Last Breath: A Sherry Moore Novel

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This book is a sequel to “18 Seconds”. A few of us at the Suspense & Thrillers group at Shelfari.com decided to get together are read Last Breath. Here are some of the group’s comments:

“…it is just not a quick read or an interesting one.”

“I am slugging through it…”

“…very disappointed in George Shuman.”

“…I am so thankful I got this book from the library and didn't purchase it.”

“It went on and on about nothing. I was so disappointed, and I did skim to get to the good parts, but they were few.”

“I found nothing empathic about the "good" characters, and decided I did not want to wade through any more of the sadness and horror to even find out what happened.”

“It was hard to stomach the repetitive descriptions of the suffering and horror of the victims' experiences as the killer tortures them; their facial expressions, their thoughts in the final seconds of their lives.”

In spite of the negative comments, I proceeded to finish the book. One thing to catch my eye was on the back cover. It was Stephen King's blurb about "18 Seconds". I wondered if that's who's been giving Shuman tips on how not to end a book. I didn't like the ending of "18 Seconds" and this one didn't end. It stopped, very much like King's Cell. The story idea behind this book is brilliant, but the execution leaves readers weeping in pain. ( )

Blind psychic Sherry Moore can "view" the last 18 seconds of a dead person's memory. After several women are found strangled in a warehouse, the Feds ask Sherry for help. When media coverage of the case brings national attention to Sherry's talent, the killer focuses his energies on taunting her for information about what his victims saw before he killed them. Second in series featuring Sherry Moore. Fast-paced and suspenseful. Highly recommend. ( )