Nine Days to Evil [Paperback]

Nancy Glass West (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 306 pages
• Publisher: Booklocker.com (March 20, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0974770507
• ISBN-13: 978-0974770505
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,599,157 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A missing husband, deceit, and intrique, April 18, 2005

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Dawn Dowdle "Mystery Lovers Corner reviewer" (Lynchburg, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nine Days to Evil (Paperback)

Meredith Laughlin's husband, Dr. Conrad Laughlin, calls on his way to visit clinics in outlying areas. While on the phone, Meredith hears him scream, then the sounds of a car crash, and then silence as the phone goes dead. No one is able to reach him by phone or to locate him.

She reports his disappearance and probable crash, but since his car hasn't been located and no crash has been reported, there really isn't much they could do. Finally she gets Detective Sam Vanderhoven to investigate his disappearance.

Dr. Key Walker, Conrad's partner, covers for Conrad, but this adds a lot of extra work on his plate. When he looks into Conrad's files, he found some interesting and odd things. Key begins to wonder what is going on. Could Conrad's disappearance be related?

Meredith begins Grad School and through some of her classes begins to realize her husband might not be what he had appeared to be. To help her move on with her life, she begins to try to find him and get the answers she needs.

Some additional things begin to happen. Can they either find him or at least what happened to him before anyone else is seriously hurt?

I have never read anything by this author before. This book pulled me in immediately, and I found myself having trouble putting it down. It is an intriguing story. You really get a feel for what Meredith is going through and how this affects her life. The characters are wonderfully created and work well together. The Texas location really lends itself to this story. The author does a great job switching between the various characters so that we see the story from many angles. Normally this detracts from a story, but in this instance, it is so well done. I highly recommend this book! Hope she writes more like this.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Engaging Mystery by a New Author, May 30, 2004

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Jan T. Rowe (San Antonio, Tx USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nine Days to Evil (Paperback)

Nine Days to Evil has a plot that carries you on and keeps you reading. It held my interest all the way to the end and left me wanting to see her next book. The characters are interesting and believable. This is a good, fast read. Glass skillfully enriches the book with ideas from Othello and from psychology classes taken by the major character.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Hooked From The First", April 14, 2004

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Gay Young (Austin, Texas, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nine Days to Evil (Paperback)

I found myself hooked early in this mystery with chores put aside so that I could read.
Both plot and characters are skillfully drawn. "Nine Days To Evil" opens with a phone call, a crash, and a disappearance, and moves quickly and suspensefully through the nine days.
At the end, I had the impression of having met new friends that I would get to know much better as the mysteries progress.