Slipping [Paperback]

Barri L. Bumgarner (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Tigress Press, LLC (November 5, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0977160114
• ISBN-13: 978-0977160112
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,944,688 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Barri L. Bumgarner has just released her second novel, Slipping, a suspense thriller about a serial killer with dissociative personality disorder. Her debut novel, 8 Days, has been nominated for a Gateway 2007 Readers' Award, and is currently in its second printing.
Bumgarner freelances for Crescendo, School & Community, and Family magazines. She received Best Technical Article honors, second and third place, for her education articles, awarded by the Missouri Writers' Guild in 2005. She also received Writer's Digest 72nd Annual Writing Competition honors in 2004. Her short story 'Retribution' will appear in Mysteries of the Ozarks, Vol. II in early 2006. Her short fiction has also appeared in Rock Springs Review, Well-Versed, and B4Deadline.com.
The prequel to 8 Days, The Movement, will be released in 2006.
Ms. Bumgarner divides her time between finishing her Masters, writing, and touring to sell her current releases. She lives in Columbia, Missouri, and is at work on a true crime book about the murder conviction of Columbia police officer Steven Rios

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Chilling Read, January 25, 2006

By 

Barbara M. Hodges "bassetbarb" (Nipomo, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Slipping (Paperback)

Ms. Baumgarner's, Slipping, is not a lighthearted read. Some parts will have goosbumps marching up your neck. Yet, it's a book you won't want to put down until you reach the startling end. Go ahead, pick it up and enter the mind of Seth Berman. I dare you.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Enjoyable Piece Of Literature On Many Levels!, December 23, 2006

By 

Tyrone V. Banks (Newington, CT USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Slipping (Paperback)

Rating: Highly Recommended

An Enjoyable Piece Of Literature On Many Levels!

Recently I have been taking a break from reviewing books to focus on other obligations. In the past I've read and reviewed Bumgarner's "8 days" and I am familiar with her writing style. "Slipping" is the first book I have reviewed in over six months and I can see that Bumgarner's writing skills have advanced to the next level. This book and possibly

everything from Barri is and will be winners!

The author gets into the head of the "Dr. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde" character of

Seth Berman. He seems like the typical "9 to 5" banker, and when a series

of murders are committed in the area, he is not the typical suspect. However, when his alter ego - named Zeus - scratches to the surface, the

results are rarely pleasant. We see that Zeus is not satisfied with his dual residency with Seth Berman and he wants to get out!

In this multiple personality thriller, a tenacious cop named Dana Scanlon is determined to solve the murders that have been committed. When Scanlon focuses on Seth/Zeus, she latches on like a ferocious wolverine, and her desire to catch her perpetrator rivals Zeus's desire to kill. As she closes in on Zeus, your heart will race!

This is an exciting thrill ride from page one to the exciting climax and

unexpected ending. "Slipping" is an enjoyable piece of literature on many

levels, and a book that you don't want to miss!

Reviewed by Tyrone V. Banks

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Look out Dean Koontz, December 12, 2005

By 

Kurt Jarvis "Forever critic" (St. Louis, Mo.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Slipping (Paperback)

In what will become as popular of a book as any written by Dean Koontz, Barri Bumgarner has masterfully crafted a unique murder-thriller in "Slipping."

Seth Berman is an average, stale banker by day, but his night job has a community in fear of everyone and one investigator, Danna Scanlon, searching for the truth. Upon learning that Berman's alter-ego, Zeus, is behind a series of murders, a race begins to wrestle the murderer to justice, while questioning how something like this could happen to one human being.

Berman's character is not a study of the human psyche as much as it is an imaginative piece of fiction. Regular psychology is as boring as being a banker, but Bumgarner spices up this character through insight and understanding what makes a reader's skin crawl.

As for the lead female character, Bumgarner turns the age-old art of nagging into an artform, as Scanlon is relentless. She serves as the reasoning behind the madness through intelligence and sheer desire.

Anybody who wants to own a classic now should buy "Slipping." It blows away anything John Grisham has ever done and Koontz is clearly in Bumgarner's sights as the next to fall. Remember the name Bumgarner and get her autograph now!