January 5, 2013
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Hide and Seek
I am reviewing the novel Hide and Seek by James Patterson which is an excellent thriller which I borrowed from a friend. This book is copyrighted 1986 & I think was probably written prior to him becoming famous. His first successful novel was Along Came A Spider which was made into a film starring Morgan Freeman. Hide and Seek is a standalone thriller about a country singer who always falls for the wrong kind of man. She has married twice and both husbands have beaten her. Her first husband was drunk and tried to kill her and she luckily shot him dead. She had a partner when she met her second husband and he murdered her partner and in the aftermath started a relationship with her. Her 2nd husband was a premiership soccer player in England who played for the USA in the world cup but considered them amateurs & couldn’t be bothered playing for the national team. He also drinks heavily. He got a leading part in a film & had an affair with the lead actress and has disappeared. The police have put 2 & 2 together & made 5 & accused her of 3 murders. Her 2 husbands and her partner. I think the point of the book is some people keep falling for the wrong kind of person & it’s not chance they end up having to defend themselves. The police idea that if you shoot 2 partners you must have commited 2 murders may be false. I know someone who is a bit like the lady in this book & she has been going on courses with the Womens Aids in Britain & also fundraising. It seems in her case to have done a lot of good because they help her identify the signs of an abusing relationship so she knows what to look for. It also gives her an interest & she was interviewed by BBC local radio recently about her fundraising which is nice. Anyway getting back to the book there is a happy ending & there is a good scene where she has been found guilty and taken back to the prison & that night the screws are gathering at her cell & she thinks she is being shipped out to another but actually the judge wants to have a word with her. Definitely worth reading.
