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The Final Curve

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The Final Curve was different because it combined a deep knowledge of Georgia political history with suspense, mystery and intrigue. The characters were numerous and interesting,leaving you to wonder which one committed the heinous crimes of murder. This book is not for the faint of heart!!!

I highly recommend this book for reading. Madge Owens is so talented.

The Final Curve is the second novel from Madge Owens. Set in the Georgia, it charts the rise and fall of politicians due to secrets and murder.

The book introduces characters with power and influence within the state government of Georgia. However, power and influence can't save them from their past which return with a vengence. The poticial intrigue and multiple murders which may or may not be related tie together people who need each other to survive. Their political careers as well as their lives are in each other hands, whether they like it or not.

The book is an excellent mystery and a good follow up to Madge's first novel, To Silence Her Memory. Although it gets a little bogged down with the workings of the political machine, Madge is turning into a first rate mystery writer. I look forward to the next book from her.

In THE FINAL CURVE by Madge D. Owens, politicians are having car accidents, dying in ravines and on the sides of roads. They always have an empty bottle of bourbon in the car, even though their blood alcohol content doesn't show excessive amounts of alcohol. The first death happened ten years ago. Now, within the span of a few weeks three others have died. A letter left by a dead man who was a janitor at the capitol implicates Marcus Norwood with the three newly dead men. Marcus had been heard having arguments with each of the politicians and the death from ten years ago was his grandfather.

His half sister also works at the capitol and she hates Marcus, even though she doesn't know he's related to her. Marcus is angry because his grandparents kept his sister Ranae after their mother died, but gave him away to his father's family and didn't keep in touch. His father was a drug addict and his aunts wanted nothing to do with him. He ended up in foster care and had a nightmare of a life. Is he the man guilty of all these crimes? Or is Ranae attempting to frame him?

Madge D. Owens keeps the mystery going until the end of the book. So many people come under suspicion and it's impossible to tell who really might have done it. It was an interesting book but sometimes the story line got deeply into politics and took away a bit of the suspense and the urge to figure out who did the killings. There were quite a few characters and sometimes it was easy to forget who they all were. However, it was a clever mystery.

Reviewed by Alice Holman
of The RAWSISTAZ(tm) Reviewers