameron Gates), but also meet new ones as Mac Faraday’s daughter Jessica
Faraday and Joshua Thornton’s son Murphy Thornton join the team in the race to
get the love birds to the altar!
With three days left to the year, Deep Creek Lake is hopping with holiday vacationers and wedding guests pouring into the Spencer Inn for Mac Faraday and Archie Monday’s huge wedding ceremony which is being touted as the social event of the year.
With three days left to the year, Deep Creek Lake is hopping with holiday vacationers and wedding guests pouring into the Spencer Inn for Mac Faraday and Archie Monday’s huge wedding ceremony which is being touted as the social event of the year.
But
droopy flowers and guests who failed to RSVP are the least of Mac’s and
Archie’s problems when a professional hit squad hits Spencer Manor to send the
groom, Joshua Thornton, Archie’s mother, and Gnarly running for their lives.
With time running out to the big day, Mac Faraday and Spencer’s small police force have to sort through the clues to figure out not only who has been targeted for assassination, but also who is determined to stop everything … FOREVER!
With time running out to the big day, Mac Faraday and Spencer’s small police force have to sort through the clues to figure out not only who has been targeted for assassination, but also who is determined to stop everything … FOREVER!
Book
Review:
The
hardest part of reading a book somewhere from the middle of a series is getting
a connection with the characters. It is hard to suddenly get friendly with all
your co passengers if you got on board at the most recent stop. Somehow feeling
left out, slightly out of place without having prior idea of the characters is
every reader’s bane. But the same journey can turn memorable and close to heart
if the co passengers (or the author, in this case) are so relatable and normal
and friendly. Three days to forever, thankfully, falls in this category –
especially if you constantly remind yourself that the book is the ninth in a
series and let go off some abstract character definitions without delving too
deep.
A
politically manipulated military operation murder – a wedding – inherited millions
– old feuds cropping up – oh, this book has every imaginable plot device. The
beginning is in an arid desert, a covert military operation to take down
terrorists. High command denies giving the go ahead to the local Major, a
commandant offers to take the blame. And from there, the ride goes uphill.
The
story need not be analysed in detail. This is one of those books that need to
be read cover to cover to actually enjoy every nuance. Mac and Archie are
getting married. It was to be the wedding of the year with his children, colleagues
and prominent members attending. But disaster strikes. An old feud crops up and
a plot to assassinate the wedding guests gets underway. No one has any idea as
to why they are being attacked.
The
whole story is laced with good writing that keeps the reader encouraged to turn
the pages. There is a lurking feeling of another danger just around the corner.
The plot seems a little generalised, like a formulaic one for a political
thriller. But the writing makes it enjoyable. So that could be let go as a
necessity for a racy story of political intrigue and of course, the
quintessential deaths in almost every chapter.
The
characters – are far too many. Maybe because I am reading a ninth book of a
series, or maybe that is how this book actually is, I had a really hard time
following the characters. I really do have to thank the author for that short
character sketch at the beginning of the book. Some characters are not even
memorable, while some I thought were not important left a lasting impact.
From
the women’s murder club series of books by James Patterson, to the Lincoln
Rhyme series by Jeffery Deaver, I have seen police thrillers written and successful
as series. Most often, the main characters appear in every book while there are
few book specific characters. Though I started reading each of the above
mentioned series books from some book in the middle, I was able to follow who
was who in the scheme of things. Maybe that is my incentive to read other works
of this author.
After
all, I really did love the language and of course, the way it was written. The
dry humour, the antics of the dog, the lead characters – I loved most of the
book. It is time to read other works by Lauren Carr.
Meet the
author:
Lauren Carr is the international
best-selling author of the Mac Faraday Mysteries, which takes place in Deep
Creek Lake, Maryland. Open Season for Murder is the tenth installment in the
Mac Faraday Mystery series.
In addition to her series set on Deep
Creek Lake, Lauren Carr has also written the Lovers in Crime Mysteries, which
features prosecutor Joshua Thornton with homicide detective Cameron Gates, who
were introduced in Shades of Murder, the third book in the Mac Faraday
Mysteries. They also make an appearance in The Lady Who Cried Murder.
Three Days to Forever introduced
Lauren Carr’s latest series detectives, Murphy Thornton and Jessica Faraday in
the Thorny Rose Mysteries. Look for Kill and Run, the first installment in this
series, to be released September 1, 2015.
The owner of Acorn Book Services,
Lauren is also a publishing manager, consultant, editor, cover and layout
designer, and marketing agent for independent authors. Visit Acorn Book
Services’ website for more information.
Lauren is a popular speaker who has
made appearances at schools, youth groups, and on author panels at conventions.
She also passes on what she has learned in her years of writing and publishing
by conducting workshops and teaching in community education classes.
She lives with her husband, son, and
three dogs on a mountain in Harpers Ferry, WV.
PRICE:
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Thank you so much for the excellent review of THREE DAYS TO FOREVER! I am so glad you enjoyed this ninth Mac Faraday Mystery and will be looking for my other books. I am sure your followers will enjoy them as well. See you next time!
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