The Best Revenge

Fast paced and thoroughly entertaining

Great mystery• a guessing game about whats actuall occurring right up to the last few pages

Some evil in these pages!

I found this story pretty thrilling and there's some seriously twisted stuff that comes from one of the characters. This story held my interest and I blazed through the chapters pretty quickly, but my only complaint is that it runs long in some areas. I wasn't interested in the many geography lessons and weather lessons of Colorado, but if you skim over that, you will enjoy the rest of the pace of this story. I will definitely read more of Mr. White's books. :)

The Best Revenge by Stephen White

Stephen White's descriptions of Boulder Colorado and the surrounding area are lyrical and enticing. After reading many of his books, I have a sense of knowing the area and the people in the way people who live in the South know Southerners, although not as intimately. Alan Gregory, a psychologist who is believably faithful to his wife, his friends, and his patients, along with police detective Sam Purdy and others thread their way through White's novels, relieving tension with humor and sarcasm that is warm and wholesome and at the same time honest.

Marriages mellow or grow stale, children grow up, friendships solidify into comfort that knows the other and accepts the annoying and the frustrating features with the same generosity as the appealing and the charming ones, People stand together when the need arises with a loyalty that remains even when doubts shoot holes in that belief.

The Best Revenge is one of White's finest novels, with surprises that keep popping up just when the reader thinks he has the plot figured out, and with behaviors that are (mostly) believable.

Great author, Great book

This was the first book I have read from this author. I will definatly put him at the top of my read list. I could not put this book down. If you are a fan of suspense and very good use of plot twists, this book is for you!

Another Wrong Suspect

It started off fast pace but then it started to lose it's momentum. I was disapointed. It' a long read my first.Even a back of the book made me think it was a good read. I think the ending could have turned out better.

White scores again!

The Best Revenge has one of the most devious plots I've ever read. Author White skillfully leads the reader along, allowing us to form opinions about the central characters. Then he blows those opinions to smithereens as he deftly doles out more and more telling details. Few writers have the insight and the talent (not to mention the psychological training) to offer images that seem, on the surface, to be one thing, but in fact have immense underpinnings of subtext. Again, hero Alan Gregory plays a supporting role, allowing the other characters (including the always entertaining cop Sam Purdy) to take center stage. The premise is truly clever; the delivery is superb. And the payoff is completely unexpected. One of the reasons this series works as well as it does is White's positioning of his hero--sometimes in the forefront, sometimes on the periphery. It keeps the books fresh, the plotting unique, and the narrative line as taut as a fishing line with its hook in the mouth of a seriously big fish--with all the tension implicit in the effort to land that big one. I particularly liked the ending which is rooted in a reality we might prefer was otherwise but is completely viable. Splendidly drawn characters and breathless pacing, the book is hugely entertaining. Highly recommended.

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