Final Scream [Paperback]

Lisa Jackson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 26, 2005

As white-hot flames sear the dark night, a killer waits in the trees, watching the mill burn, listening for the screams - the only proof that justice has finally begun for the sins of long-ago. For journalist Cassidy Buchanan, this inferno is a living nightmare - a reminder of the horrible, mysterious fire that destroyed her wealthy family seventeen years ago - and of Brig McKenzie, the handsome hell raiser accused of setting the blaze. That tragic crime has never been solved, and already the whispers have begun in Prosperity, Oregon - another fire, more deaths, and one common denominator - Cassidy herself. Cassidy came home to Prosperity to put the past behind her, but it seems the past isn't finished with Cassidy. Someone doesn't want her to uncover the chilling truth...someone who has killed before and will kill again...a cold-blooded psychopath who is only waiting to hear her...

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Graphic, terrifying suspense and gripping emotion are what makes all of Lisa Jackson's thrillers so unforgettable. The Morning After just adds to her growing inventory of terrific page-turners."

About the Author

Lisa Jackson lives with her family, two cats and an 80 pound dog in the Pacific Northwest.

Product Details

• Paperback: 496 pages
• Publisher: Zebra (July 26, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0821777122
• ISBN-13: 978-0821777121
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.4 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #112,232 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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More About the Author

#1 NYT and USA TODAY bestselling author Lisa Jackson started writing after her sister read an article in TIME Magazine in 1981 about how young mothers were making money writing romance novels. Both Lisa and her sister, Nancy Bush, began their writing careers right then, and lo, these many years later Lisa has published seventy-five plus novels and has no plans to slow down anytime soon.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Book!!, August 5, 2005

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Book Lover "Christie" (Austin, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Final Scream (Paperback)

I am not sure what some of the other reader's issue are with this book being a reprint (and who cares), I think this book had just the right amount of suspense and romance. I really liked the fact that you got to know all of the characters in this book and their history. This book takes you in the beginning when the characters are all young teenagers, which sets the major plot for the story. The second half of the book is sixteen or seventeen years later and shows you what has become of the characters and how dramatically their lives have been effected by the unsolved murders . I really liked the twist this book had in the end, and I found myself speed reading to get to the end just so I could find out who the culprit was. I highly recommend this book!

22 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars It says very clearly on the cover, July 28, 2005

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Carol "booklover" (Ossian, IN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Final Scream (Paperback)

that this book is a reprint,and granted the type is small, but it's there on the front plain as day, also if you look at the copywrite date it says it was first published in 1995, i think, but this book was NOT released just a year ago, it's been several years. The writer talks for quite a bit in the author's note about the fact this is the same book with a few added scenes. There was no attempt to hide that this is a reprint.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lisa Jackson's best, October 11, 2005

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Romance Reviewer (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Final Scream (Paperback)

I've read several of Ms. Jackson's books, and I've always found them to be decent but I haven't ever been blown away.

I was surprised how much I enjoyed this one. I read the entire thing in one day; definetly a page turner! As another reviewer mentioned, Jackson does attempt to put in a lot of mystery and suspsense, but at least for me, I found it very effective. I couldn't turn the pages fast enough.

The characters were great. Brig was the typical "bad boy," and was both sexy and sweet enough that I could see why the heroine was so attracted. Cassidy also was very likable. She was a spirited tomboy, and very likeable. The romance between these two was especially sweet because we got to see them when they were young as well as in adulthood.

I was a little surprised by how much of the book is spent on the "back story." Based on the book's description, I was expecting there to be maybe a couple chapters of past history, and then the majority of the book spent with Cassidy's return to her home as as an adult. Instead, there was as much time spent in 1977 as in "the present." This worked out fine since the story of them as teens was interesting, but I wish there would have been a little more of them in the present. I thought the latter half of the book was really rushed. As much as I wanted Brig and Cassidy to be together, it was based primarily on their young love, rather than their relationship as adults. We simply didn't get to see enough of their "grown up" selves. Still, I wouldn't say this knocks it down from a 5 star read.

As for the mystery, I thought it was well done. The villan was neither too obvious, nor so obscure that it didn't make sense.

This was great for a fun read. And yes, it is fairly long, but like I said, it moves so quickly that I finished it in a day. I completely enjoyed it.