Agnes Hahn

What a ride!

An excellent introduction to this authors work. He keeps you guessing and second-guessing from start to finish. For a book that was offered to readers free, I was extemely pleased tp find that I couldn't put my Nook down. And when I finally did, because I was almost cross-eyed from exhaustion, it was to find it was 3 a.m. and had to go to work in less than 4 hours! However, it was totally worth it!

16 out of 16 people found this review helpful.

Plot spoilers

Harriet klausner.....PLEASE stop giving away every detail of the book in your reviews. You spoil it fir thise of us who would actually like to read the book.

3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

Good Book - Held my attention

This book was written very well and held me spellbound - coudn't put it down.

3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

Excellent suspense thriller

Three decades ago when she was four years old, Agnes Hahn moved in with her Great-Aunts Gert and Ella. Now years later, six months after placing Ella in an Alzheimer¿s home and the next day burying Gert, she heads to work at an animal shelter near Mendocino while thinking about the Voice that has always been with her. At the shelter stood Police officers Steve Wilson and Loreen Didier Agnes thinks highly of these two cops and other law enforcement as they go after animal abusers. However this time they handcuff her and read her rights to her the charge is three monstrous murders in the first degree. Detective Bransome drills her, but Agnes insists she was home the nights of the murder as she does not drive in the dark --- Newspaper reporter Jason Powers covers the homicides for the Santa Rosa Press Democrat, but also sees a bestselling true crime book. He makes inquiries into the Hahn family, uncovering a stunner the accused Agnes has an identical twin, Lilin. However, he finds another strange spin, but before he can pursue it with Ella, her brother Eddie murders her only to have someone kill him with the evidence exclusively condemning Agnes. Shocked Jason feels if he can find the answer to the one question that has eluded him, he will have solved the case why did Gert and Ella only raise Agnes? --- Each time Jason and the audience feel they solved the case Richard Satterlie spins it in another direction with a stunning twist. The story line contains investigative and police procedural elements, but is predominantly a psychological thriller. Agnes will hook readers who get inside her head and learn her value system is structured around good and bad people as she perceives them. Although others like psychologist Dr. Leahy, Detective Bransome and reporter Powers are fully developed characters, the insightful discerning glimpse at the title protagonist makes for a strong tale. --- Harriet Klausner

2 out of 5 people found this review helpful.

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1 out of 7 people found this review helpful.

Good for lovers of police procedurals

Though the plot centers around her and the book is named for her, Agnes Hahn doesn't have a strong presence in this tale. Agnes lives a very solitary life after her Aunt Ella is placed in a home, suffering from severe Alzheimer's, and her Aunt Gert dies. But all that is shattered when the local police arrest her for a series of gruesome murders.

Enter Jason, a reporter suffering from a broken heart and under pressure from his editor to deliver a good story or else. Agnes might be the central character, but Jason is the lead, whether he's fighting the local cops for the big exclusive or falling for someone who might be a rare female serial killer.

While the tension sometimes falters and the characters are largely ordinary people, the mystery of Agnes Hahn is solid, a twisting tale of police procedure and psychology reflective of the genre's forerunner, Thomas Harris.

1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Exceeded expectation

Good writing, interesting story. Didn't keep me on the edge of my seat, but I did look forward to reading it each day. I found it quite predictable, and was getting annoyed toward the end, but then the author changed gear on me and got my attention once again... looking forward to book two.

I had to force myself to finish the book.

This book is full of absurd situations and unbievabble characters. Don't wast your time.

Plot was a little too predictable.

Plot was a little too predictable.

What happened? This was a free ebook when I first checked it out

What happened? This was a free ebook when I first checked it out on line a couple of days ago. Today, when I wanted to get it, the cost changed to 3.99. I gave it one star because i had to give it a rating. I have no idea if it's a good book or not.

Strange book

Somewhat disjointed storyline. Quick read.

0 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Two books that should have been one!

I thought that this story was dragged out. I am not one of the ones that like police procedural books though. I want more inside the killer's mind. I want to hear their prospective. This really doesn't happen until book #2 Imola, which is where Agnes is sent after the first book. I really felt that the two books could have been condensed into one book. I got really bored with it pretty quick.

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