SPILLED BLOOD by Brian Freeman
I
don’t read psychological thrillers very often, but I had a special
reason for reading this one, which I will tell you at the end.
SPILLED
BLOOD by Brian Freeman is about the impact a biotech company has on the
people living in two small Minnesota towns on the Spirit River. The
firm’s research is suspected of causing the cancers that killed five
teenagers. Their parents file a lawsuit against the company, but the
company is cleared. The teenagers in the two towns start to terrorize
each other, and the violence escalates until Ashlynne, the daughter of
the biotech firm’s president, is shot and killed. Another girl, Olivia,
is accused of the shooting. And someone calling himself Aquarius is
leaving strange notes threatening those involved in the lawsuit.
Olivia’s
parents are divorced and her lawyer father, Christopher, comes to town
to defend her. Christopher talks to other teens and their parents and
he discovers that Ashlynne had learned some hidden secrets about her
father’s company and its research and he follows the threads of her
investigation. There are many twists and turns and several subplots
which I won’t go into, but Freeman connects everything deftly.
Christopher figures out who Aquarius is just as Aquarius strikes at
Ashlynn’s father.
I
read the book because one of the characters is named after a friend of
mine! Brian Freeman was one of the speakers for East Mesa Branch AAUW’s
first author lunch and he named a character after our branch
president. Dana Stabenow is our speaker this year - should we tell her
about the precedent Freeman has set?
Brian Freeman's website is http://www.bfreemanbooks.com
Spilled Blood by Brian Freeman. SilverOak. 2012. 9781402798122 (hardcover), 352p.
2 comments:
I enjoy a good thriller---and I live in Minnesota---maybe I should pick this book up.
Definitely tell Dana Stabenow about the precedent---you could start something there that would be lots of fun.
A must read book, thanks.
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