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E. F. Watkins (Author)
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December 6, 2004

When a former employee of her husband's genetic engineering firm, Genesis, dies of a drug overdose on her front lawn, Allison Constantine is horrified. She can't forget the young man's final threats that "people like her" will soon "get what's coming to them."

In the days to come, Allie suspects she's being followed, and fears someone might try to kidnap her or her two small children. But who? A rival firm, hoping to extort technical secrets from her husband, David? A protest group that has accused Genesis of reckless experiments? Or a former Genesis president who supposedly killed himself two years earlier?

Probing the company's activities, Allie discovers a pattern of mysterious deaths by electrocution. She begins to fear that the greatest threat to her family may be Genesis, itself, if she dares to interfere with its terrifying secret plans for its executives, for society. . .and even for Allie's own children...


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"An edge-of-the-seat thriller that will keep you awake late, even after you close the book." -- Anne K. Edwards, Murder and Mayhem Bookclub, Dec. 2004

"Black Flowers is a must-read, an outstanding example of all that is good about a tense suspense tale." -- Coffee Time Reviews (5 Cups), Spring 2005

"E. F. Watkins is a writer to watch!" -- F. Paul Wilson, Best-Selling Author of The Keep and The Tomb

"If you like suspense novels that will have you running with the characters when they run, you'll like this book." -- Novelspot, May 2005

"Watkins has a winner with this gripping tale...the amazing ending will leave the reader wanting more." -- Fallen Angel Reviews (5 Angels), Feb. 2005

"Watkins manages to combine the supernatural with everyday issues, to create a world that is horrifyingly like our own." -- Beverly Forehand, Roundtable Reviews, Feb. 2005

Product Details

  • Paperback: 278 pages
  • Publisher: Amber Quill Press, LLC (December 6, 2004)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1592798101
  • ISBN-13: 978-1592798100
  • Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.2 x 0.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,899,750 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

 

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4.0 out of 5 stars New Jersey Can Be Very Scary, July 23, 2009
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You will not be able to stop reading. And it's really scary.

I won't say I can count on one hand the number of horror novels I've read--because I don't think I've read any. But as a resident of New Jersey I was attracted to Black Flowers because of my suspicion that if dastardly profit-motivated experiments in genetic engineering are taking place anywhere, they're probably taking place in those well-groomed corporate parks that have turned North Jersey into one of the most affluent regions in the country.

This is a milieu that E.F. Watkins seems to know intimately as well. Black Flowers deals with a world in which the men go off to mysterious but very well-paid jobs at a company with the sinister name of Genesis while the women preside over households filled with upscale furnishings and pampered children.

But for all her wealth and privilege, Watkins' protagonist Allie Constantine is one of the most appealing fictional characters I've met in a long time. So when she starts to suspect that something about her husband doesn't really seem human--and that her children, who she'd protect with her life, might have inherited this sinister trait, I care as much about her as if she were a friend I'd known my entire life.

Watkins starts off with a bang as a young man who had worked for Allie's husband dies on her lawn, leaving behind a corpse that wastes away to nearly a skeleton seconds after death. And from there on out, I found it impossible to stop reading as each chapter ratcheted up the suspense with increasingly alarming incidents. And that the end--with its amazing revelation--flows so naturally and convincingly from what has come before is a tribute to Watkins' skill. Its amazing revelation is a tribute to her truly astonishing imagination.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A Techno Thriller in an Age of Conspiracy, May 22, 2009
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My usual reading is mysteries and thrillers, and I wanted to try something different - to expand my horizons into some new genres. BLACK FLOWERS is a very effective mixture of a suspense novel with components of thriller and horror novels, too.

I think what makes this book so effective is how realistic the premise seems. Without giving too much away, the Genesis corporation seems to be up to no good with a recently developed strain of ugly black flowers for which they have found a very profitable use. The heroine, Allie, is married to the president of Genesis. When her housekeeper's son does horribly in front of Allie's eyes, Allie begins delving a bit more deeply into what is going on at her husband's company. And the more she discovers, the more she begins to fear her husband.

To say more would be a spoiler, but you'll race through this book as I did, in just a few nights. Watkins keeps the suspense high and the pace fast, and I thought there were a lot of other smaller elements of the book done equally well: a look at isolated and wealthy communities, the way the rich live, and the challenges that face the parents of autistic children. I also liked the way the sci-fi elements of the book stayed within the realm of believability, as well as the creepy twist in the epilogue. Overall, I thought the book a very effective and thought-provoking thriller and recommend it to anyone who has wondered what all those mega-corporations are up to....
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This was an excellent read from the beginning to the last page. I would love to see more by this author.
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