One False Move

by Alex Kava

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Melanie Starks and her seventeen-year-old son, Charlie, have been running one con job or another for as long as she can remember. Worried about Charlie, though, Melanie is ready to start over. Then her brother, Jared, reappears in her life.

Released on a technicality, Jared Barnett is just out of prison and feeling more invincible than ever. He has the perfect plan to rob a local Nebraska bank, but he needs Melanie's and Charlie's help. Feeling that she owes the brother who saved her from an show more unspeakably violent childhood, Melanie agrees to Jared's plan.

But within seconds, shots are fired and Jared and Charlie run out of the bank. They are empty-handed and four people are dead. When they refuse to tell her what happened in those few desperate moments, Melanie realizes her brother and son have formed a silent bond. And now they are all on the run from the police, taking a hostage with them and willing to do anything to survive.

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Although I don't normally read books like this, it somehow found its way into my hands and I sat down and read it. I was blown away. The story is fast-paced and everything ties together wonderfully.
After fleeing a bank robbery gone wrong, the main characters end up at a writer's house, take him hostage, and continue life on the run leaving death and destruction behind every where they go.
This book is full of action and has a suprise twist ending that makes the book even more worth reading.
Although I don't normally read books like this, it somehow found its way into my hands and I sat down and read it. I was blown away. The story is fast-paced and everything ties together wonderfully.
After fleeing a bank robbery gone wrong, the main characters end up at a writer's house, take him hostage, and continue life on the run leaving death and destruction behind every where they go.
This book is full of action and has a suprise twist ending that makes the book even more worth reading.
Had to read it--she's from here and this was a book based largely on an event that had recently occurred. It was fun to be able to picture exactly what Kava was talking about but a couple of times, I found errors which were offputting. Kava is not the best mystery writer but this one was good enough to keep me up late to finish it.
Had to read it--she's from here and this was a book based largely on an event that had recently occurred. It was fun to be able to picture exactly what Kava was talking about but a couple of times, I found errors which were offputting. Kava is not the best mystery writer but this one was good enough to keep me up late to finish it.
I'm being generous. I would like to give this 2.5 stars. The pace was good and the story interesting enough to keep me reading, but I was disappointed in the end. There were too many things left unexplained, too many loose ends left dangling. I definitely prefer the O'Dell books.
Holy Hanna! Talk about the twists and turns this book took. What a great read. Alex is one great writer. Keep them coming.
Quick read,fast paced thriller. Was not sure where the ending was going but liked the way the author wrapped the story up. Familiarity with the geography of the area increased my enjoyment.
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Alex Kava is a member of the Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in Crime. She writes novels in the psychological thriller genre. She lives in Omaha, Nebraska with her two dogs Miss Molly and Scout. She writes a bestselling FBI profiler series which includes her character Maggie O'Dell. (Bowker Author Biography)

Alex Kava is a LibraryThing Author, an author who lists their personal library on LibraryThing.

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Canonical title*
Blutspur des Todes
Original title
One False Move
Original publication date
2004-08-01
Important places
Nebraska, USA; USA
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Fiction and Literature, Mystery
DDC/MDS
813.6Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican fiction in English2000-
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PS3561 .A8682 .O54Language and LiteratureAmerican literatureAmerican literatureIndividual authors1961-
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