Last Breath: A Sherry Moore Novel [Import] [Paperback]

George D. Shuman (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster (August 7, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 141655064X
• ISBN-13: 978-1416550648
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,467,346 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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I was born in the Allegheny Mountains of Southwest PA. hard country--coal and steel country. In fact I worked in the Steel Mills as a teenager, last sticking rivets into the sides of what would become Candian railroad cars. When I was nineteen I drove to Washington DC and walked the streets looking for work, joined the Metropolitan Police Department and retired twenty years later as a Lieutenant. During that time I worked plainclothes investigating heroin trafficking in the DC northwest area and later investigated corruption in the DC Government.
In 1992 I got involved in the resort hotel industry on Long Island, New York, became a Human Resource Director for several years and later Director of Operations for a constortium of Luxury Hotels on the Island of Nantucket.
I now write full time in the Laurel Mountains of PA.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars `She could say the words that were caught on the lips of the dead.', August 23, 2009

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J. Cameron-Smith "Expect the Unexpected" (ACT, Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Last Breath: A Sherry Moore Novel (Mass Market Paperback)

This is the second of Mr Shuman's novels to feature Sherry Moore, a blind investigative consultant. Ms Moore has the ability to view the final 18 seconds of the life of any dead person she touches. This is a skill that can obviously be useful to police as they try to track down murderers, but it is not without cost to Ms Moore. As the story opens, Ms Moore is in a fragile state. While many are sceptical of Ms Moore's abilities, her results speak for themselves.

A serial killer, with a distinctive modus operandi, has been operating in Maryland and appears to have gone to ground in Pennsylvania. The police are having little success in tracking the killer and Ms Moore is called on to assist.
While Ms Moore's paranormal abilities are central to solving the crime, the novel does not simply rely on these skills. Ms Moore's world is a paradox because of the combination of her paranormal abilities and her blindness. This combination makes her of particular interest to the murderer: he has some questions of his own that he would like Ms Moore to answer.

Mr Shuman writes well, and this novel is a quick read. To me, while this story is a worthy successor to '18 Seconds', I'll be interested to see how the character of Sherry Moore develops further.

Jennifer Cameron-Smith

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars delightful unique paranormal police procedural., August 12, 2007

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Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Last Breath: A Sherry Moore Novel (Hardcover)

In Cumberland Gap, Maryland, the State attorney general Glenn Schiff never forgot when he met blind psychic Sherry Moore in Philadelphia in 1992 as she explained how the victim grabbed her hand as he died; she was able to "see" the way his witness died. Now he wants her help on the mass murders of three kidnapped women found inside an abandoned Maryland meat processing plant.

Sherry agrees and provides information that helps on the investigation. However, the FBI takes over the case and soon another victim found near Pittsburgh brings in the Pennsylvania state police. While the groups argue jurisdiction, Sherry suffers nightmares as she knows the serial killer is preparing to strike again.

The key to the second Moore psychic mystery is the crime scene descriptions are so vivid they make the tale and the premise of the heroine's skill seem genuine especially when Sherry decries the deaths. The audience will find the courageous heroine fascinating as she refuses to allow her lack of sight from stopping her from living; for instance she is studying the marital arts. Although the serial killer theme is overwhelming the market and government agencies arguing over whose in charge is ancient history, Sherry's description of the victims' last 18 SECONDS or so of life freshen this delightful unique paranormal police procedural.

Harriet Klausner

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars "...the only way they can feel is to risk losing control of their life", November 17, 2010

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This review is from: Last Breath: A Sherry Moore Novel (Mass Market Paperback)

This is #2 in the paranormal series that George D. Shuman is writing with Sherry Moore being the protaganist. This one deals with a serial killer and autoerotica (erotic asphyxiation). I enjoyed "Last Breath" much more than 18 Seconds, the first book in the series. There were still an abundance of characters but not as many as with the first book(some could have still been left out with no loss to the story, though). The writing was tighter. I got to know more about Sherry, whereas in the first novel she was almost a secondary character.

The villain was well developed and about a 7 on the creepy scale and I liked the whole progression of his "journey" through the book.

I especially like the police procedural, investigative portions of Shuman's writing. That is where he has his experience and it shows in his writing. I am looking forward to reading the next two books in this series.