Trouble

Saving lives is Jonah Stem’s job-but he usually does it at the hospital, not at 3 a.m. on the dark streets of Manhattan. When he impulsively intervenes to save a beautiful woman from a man menacing her with a knife, killing the attacker in the process, he is transformed from an overworked medical student to a hero in the media spotlight. The woman, Eve Gones, is profoundly grateful, and wants to show it. Before long, they’re engaged in a wildly passionate love affair. An affair that Eve doesn’t want to end. Ever.

Review : One steamy night in New York, Jonah Stem, a well-meaning medical student, heroically saves a woman from an apparent murder attempt, and in the process kills her attacker. This strange and beautiful woman, Eve Gones (pronounced Jones), then turns up unannounced at his apartment. We realise very early on that she’s stalker material – but a stalker with a difference who has the power to draw Jonah deep into her madness until it all begins to threaten his life and career. You get to a stage in this novel where turning the page becomes an almost masochistic act in the face of evil and madness.

Jesse Kellerman is the son of hugely successful crime writers Jonathan and Faye Kellerman, and I only hope that parental pride outweighs their professional jealousy, because he can thrill the socks off both of them. He’s already an award-winning playwright, and this is his second thriller, full of exceptional, literate writing that still manages to crackle with tension and menace as a noose tightens around poor Jonah’s neck.

Penerbit : ‎ Sphere
Tahun Terbitan : 2007
M/Surat : 353
ISBN: 9781847440044
Status : Buku Terpakai