"Mackie dreaded the mail." From the simple beginning, Peter Abrahams opens the curtains on a mesmerizing world down on the Mexican border, a world of complex and passionate people whose ambitions will lead them on a relentless collision course, a desert world that rises to the mythic in Their Wildest Dreams. The suspense will grab you and not let you go, the surprises will shock you, but in the end it will be the wonderful characters who remain in your mind. Characters like Mackie Larkin, a suburban mother desperate for money, who finds she can earn it as a stripper; Kevin Larkin, her ex-husband whose get-rich-quick schemes left her with a mountain of debt, and who now dreams up an even better one; Lianne, their beautiful, impulsive teenage daughter, for whom almost anything, even bank robbery, is possible; Jimmy Marz, the wrangler Lianne loves, who gets a dangerous one-time offer that could take him to the life he's always wanted; Buck Samsonov, the charismatic strip-club owner building a southwestern empire in the lawless style of a nineteenth-century robber baron; Clay Krupsha, a twenty-first century captain of detectives in a border town where no crime is what it seems; and Nicholas Loeb, a struggling mystery writer whose encounter with an unstable muse entangles him in a web of true crime more mysterious than anything he imagined.
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"Abrahams is a delicious writer. I read anything by him in a short sitting. This novel is one of his best: a psycho thriller type deal with a great plot and surprising ending. You are missing out if you haven't read Abrahams." — Lisa (5 out of 5 stars)
"Abrahams is a delicious writer. I read anything by him in a short sitting. This novel is one of his best: a psycho thriller type deal with a great plot and surprising ending. You are missing out if you haven't read Abrahams."
" great book!!!! fantastic finish.... "
" Probably categorized as a thriller, though more interesting than thrilling. Crazy druggie dude, smart poor boy on scholarship, sick-rich twin sisters, and secret tunnels underneath the grounds of a selective private college. "
" after I read Oblivion - I added this thriller to my list - satisfying! "
" Stephen King says to read it, I say pass. "
" Pathetic. Bland, never developed any feelings for any of the characters. Waste of time and money ! "
" I wouldn't normally rate this type of book so high, but Peter Abrahams captured my attention and the ending was unusual enough to make it special. I really enjoyed reading this book. "
" Usually a great author. This book is not indicative of his writing talent. "
" The first half of the book was really engrossing. The second half, not so much. I did enjoy how all the characters diverged together by the end. "
" This is a round-up from the 3.5 I wanted to give it. "
" The story was good but it took so long to get to the crux of it. "
" Way more foul language than necessary, story line gets lost in the 'back and forth'. "
" No memory of this at all. "
" Three college kids, a set of twins and one of the twin's boyfriends set out to con the twin's parents out of a million dollars. Unfortunately a completely methed out lunatic screws up their plan, and their lives. "
" This has been my favorite book that I have read from this author. "
" The coming together of the three primary plot lines was expertly developed and made for an exciting and fast read.Peter Abrahams "
Peter Abrahams, “criminally gifted” according to the New York Times Book Review, is the author of nearly thirty novels. These include the New York Times bestselling Echo Falls mystery series for middle graders and Reality Check for teens. Among his adult books are Oblivion, which was a Shamus prize finalist; The Fan, which was made into a movie with Robert DeNiro; and Lights Out, which was an Edgar Award finalist. Down the Rabbit Hole was a finalist for the Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Mystery and won the Agatha Award in the same category. Behind the Curtain and Into the Dark were both Agatha finalists. As Spencer Quinn, Abrahams also writes the New York Times bestselling Chet and Bernie mystery series.
Laural Merlington is an audiobook narrator with over two hundred titles to her credit and a winner of multiple Earphones Awards. An Audie Award nominee, she has also directed over one hundred audiobooks. She has performed and directed for thirty years in theaters throughout the country. In addition to her extensive theater and voice-over work, she teaches college in her home state of Michigan.
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